"Senator Biden is now my homeboy"

My intention is not to turn my blog into a list of YouTube videos, but I couldn't resist this.



Hat tip to Ezra Klein.

Down to The Wire

Lester! Marlo! Kima! Chris! Carver! Cutty!

Voting

I arrived at one of the early voting locations 30 minutes before the polls opened.

The voting location was at the far right.

The line went around the corner and stretched 1/3 of the way down the length of the mall.

Go Obama!

Dogs are Great!

This video is titled " My Dogs greeting me after returning from 14 months in Iraq."



Hat Tip to Andrew Sullivan

How I Met Your Mother

The fall TV season began a few weeks ago. I've been enjoying a bunch of returning shows like "Dexter," "Pushing Daisies," "Chuck," and "The Office." A show that I just started watching last year is "How I Met Your Mother."

HIMYM is one of those shows ("Lost" is another one) that would have been completely different had it been written prior to TIVO, TV shows on DVD, and the ability to stream shows online. The writers of HIMYM are focused on continuity to an extent that would be superfluous if the audience did not have an easy way to watch multiple episodes back to back or to easily rewatch an episode from earlier in the season or from a prior season. Jokes are set up in one episode, with the payoff not coming for months.

I like the way this demonstrates writers' respect for the audience. I also simply like the characters. I just don't watch TV shows unless I enjoy spending time with the characters. Jason Segal (previously seen in several of Judd Apatow TV shows, such as the brilliant "Freaks and Geeks, and movies) plays Marshall, who is the focus of last week's episode. The clip below is Marshall's ode to the perfect hamburger (which, as I've previously written, can be found at Tessaro's in Pittsburgh.)