View From the Bushes

I was going to blog yesterday but the time got away from me. The whole Cheney thing would be interesting to write about, but way too much already has. The press are fixitated on the whole thing, when I really think their primary concern as the press should be the "cartoon controversy." Political scandals come and go, but something this chilling to the entire idea of the press is less common and far more worrisome. And yet by and large the press has rolled over. Fortunately the WWW has taken up some of the slack, as witnessed by the Fark Photoshop Contest: Sitcom situations for Mohammed. (Some are real gems.)

In the continuing saga of 12dailypro, a man from Utah flew back east to confront Stormpay and 12dailypro about what's happening, followed by a crew from the local news station. On Monday they showed up at the Stormpay office and talked with the CEO and the owner for about an hour and a half. The two were evasive and couldn't offer a full accounting of everything, but they did sit down and talk to the guy. Yesterday he tried to track down Charis (the owner of 12dailypro). Despite driving to every address they could think of there was no sign of Charis, or anyone who worked with 12dailypro. The whole thing has devolved into a he said, she said between Stormpay and 12dailypro; given the behavior of both, I'd be inclined to believe Stormpay in this one. (For the curious, the full text of the WSJ article on this mess was syndicated by some other newspapers so you can now read it online.)

Saturday is my birthday, and as usual it falls near the three-day weekend created by President's Day, which at the moment is the only thing keeping me going. I'm planning on a long and relaxing weekend. There's even a game coming out that I'm quite excited about. Unfortunately it doesn't drop until next Tuesday, but it's still a nice little birthday gift. The game is Galactic Civilizations II, and I've got to say it looks pretty dreamy...

Plagued by bad dreams
Ross