No chance I’m missing out on this… I just noticed that Jon Stewart is performing here in Boston on Friday night!
Go buy tickets for the 7pm performance, and we’ll have dinner afterward at a nearby restaurant — any locals have suggestions?
Update: Oh maaaan. The booking agent called me to say that the 7pm performance had been overbooked […]
Tag Archives: politics
Boston Summit: Jon Stewart on Friday
October 4, 2006 – 16:45
QoTD: Tony Abbott
September 13, 2006 – 02:50
“The adage, ‘governments lose elections, oppositions don’t win them’, remains true but it’s no longer enough for the government to be incompetent. If voters think that the opposition is more or less equally inept, they will stick with the devil they know.” — Tony Abbott, Labor states are riding Howard’s wave
… because that’s precisely what happened at […]
“Evil” is a bad place to start the healing
July 28, 2006 – 08:12
Zaheer, I continue to defend freedom of speech on Planet GNOME, in spite of many complaints now and in the past about various blogs — including my own, on occasions. Your posts about the situation between Israel and Lebanon are very serious examples of the (sometimes pretty crazy) things people complain to me about. But they’re yours, […]
Calling London
July 8, 2005 – 01:49
I just wanted to send out a special message to those behind the London blasts: Even the Irish managed to do a better job than you schmucks. I’m really glad we have mailing lists, IRC and planets to know that family, friends and colleagues are okay in these events. But then, I’m really sad and […]
Compulsory Voting
August 5, 2004 – 04:52
In Australia, we must vote in every federal, state or local election. It’s compulsory to register at the voting booths on election day (you can always put in an invalid ‘protest’ vote if you wish) or you’ll be fined a fairly pissweak amount by the government. Voting, or at least turning up, is a civic […]
