DC Blogs Noted

Spinning Outta Control
Dry Humping the Whore of Babylon
This is a new blog by a writer who describes himself as “a jaded news media producer, writer and historian of fascism.” The blog is “about the ways in which we compromise ourselves.” He’s a powerful writer. The first excerpt is from his introductory post.

Aug. 25: DC is about demons. The demons of our collective past: a Capitol built by slaves, a city without a vote, an entire race mired in poverty and segregated into sections of the city, the booming war industry and bloated bureaucracies...and the posh, self-satisfied party scene of Georgetown that brings together the journalists, politicians and lobbyists into an incestuous stew of self-righteousness. It [is] the source of many ills.

Sept. 7: (Spinning Out of Control) Like the White House, we've spun ourselves outta control. We've bought into the housing bubble, with no-down and ARM mortgages and equity-driven Home Depot dreams of renovating ourselves into wealth…

(Nod to DC Sleeps Alone Tonight for the pointer)

Goodbye Gilligan
Mellow
A number of bloggers wrote this week about the passing of Bob Denver of Gilligan’s Island. Catciao, the writer of the blog Mellow, knew Denver. An excerpt:

I had the pleasure of spending a few days with Bob in 1993 when he was in San Francisco promoting his book Gilligan, Maynard and Me. Almost 30 years after the show aired he was still THE most recognizable and loved person I have ever witnessed. Everyone recognized him …

The line to get in was down the steps, out to the street, down to the corner, across the street, and clear along the next block. We quickly wondered whether it was a bad idea to come, but we stood in line anyway.

Surprisingly enough, the line moved fairly quickly, and within an hour were at the steps, waiting to go in. We overheard some people behind us talking about how "They're showing this on C-SPAN! We're going to be on TV!"

…Our new kitties, Trixie and Special Agent Johnny Utah have acclimated fully to their new environment. I feel like a new mom--buying them everything I can think of that they might like, snapping cute pictures of them sleeping, playing, eating... I can only imagine what I will be like when I actually have children!…

posted by kob @ 12:32 AM