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Is it just me, or is the presidential campaign, and the coverage thereof, somewhat weakened by the fact that nobody knows how to properly refer to the candidates and affiliated politicians?

Every time I read a headline saying “BUSH BLAH BLAH BLAH” or “PALIN BLAH BLAH BLAH,” I think to myself, you know, these people hold important offices. They may be douchebags, but the office itself merits our respect. Why are they not referred to as President Bush and Governor Palin whenever they’re mentioned? It may just be me, but I have a really hard time taking any pundit seriously when he refers to a United States Senator as simply “Biden.”

I’m guessing it’s just me.

Despite my success in the bike ride a few weeks ago, I’m still having difficulty with my staggering bulk; I hit 250 pounds again, and decided it was time to Rectify That Problem. So I’ve been eating nothing but meat and cheese (and the occasional glass of vodka while we were at the beach), and as a result have lost 6 pounds in about 4 weeks. I’m hoping to shed a good bit more by Thanksgiving, at which time I intend to gain it all back over a period of 8 days.

To that end, I’ve been making beer like Sam Adams’s fat drunk brother-in-law. I have a Guinness-like “Irish Stout” already in the keg and bottles, and am fermenting a batch of English Pale Ale. I have two more kits ready for b’ilin’, including a “Robust Porter” and an English Brown Ale. All in all, I’ll be appearing at our Thanksgiving vacation house with 4 cases + 4 kegs of homemade beer totalling approximately 18 gallons. My uncles are excited.

You may have noticed I put a twitter feed in the top left. Don’t be sadden’d; instead, embrace the technology. I actually plan to make some small effort to keep it updated. At least as well as I do this blog, since my updates this year have averaged a wavelength of what, three weeks? Holy crap, I’m lazy.