{"id":263,"date":"2004-01-01T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2004-01-01T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2005-02-04T10:13:46","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T08:13:46","slug":"a-new-ear-uh-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/01\/a-new-ear-uh-year\/","title":{"rendered":"a new ear, uh, year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy new year! My better 2\/3rds and I just sat around watching DVDs of The
\nWest Wing<\/a>, and drinking champagne and single malt scotch, to bring in 2004.
\nHow civilized :) One of my favorite lines in the show talks about voting for the
\n"lesser of who cares" (haha – John Spencer), and a great Martin Sheen
\nmonologue is when there is a Dr. Joyce Brothers type character who he goes after
\non Leviticus and gay rights, as the president – similar to these<\/a>
\n(the top post only).<\/p>\n

Speaking of biblical-type things, here is a much more interesting take on The
\nEnd Of the World.<\/a> Thanks to stuart bruce (my old shaolin buddy) for the link.
\nFor those not in the know with the acronyms this flash movie uses, check out this
\nAcronym
\nFinder<\/a> site – too funny (links directly to "What does STFU stand for?,"
\nfor the loading page of last link).<\/p>\n

Dean
\nSays His Candidacy to Remain Candid<\/a> – taking his weakness as a strength, I
\nhave to admit that speaking his mind is what makes Dr. Dean more attractive to
\nvoters like me. However, I wish he would clarify what he means in his own head
\na bit more, before attempting to articulate it externally. His heart and mind
\nare in the right place, but he is no President Josiah Bartlet when it comes to
\nthe gift of words, no matter what we want to believe.<\/p>\n

Dean
\nFocuses on Jobs, Health Care in S.C.<\/a> – this one made me happy. "We are
\nnot going to beat George Bush by being ashamed of being Democrats." Go Howard.<\/p>\n

Bush
\nEmbraces Some Regulations as Election Approaches<\/a> it’s about bloody time! Did
\nI mention I’m in the process of reading Fast
\nFood Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal<\/a>? Scary stuff; considering
\ngoing vegetarian again… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy new year! My better 2\/3rds and I just sat around watching DVDs of The West Wing, and drinking champagne and single malt scotch, to bring in 2004. How civilized :) One of my favorite lines in the show talks about voting for the "lesser of who cares" (haha – John Spencer), and a great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics","category-pop-culture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-4f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5323,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/14\/on-geek-girls-some-thoughts-with-my-11-year-old\/","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":0},"title":"On Geek Girls: some thoughts with my 11-year-old","author":"nathaniel","date":"14 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeh, so occasionally my daughter and I are going to post some reviews of movies, comics, art, coding, and more, from a tween's (and her dad's) perspective. 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