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Consultants rake in $1.78B in 2004 cycle - Yahoo! News

Link: Consultants rake in $1.78B in 2004 cycle - Yahoo! News.

...I am appalled.  Not that this kind of money is being spent on politics (we're all grownups here and have known this is the sad reality for too long).  No, I am appalled at the quality of media advice the dems got for $150MM.  Seems that kind of cash just doesn't buy what it used to.

Into the Breach

Would seem someone has figured out how to defeat TypePad's comment-spam control system, because the security measures that worked for the past 6 months ain't working now.

And, what is the point of spam anyway, really.  I don't get it.  So much of it has no call to action. I understand the dubious marketer looking for the one-in-a-million to click a link or order the counterfeit viagra or whatever.  But so much of the spam is just non-sensical...in the case of the comment spam its all meaningless links (I get the supposed value in that) but so much of the email spam (and there's been a real increase in just the past couple of weeks) has just been true nonsense with no point and no obvious scheme...

Anyway, a pox on all their houses.

September:

This used to be just about my favorite time of year.  The natural beauty of the changing leaves coming with the change of seasons and growing anticipation for the coming ski season.

This year I'm just sad. All the remembrances of 9/11/01 have made things more painful. I lost two friends that day. They had not been a part of my daily life for several years when they died, and perhaps knowing that I've lost forever the opportunity to get reacquainted makes it harder. Maybe its because I never felt like I really mourned them because they weren't part of my daily life. Maybe it is because we lost another friend around this time last year and because I know my grandfather will not see another September and I am going to say goodbye to him this weekend, I don’t know.

But I am sad today.  I am trying to think about tomorrow instead, for tomorrow will be better.  I think I am going to go home early today and hug my children and wife and be thankful that I am spending another September with them.