This was the image used on the cover of the most recent issue of the Willamette Week. The original image was done by Barry Stock, and is a suprisingly good parody of the Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster. The fact that this can run on the front page here in Portland makes me very happy.
“Not only do I want an elite president. I want someone who is embarrassingly superior to me. Somebody who speaks 16 languages and sleeps two hours a night hanging upside down in a chamber they themselves designed.”
– Jon Stewart
“Don’t mock the Constitution. Don’t make fun of it. Don’t suggest that it’s not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up. It’s worked pretty well for over 200 years.”
– Barack Obama, responding to Sarah Palin
Sen. Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his 15-month campaign in Portland Sunday, an estimated 75,000 people, according to Portland Police.
– fromthe Oregonian
Wow. So, Obama has a few supporters in town. I heard people were in kayaks out on the river so they could get closer than on land. Trust me, click through for the full-size view of this photo – the small one doesn’t do it justice.
Well, it was snowing the morning, which was cool right up until the point where I had to bike to work. In addition to being cold and wet, I had snow blowing in my eyes, so that I couldn’t see. However, the end result of this is that I bought some cool sunglasses at Bi-Mart. They’re yellow! Now I will be able to see in the snow! Hooray!
I’m all angsty about the election. I won’t get into it, since I’m sick of hearing everyone’s opinions about it.
Tonight is the first weekly Geek Gaming Night! Excellent! Urn emailed all his geeks and we’re all meeting at an unnamed location, where we will proceed to beat the tar out of one another and then go home and consider joining secret terrorist organizations… oh wait, that’s Fight Club… We’ll be playing Quake (and Half Life and Tribes and others).