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IMAX. 3-D. Furniture store...what?

All the non-museum (ie commercial) IMAX theaters in Boston are housed within Jordan's Furniture Stores. Weird phenomenon (and smaller screen sizes). On the bright side, all the chairs on the theater are tempur-pedic.


-- Posted from my iPodPhone

Harvard Hoops

They have been flying under the radar this year, but following tough play against UConn and a second straight upset of BC, the Crimson are on the march. Stud senior Jeremy Lin is even getting props from ESPN. Big game against Georgetown on December 23rd. I think if they play it close (or maybe even squeak out another upset), they are going to have to get some national attention. They are young too! Cornell also looks like they are for real this season, so winning the Ivy isn't a walk away. Sure would be nice to see them in the tourney.

We Only Care About Ourselves

It's true. Civic engagement in this country is in the crapper and has been for a while. Everyone was really excited about the turnout in 2008, but the final number was 57%...57%! I shouldn't be surprised that people are uninformed about issues that truly are important to them: they either don't have time to learn or don't care enough to. Those who are engaged seem to be protesting things that don't actually exist. Though we may all care about about issues that are important to us (or more directly impact people's lives), it's really ourselves we care about the most:

Now, there have been a lot of recent posts about depressed enthusiasm among Democratic voters combined with more passion on the Right potentially leading to Republicans recapturing the House next year. That would be a travesty. I'm pretty down on the current state of HCR, Climate Change legislation, Financial Services reform, etc., myself. Voters can get engaged: make phone calls, write letters, donate/withhold money, call Joe Lieberman a douche, etc. But if they really want a bill that makes sense...if they want real reform...then the President has to do something about it.

He may need the votes congress to get reform passed, but he still needs to reform something on the other end of it. Someone please move this to the top of Barack's Netflix queue.

Rahm Emanuel, GFY

I think this (unfortunately) extends to the President as well. This is just about the worst idea I've ever heard. I'm not sure it's good politics either (even if the Dems are going to dump Lieberman after HCR passes (which they probably don't have the balls to do (and which Obama will likely discourage (again!)))). Lieberman does not "want" anything, except to feel important and be a douche. He is really good at the latter.