Which has nothing to do with anything other than I said I was going to use it as a post title, and I did. Because 87 degrees with high humidity? Just say no. Friends do not let friends experience this sort of thing, and where this leaves my friendship with Sarah, I don't know.
On the other hand, she took me to this comedy show at Yale a few months ago, and I've been telling a joke from that ever since. Well, she found a video of it, which you should watch, because OMFG.
Also, I should note the whole Talks At Google thing, which is basically Google saying "Hey, awesome or important person, come talk to our people!" John Scalzi gets his day, as do most of the current Democratic presidential candidates plus John McCain.
Yes, I watched all of these after work. Why do you ask?
The quick analysis:
I don't think I've heard Hillary Clinton speak previously, and I came off impressed. I don't always agree with her, but she's clearly very smart, and I agree with enough that I don't feel uncomfortable about the idea of her as president.
I thought better of John McCain than I thought I might, which is to say that, frankly, I was inspired by almost everything he said. That I seem to agree with him on Iraq is of some comfort to me.
I don't think much of John Edwards as a presidential candidate, but he WAS very good at the speaking part, much better than I thought he might, and he has a lot of charisma. And on the things he knows about, he's smart. But I still think he'd be a better VP.
Bill Richardson reminded me, and this is probably unfair to the man, but he reminded me of a certain politician from Old Man's War, and those of you who've read it will know who I'm talking about. Annoying, probably misguided, but also fairly right. It was kind of odd.
Not that Michael Bloomberg was there as a candidate, but I think if he was running, I'd vote for him. He's a great speaker, he's smart, and he said a lot of things what needed saying. That's true for all of them, actually, but he did it best.
But Scalzi gave a cool talk. I need to watch Neil Gaiman's now.
Posted by Dwip at June 28, 2007 11:02 PM