Yes, it’s the obligatory Christian Bale mashup post.

First, the classic Christian Bale dance remix by RevoLucian:

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Aside from the implication that McCain and Obama are the only two motherfuckers running for prez in ’08, this video from MoveOn is awesome:

You can personalize the video and send your friends and family (and yourself) a copy here.

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People for the American Way whittled 4,000+ “McPalin Haiku Hysteria” submissions down to 12 lucky finalists:

Is that Tina Fey?
Because this is comic gold.
Wait, she’s serious?

1 — Daniel Carroll

No experience?
Dangerous right-wing ranting?
“Perfect!” says McCain.

2 — John Culhane

Habeas corpus
And that pesky Bill of Rights.
Who needs’ em? WINK. WINK.

3 — Jean Hall

Do you want McCain
To choose a Supreme Court judge
Like he chose Palin?

4 — Scott & Susan Hanway

Hiring only friends,
Firing the librarian:
That’s Sarah Palin.

5 — Leslie Harris

Heard Sarah’s packing.
Not sure what. Tailored clothing?
Heat? The Supreme Court?

6 — Wenzel Jones

Palin knows nothing
About the Constitution.
Puppets don’t have to.

7 — Madeleine Kane

The Constitution
Now in the toilet by Bush
McCain will flush it

8 — Karl Kauffman

The “Supremes” will sing
“Roe, Roe, Roe Your Vote Away”
If McCain conducts

9 — Barbara Peckham

Wastin’ away on
The bridge to Scalia-ville:
Yikes! Thanks but no thanks

10 — Dean Sluyter

Dust thick on text books.
Evolution was a fad.
Science dead? You betcha.

11 — Laura Welch

McCain is ailin’
Chooses hockey mom Palin
You betcha, we’re pucked!

12 — Chaunce Windle

Vote for your favorite three here.

Can you guess my picks? Answer after the jump…

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My bathroom flooded last night, so no blogging today. Go watch this instead.

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I spotted this note while driving home through town last week. It was tacked to a pole in the main intersection of Plattsburg’s “business district” – which is basically comprised of four small blocks. NYC, it ain’t.

Here’s an (admittedly blurry) closeup, in case you can’t make it out.

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I’m not usually one for “feminine hygiene” commercials, but I’m totally digging Tampax’s newest ad, Waylei’d. I even YouTubed it, yo!:

I love how Mother Nature is played as a snarky saboteur, natch.

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I am.

Then again, you probably are too. I don’t imagine cults are particularly…particular.

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In case y’all couldn’t tell, I’m taking a mini-vacation from blogging. I’m completely burned out on politics, and besides, it’s gorgeous outside. I’d much rather be rubbing doggeh bellies in teh sun than fuming about Obama’s regressive policies (see, for example, FISA; taxpayer-funded faith-based programs; and the US/Mexico border fence, to name a few).

I’m also working on reformatting all the old “vintage” posts that I copied here when I left my old blog, kellygarbato.com. I tried automating the process, but that introduced all sorts of weird characters and code. So it looks as though I have to tweak each post – 558, to be precise – by hand. Then I can finally scrap the old blog for good. After which I’ll write a shame-faced apology for some of my early posts, which are tinged with blind privilege. I have half a mind to just delete them all, but that strikes me as dishonest. Better to own my mistakes and learn from them. Plus, it’s interesting to look back and see how my thinking has evolved; I’ve become increasingly progressive since I began blogging. Still, I have a ways to go, and by leaving evidence of my past “isms” up in the archive, I hope to remind myself to always, always consider my own white, heterosexual, cisgendered, middle-class privilege. No, I don’t want a cookie; but if you do happen to go browsing through the archives (particularly 2005/2006), just keep in mind that most of my views have changed. Drastically.

Now for them memes. I won’t be tagging anyone, since I wasn’t tagged myself. I’m an island, yo.

The first meme, Seven Summer Songs, comes from Cara at The Curvature:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

Cara went with an all-Beatles theme; me, I’m stumped. I sometimes go on a genre kick; occasionally, I’ll whittle it down to one band or even an album. But just a few songs? Way hard. Impossible, actually.

So rather than being The Seven songs I’m stuck on, these are just representative of the types of music I’m listening to.

1. The Bravery – Believe

After mocking it as a st00pid show idea for the first two or three seasons (“OK, they’re stranded on a deserted island. Now what?”), Shane and I rented Season 1 of Lost during the writer’s strike and were immediately hooked. We just finished Season 3 last weekend, and have Season 4 all queued up on DVR. So no spoilers, please! I am crazy obsessed with it, to the point where I’m re-watching pivotal episodes and reading episode guides and shit. I don’t think I’ve loved a show this much since the X-Files.

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2 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

88 As a 1930s husband, I am Very Superior Take the test!

Apparently I’m more of a man than my husband, who only scored a 74 on the husband test.

Still waiting for his results on the wifely scale.

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What be your pirate name, matey?

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