Hey reader! By which I mean you people subscribing to this blog in an RSS/newsreader. Has it seemed like this blog has been dead for, like, forever? Or at least since May? Well, that’s because I’ve posted rarely and randomly. But it’s also b/c the feed was screwed up, I think, by a WP update or something. I think it’s working now. I mean, I hope it is. If you â�� someone, anyone, Beuller â�� would be so kind, could you just drop a little note to let me know whether you successfully received this post in your feedreader of choice?

I wish I’d never gotten involved w/the feedburner monster, but as long as it’s working, well, cool.

John McCain’s top strategist has effectively told the New York Times that the Republican nominee for V.P. won’t be ready on Day One, but that’s fine, because McCain will probably live until 2013. Seriously. That’s his argument. *

Thinking McCain will be president if he names a woman as his veep. Please tell me I’m wrong. Please!

Hating the repetition ad nauseam of pop radio. Grrr.

Not listening to Bill Clinton at the convention. Can someone tell me why I should care what he says?

So I’m supposed to remember if I’ve been “ticketed, given a summons or written warning, arrested, or taken into custody and questioned or accused formally or informally of the violation of any traffic law, excluding parking violations and charges [already] disclosed”? And if I say yes, I must “must submit with the paper portion of your application copies of the arresting officer’s report, the order of disposition, and documentation substantiating your compliance with any sentence or condition imposed”?

Get. Freaking. Real.

Again: Lawyers are idiots. Absolute idiots. Aaaaargggh!

Considering “weltschmerz,” which allegedly means world-weariness or hip ennui. IJ p. 694.

Please ignore. This is a test.

List every job (other than those listed in response to preceding questions 23A and 24), including without limitation all temporary, part-time, full-time, and self employment, paid or unpaid, you have held for the ten year period immediately prior to the date of the filing of this application. List jobs in reverse date order so that your current or most recent (non-judicial and non-legal) employment is listed first.

Lawyers are the biggest idiots on the planet. I want to pull my hair out!!!!

Also not helping: This blog is somehow broken. The RSS feed’s not working, which it never really has in any way that was satisfactory, and I can’t post through the xml-rpc interface. So sadness all around. The dearth of posting here means fewer people follow anyway, and the hassle associated w/keeping the damned thing running, updating software, troubleshooting, etc., is beginning to outweigh the benefits. Hmph. Changes to come. Suggestions always welcome.

The old business adage that it�s not what you know but who you know takes a twist in the Internet era: it�s what you know about social-networking sites that can get you ahead. *