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Thoughts on this and that
Feb. 7th, 2008 11:46 amFirst, my recent reading. I picked up Scott Westerfeld's trilogy of teen novels, Uglies, Pretties, and Specials, and devoured them over a few days. The basic setting: a future Earth where everybody gets surgery at 16 to make them pretty, in a mostly uniform sort of way. Highly recommended, whether you are a teen or not.
The nomination process remains a muddle, especially for the Democrats. They're down to two candidates now, but the delegates are split almost evenly. If this trend continues, neither of them will have a majority of the elected delegates at convention time, and the superdelegates (party officials and so forth) will decide the outcome. Over on the Republican side, McCain looks strong, but there is enough anti-McCain sentiment to possibly derail a coronation. It would be easier for the anti-McCain forces to succeed if one of the other two candidates were to withdraw, but it doesn't appear that either Romney or Huckabee will leave quietly.
The Super Bowl was a great game, contested until the final seconds. But the outcome was disappointing; it would have been fun to see football history made, rather than just watching a footnote. The Patriots missed a number of opportunities to win the game, though the Giants also missed chances to score more points. I think the injury to Tom Brady's ankle two weeks earlier was a factor; I base that on the poor accuracy of Brady's attempts at long passes. Pressure from the Giants was a factor, but I don't think it's the entire story; I have seen Brady play often enough to know that he is normally more on-target on those long passes than he was on Sunday.
The nomination process remains a muddle, especially for the Democrats. They're down to two candidates now, but the delegates are split almost evenly. If this trend continues, neither of them will have a majority of the elected delegates at convention time, and the superdelegates (party officials and so forth) will decide the outcome. Over on the Republican side, McCain looks strong, but there is enough anti-McCain sentiment to possibly derail a coronation. It would be easier for the anti-McCain forces to succeed if one of the other two candidates were to withdraw, but it doesn't appear that either Romney or Huckabee will leave quietly.
The Super Bowl was a great game, contested until the final seconds. But the outcome was disappointing; it would have been fun to see football history made, rather than just watching a footnote. The Patriots missed a number of opportunities to win the game, though the Giants also missed chances to score more points. I think the injury to Tom Brady's ankle two weeks earlier was a factor; I base that on the poor accuracy of Brady's attempts at long passes. Pressure from the Giants was a factor, but I don't think it's the entire story; I have seen Brady play often enough to know that he is normally more on-target on those long passes than he was on Sunday.
