Free Macworld Expo passes

Two different people today asked me today about free exhibits passes to Macworld Expo. Here's the offers I was able to find:

• Your Mac Life

• Daily Tech Talk

• Rogue Amoeba

One of those should work for you; if not, Google is your friend.

Comic art imitates my so-called life

Sometimes when I read xkcd, I feel like the gags go completely over my head. Other times, I'm glad I'm in on the joke. But once in a long while I feel like some part of it is targeted straight at me. This frame (from a five-part series that started here) is in the last group.

To think that this picture is from almost twenty years ago… time flies, don't it?

Sorry, not interested at this time

Just got a call from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, asking for a donation. The conversation went like this:

Caller: "Hi, I'm calling on behalf of Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC. We'd like to thank you for your past support, and ask if you can support us again for the 2008 elections."

Me: "Sorry, but right now I'm only donating directly to candidates. You can tell Nancy that I'll only donate money to the DCCC again when the Democrats in Congress show some damn backbone and actually stand up to Bush and his cronies, and stand up for the Constitution."

Caller: (sounding surprised). "Uh, OK."

Now, what surprises me is that the caller was surprised. You would think that my message was one that they would hear pretty regularly these days, considering the low esteem in which Congress is held by the public.

Foodie porn

Padma Lakshimi is certainly not the only reason I watch Top Chef. An entertaining cooking competition does not require a hot host (ref. The Next Iron Chef, though some of our readers may weigh in on Alton Brown's hotness). But hotness doesn't hurt, either.