From the Boston Globe: The Kerry campaign removed a 20-page batch of documents yesterday from its website after The Boston Globe quoted a Navy officer who said the documents wrongly portrayed Kerry’s service. Edward Peck had said he—not Kerry—was the skipper of Navy boat No. 94 at a time when the Kerry campaign website credited the senator with serving on the boat. The website had described Kerry’s boat as being
August 2004
August 23, 2004
Kerry: “I was skipper of Navy boat No. 94 as the boat was being hit by rockets and a crewmate injured before I wasn’t skipper of that boat at that time under those circumstances.”
From the Boston Globe: The Kerry campaign removed a 20-page batch of documents yesterday from its website after The Boston Globe quoted a Navy officer who said the documents wrongly portrayed Kerry’s service. Edward Peck had said he—not Kerry—was the skipper of Navy boat No. 94 at a time when the Kerry campaign website credited the senator with serving on the boat. The website had described Kerry’s boat as being
August 23, 2004
Dem dats don’t disclose
The missing 23+ percent? Italian haircare products and an assortment of imported deli meats, if I had to guess. Oh, and aspic. Fops love aspic.
August 23, 2004
Dem dats don’t disclose
The missing 23+ percent? Italian haircare products and an assortment of imported deli meats, if I had to guess. Oh, and aspic. Fops love aspic.
August 23, 2004
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, flashback
I think that dolphin in the pea coat stole my Elvis Costello CD. Along with a box of Rice Chex, a cast iron desk lamp, and the harmonica I got for Christmas a few years back. Which just goes to show you: never trust a legless mammal. No matter how good his weed is, and no matter how many fucking sea monkeys he promises to send you once he gets
August 21, 2004
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 33
Deadbeat neighbor: “BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, EH?” Me: “Yeah, I guess.” Deadbeat neighbor: “YOU GUESS? JUST LOOK AT THAT SKY! LOOK AT THOSE MOUNTAINS!” Me: “Yes, nice, I know. But why are you talking in all caps?” Deadbeat neighbor: “AM I?” Me: “Yeah. And it’s annoying as hell.” Deadbeat neighbor: “Oh. Sorry about that.” Me: Deadbeat neighbor: Me: Deadbeat neighbor: “…So. Beautiful day today, eh…?”
August 21, 2004
Sentences I wish I’d Written / Uttered, 3
1. “The notion of Henry James entering into a homosexual, or indeed a heterosexual, relationship with another human being is, not to put too fine a point on it, unthinkable. Henry James, happily bonking away, would not be Henry James”—Joseph Epstein, “The Author as Character, The Weekly Standard, August 9 2004. 2. “Honey, you are the star that makes my Little Dipper Big”—some guy at a hotel bar in Reno,
August 21, 2004
Sentences I wish I’d Written / Uttered, 3
1. “The notion of Henry James entering into a homosexual, or indeed a heterosexual, relationship with another human being is, not to put too fine a point on it, unthinkable. Henry James, happily bonking away, would not be Henry James”—Joseph Epstein, “The Author as Character, The Weekly Standard, August 9 2004. 2. “Honey, you are the star that makes my Little Dipper Big”—some guy at a hotel bar in Reno,
August 20, 2004
Are you goin’ to Scarborough Fair…?
Nope. But I ain’t staying here, either. Later, all.
August 20, 2004
Are you goin’ to Scarborough Fair…?
Nope. But I ain’t staying here, either. Later, all.