some political blabber

And there you have it. In an unsurprising clang of the media thimble, John Edwards is the veep candidate. And even though 60% of perspective Kerry voters wanted him there, I'm just sorely disappointed. I don't know if it's just me, but the whole appointment process has always inspired some curiousity in me. I mean, the candidate can chose whomever he/she wants. So, why does it always have to be lame? Lieberman? Edwards? Frankly, Edwards to me looks like John Ritter with Down Syndrome. He's hardly better than Al Gore. I just fear that when Bush starts sending out the attack dogs on Kerry/Edwards, it'll be "Look at the 2 democrats. Both talk big, but neither has passed ANY major legislation in Congress despite their talk." And it's not that untrue.

So there you have it. For the past month, I've been praying for some spontenaity from Kerry. Pick someone offbeat but awesome. I mean, there are thousands of candidates out there who would rock but who may not be the current hallmarks of the Dem politica establishment. But no, of course we get the trisomy 21 veep.

In other news, it turns out yesterday was a holiday. And as much fun as Monday holidays are, Monday holidays that you didn't know about are so much better. I went to work in the morning, nobody was there, I did a little work on my own, and then I jumped to the beat of "When in Rome..."

I was talking to a friend last night, and I mentioned that I had a good 4th. It was a nice long vacation that left me bewildered, and hazy when it came to getting back to work, but it felt like I had a month off. I even ended my parliament dependence, which isn't so great for the weight loss. But the best part of it all is that I acutally enjoyed the fireworks, for the first time in maybe 10-15 years. There was some faint semblance of awe, and well, that's not a bad thing.