I recently made a guest-appearance on the blog Townie Talk. We discussed at length my opinions of President Obama.



As these two wonderful young college students reminded me, I have not been keeping myself informed. I decided to do some research over at Politifact to see how my perceptions of the world around me lined up with reality.

Checking out the Obameter it looks like Mr. President is off to a good start for his first eight months in office. As of the writing of this post his record is 43 promises kept, 11 compromises, and 95 in the works. There are, however 12 stalled and 7 promises broken. Oh, and 347 No Action but hey, we're not even a year into the first term.

There are a lot of healthcare-related campaign promises in the works. Unfortunately we can't watch healthcare debates on CSPAN, but at least he got a puppy

One correction, though. They refer to me as a native of Cortland. This is not entirely true. I do spend a significant amount of time in Cortland, but I am an Ithacan.

Tomato

Tomato, originally uploaded by gregamell.

First tomato plant

I bought this little oscillator from here
. I also have this old casio keyboard I got when I was a kid. Came with a sweet NKOTB sheet music book (see below).









So far I have done some reading, but not much soldering. Hopefully I will post some positive results in the near future

December, Philadelphia

I'm afraid to be honest.
But this time I know what I want:
To tell her to her face,
"I came here
to see you, but
I didn't want you to know,
until I know
you wont tell me no.
Tell me I'm crazy or creepy or anything
Or tell me you want me too.
That you're scared too
That life isn't easy for you
but maybe
if I were a part of it too
it'd be a little easier,
better even."
Thats what I want and I'm sure.

The River that Ruined My High School Graduation (a haiku)

When I was a girl
The Chemung River Flooded
The whole town shut down

love lost

If its all connected why am I apart?
Disperate parts seeming whole
to some
I don't see

No other can show me the way
They say
'Experience it, fullness
of life'
Me, who questions his own existence
Tries to prove free will
by irrational action

Do I want stability
a good job
with benefits
money
and...
What do they find, see or seek, there?
(furtively grasping air)
I have to be missing
something
Please
God.
God? or just and empty, sucking
vacuum
swallowing all excesses of thought, reason
no answers
except to reveal multiplicities of uncontemplated, unheard-of
dreampt of variables, knocking down
constraints
infinite possibilities to choose from, but
only one?
Thats all I get in the end?
Better make it good,
or better off saying 'fuck it
all'
Thats right
no love
lost.

.

A Text [6:55 pm]

To: Jack

Im really impressed with
what little ive seen of
your writing, and perhaps
a little jealous too. Side
note- do you think a huge
ego helps one write?

A Chat

[1:07 am]

me: i thought you might think i was implying your ego was large

Jack: oh, well that

me: which i didnt want to do

Jack: that too

[1:08 am]

well, what do you think of that post
its kind of lame
but I figured since you are the only person reading it,
I may as well pander to you and by the way,
thanks

[1:12 am]

Jack: if you have critiques of anything I put up,
it'd be cool if you commented them right on there
that way,
if I edited them,
we'd know the goodness really is a shared things

[1:13 am]

me: i was actually just messing with the latest one

[1:15 am]

Jack: i wish I understood what that meant

me: um

[1:16 am]

Jack: this convo is getting way to heady for me...
regardless of what you did or did not mean,
or said or didn't say...