I’m Voting Republican

Oh, the hell with it: I’m voting Republican!

And if this video doesn’t convince you to do the same, then I don’t know what will.

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The Return of Those Little Bastads

Back at the end of April, I announced that I was going to be expanding my presence on the Web by launching and/or re-launching several Websites. And while I’ve decided not to get quite as ambitious as I originally outlined (at least not right now), I am happy to report that the official E. Christopher Clark Website is now online. This new personal Website is dedicated to my writing and my c.v., but the development that I’m most excited about is that this Website has facilitated the return of my first book, Those Little Bastads, to the market. For the first time in a couple of years, you can now buy copies of the book direct from me. It’s near the end of its initial print-run, so if you don’t already own a copy, I suggest you go pick yourself up a copy today.

And if my admittedly biased opinion isn’t enough to sway you, please do check out the new review at Books Without Limits.

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An Empathy Deficit

The other day, I wrote about supporting Hillary Clinton versus supporting Barack Obama, and I’ve made several comments over the past couple of months at my friend Beth’s Website about why Obama just doesn’t do it for me. But early this morning I had an opportunity to watch the video I’ve embedded above, and it’s gotten me a little bit more enthused about the presumptive nominee than I was before.

This informative and occasionally powerful video—I almost shouted ‘Hell yeah’ at the line about our country’s empathy deficit—has also helped me to clarify for myself what it is about Obama that has bothered me so much. And it’s not that I dislike the man or his message. No, my indifference towards the senator has much more to do with the fact that I have no faith that he can deliver on what he promises.

This is probably because I am a glass half-empty kind of person, but I just don’t see how he’s going to deliver change while working within the confines of a government that has proven time and time again that it doesn’t want change at all. I think that, once he gets into that oval-shaped office, he’s going to realize how ridiculously difficult it is to make anything happen as the “leader of the free world.” And when he comes to that realization—when we all come to that realization—we’re going to end up with a country full of cranky people, cranky people woken up from a dream that was never going to become a reality in the first place.

But, I could be wrong. And I hope that I am wrong. I hope that Senator Obama is able to deliver on everything he spoke about to the crowd at Google back on November 14, 2007. If he does, I’m going to be happier than I have ever been to say, “I am a tool, and you, President Obama, you rule.”

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Geek Force FiveCast - SomerVaudeville Edition (Video)

Last week, I had the immense pleasure of attending SomerVaudeville, a 21st century vaudeville performance featuring my friend Andy Hicks (The Pluto Tapes), among others. It was put on my Theatre@First, a Somerville-based drama troupe, and I had a grand old time.

For the past week, I’ve struggled to put together a movie of the footage I shot at Johnny D’s that night. I’m not sure if this video quite captures the awesomeness of that evening, but when it features banjos, musical saws, and covers of both Paula Abdul and Kermit the Frog, how can you not watch?

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Bob Barker Was My Hero

Here’s an excellent find by Leslie at Smoke Rings, Coffee Stains: The Top 8 Moments in The Price is Right History. I’m sure that there are some clips from the early days that there just aren’t tapes of that would maybe knock some of these clips off the list, but it is a pretty good list nevertheless.

The Price is Right was a summertime obsession of mine when I was growing up. It came on at eleven in the morning on the local CBS affiliate, and I hardly went a day without watching it. My favorite game was Plinko (though I swear there was another one that I can’t remember that I liked more, one that was hardly ever played) and my favorite Barker’s Beauty was probably Dian.

Any other Price is Right fanatics out there among the Geek Force? I haven’t been able to watch it in years. How’s Drew Carey doing filling Bob’s shoes?

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