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Part of the reason I’ve gone from blogging twice a day to twice a month is because I’m taking on more and more hours at Apple. So many of my experiences and reflections are happening now within a retail context at Apple. Due to company policy, which is a pretty understandable one, there is a [...]

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• We finally got our latest podcast up courtesy of Joshua Case. Sorry it was a week and 1 day late. I've been busy. Enjoy. (Link)
• We've got a new issue of the magazine out. (Link)
• I'm not taking the New Yorker's "reporting" as fact. But I've had a growing suspicion that this might be coming sooner rather than later. While I would think most sane people wouldn't dare pick a fight on their way out . . . I haven't thought Cheney and his sidekick W have been sane for a while. Surely . . . surely . . . surely not. Surely they wouldn't dare kick an ant bed just because they could.   (Link)
• Dude is always poignant. Always. (Link)
• I've mentioned it before . . . but Anna is blogging baby and family stuff here. It might be relevant to you since she is communicating more than I am these days. Enjoy. (Link)
• I suppose it was only inevitable before the size of the machine turned the golden boy into a cog in the machine. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for the time being but these are just two more things (along with the distancing from Wright and leaving his church) that show that Obama is beginning to posture just as much as the next guy. So much for expecting more from a politician. Am I going to be lambasted for expecting more and calling a spade a spade? Looks like we might be back to "lesser of two evils" politics. Which sucks for everybody who is wise enough to realize the faulty foundation of "big politics", even when it comes packaged on the hope of Obama. Obama rally bars Muslims from pictures - The volunteer “explained to me that because of the political climate and what’s going on in the world and what’s going on with Muslim Americans, it’s not good for [Aref] to be seen on TV or associated with Obama. Obama opts out of public financing - This sounds really good in theory and I'm pretty much behind this move in theory. Except that the real reason is that Obama wants to be able to raise as much money as he can. Which he should. And will. It's just that this is from a guy who claims to want to bring about campaign finance reform. So I'm all for getting rid of public financing. But I'm also for setting a cap and for some damn reform in a political machine that is in desperate need of it. (Link)
• I should write a blog post at some point in the future . . . (Link)
• This is what it looks like when I get back to work and sit down at my desk for the first time in a very long time. Scary huh? At least Weezer is keeping me moving and grooving. And how do you like the new mustache I'm trying out? (Link)