Joshuah Bearman

Walleyball

Last summer, I was one half of Team USA in a game of cross-border volleyball. To see video of the game, go here and click on Walleyball. You can also read about it here.

On the Radio

People: if you are driving or otherwise listening to the radio this weekend, I will appear on This American Life in order to discuss the old weightlifting snowman con. Unfamiliar with that one? Then erase the thought from your mind and tune in (if you're in Los Angeles) at 10am on Saturday on KCRW, and 7pm on Sunday on KPCC. If you are not in Los Angeles, do not despair, because the interweb provides all answers.

But What Do You Really Think About Bush's Sudden Interest in Decifit-Reduction?

Quite the candid assessment, tucked in the Washington Post's non-analytical news report:

In trying to adopt such ambitions as his own, Bush hopes to regain the initiative after his party lost Congress in November and to counter his reputation as a president who took a budget surplus and turned it into record deficits, analysts said. Bush has never proposed a balanced budget since it went into deficit, never vetoed a spending bill when Republicans controlled Congress and offered little sustained objection to earmarks until the issue gained political traction last year.

No criticism here. It's refreshing to see some front page information not couched in the middling language of false objectivity, with "both sides" of a clear, one-sided issue represented, or damning information hedged with "some observers say." Facts are facts. You don't have to back away from them. If they make it seem like Bush is bandwagoning, well...

My Favorite Spam Ever?

RE: Terrak took a deep breath and headed towards the Gates of Earthly Paradise.

And pioneering the genre of computer-generated niche doggerel:

Even more appealing is the Samurai core class, the Daisho ability really makes them the highlight of the setting while not quite overpowering fighters as a useful combat class. The paranormals possess great power and were feared and respected by the normal folk. Were it not for the Regulators, the city would have fallen to chaos years ago. The four principal gods will seek new wives and new alliances.

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Slumming, I Know

But this is a really bad URL: www.therapistfinder.com.

Now that the Time of Krampus has come to an end

...and you've shelved for one more year your traditional gargoyle masks and prosthetic cloven hooves, I have one more holiday greeting to share. (Thanks Sam & Steven!)

HNY2007