Leaky Faucets

 

  This guy has more balls than I do.  I toyed with the idea of wearing my NOFX “War on Errorism” t-shirt on the flight to the
Philippines but thought better of it so I didn’t.  It was probably a good thing I didn’t although I think it’s quite absurd that our freedoms—the very freedoms that Bush is supposedly fighting the terrorists to preserve—our being violated every which way possible by the U.S. and other governments including Australia and private industry that have fallen under the spell of this so-called war.

 

How legitimate can a newspaper be if they substitute advertising for editorial on the front page?  The Daily News today included an ad for Boost Mobile on both the front and back cover.  The front of the tabloid is usually devoted to a sensationalistic headline while the back is reserved for sports.  I believe this is called a cover wrap, and it is the latest example of advertising trumping everything else in this country.  Everything is for sale, especially in the struggling newspaper industry.  If The New York Times starts putting ads on their page one, the industry’s apocalypse will be close at hand.

It’s so cold right now in my office that I was wearing gloves earlier and haven’t even taken my shoes off today which I normally do.  There’s heat coming out of the radiator but it’s not rising so we’re freezing.  It’s not even that bad outside today.  This office has more problems than an unemployed single mother of five who just got cut off from welfare.  Damn!