{"id":187,"date":"2004-09-01T22:24:25","date_gmt":"2004-09-02T05:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afterhell.com\/news\/?p=187"},"modified":"2017-09-11T20:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T03:30:30","slug":"heads-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.afterhell.com\/news\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Heads Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just thought I&#8217;d try out the new settings.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good excuse anyway.<\/p>\n<p>My submission for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mongoosepublishing.com\/\">Mongoose Publishing<\/a> is really behind.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m guesstimating that I need to do at least 12,000 words today to make up for lost ground.\u00c2\u00a0 I was getting some nasty, nasty leg cramps last night which put me completely off my game.\u00c2\u00a0 My doctor has written up a &#8216;script for quinine, of all things.\u00c2\u00a0 The stuff they used for malaria?\u00c2\u00a0 Sheesh.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure why this has flared up.\u00c2\u00a0 The RNCC, a veritable goulash of hypocrisy and <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.cnn.com\/2004\/ALLPOLITICS\/08\/30\/gop.purple.hearts\/\">meanspiritedness<\/a>, has been going on all week.\u00c2\u00a0 The news media has given up its roll-over-and-play-dead routine and gone straight to lovin&#8217; on the legs of neocons.\u00c2\u00a0 Here in the real world, Jamie and I are trying to keep fleas off the new litter of kittens.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of the last five weeks have been hot and muggy, especially at night.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems I have so many reasons to choose from.\u00c2\u00a0 [shrug]\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I thought it was worth a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>A few quick tidbits for folks, if it ever comes up in their own lives.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the RNCC last night, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/content\/politics\/recall\/story\/7457298p-8400137c.html\">Ahnod <\/a>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2004\/9\/1\/125455\/5661\">Governator was lying<\/a> up his carefully crafted backside.\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently honesty isn&#8217;t counted among the rarely codified and loudly touted family virtues.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t let anyone get away with stuff like that.\u00c2\u00a0 Pin them down.<\/li>\n<li>This has been bugging me for some time.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m one of several people monitoring right-wing media for <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/\">Media Matters for America<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0 The neocon screaming head I&#8217;m tracking is a shrill, detestable\u00c2\u00a0 little gnome by the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wabcradio.com\/showdj.asp?DJID=12009\">Mark Levin<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 If you ever hear someone sing his praises, get that person to a professional cult deprogrammer immediately.\u00c2\u00a0 Those of you who follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailbourne.com\/phoenix\/\">ISA Phoenix<\/a> <i>Babylon 5<\/i> PBEM might have witnessed a caricature of him just recently.\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry, I had to get it out of my system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway, I wanted to get all that out.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to bog folks down in a rant.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a time-honored cyberpunk tradition, but I&#8217;m not sure if I have the energy for a good old-fashioned Johnny Storm moment anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just thought I&#8217;d try out the new settings.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good excuse anyway. 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