Wow. Last week was an interesting one.
Yeah, the state legislature was getting down to the nitty gritty on the 2008-2009 budget, which was a pretty big deal in itself. But it was interesting for me because I ended up covering not one, but two de facto resignations by prominent local government officials.
Finish reading 'OK, is it me?' »By the way, remember that video I posted here in early May of me going around and interviewing the "fairies" at the Spoutwood Farms May Day Fairie Festival about the presidential race?
A friend of mine e-mailed it to blogger Ben Smith, who's on www.politico.com. Last night, Mr. Smith posted a link to it on his blog, which I thought was really cool of him.
Last I checked, it had more than 1,300 views. So lots and lots of people have seem me prancing around for my litte fairie dance. Which is ... uh ... good, I guess.
OK, I went to Spoutwood Farm's annual May Day Fairie Festival on Friday to find out how the fairy folk feel about the 2008 presidential race. Here's the video. By the way, that's not really me prancing around at the end. That's actually a sophisticated CGI effect. It's amazing what they can do with computers these days, isn't it?
Now that the Pennsylvania primary's over, I'm taking this blog in a completely new direction. Rather than writing about politics, I'll be writing about my personal life. Who is this guy named Tom? What is he thinking? How does he feel about this crazy Merry-Go-Round we call life?
In fact, I'm changing the name of the blog from "Articles of Confabulation" to ...
THE WORLD OF ME
I meant to start on my diet this week, but I had an upsetting day at work. A certain co-worker I'll just call Little Miss Snooty-Face decided she was going to cop an attitude. I got so upset that during lunch, I went out to my car and had a good cry. :(
So when I got home, I consoled myself with a quart of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream and a DVD rental of "She's All That" -- the best movie of all time, IMHO. The ice cream was yummy, but now I feel fat. Bleh.
Anyway, here's my take on this season's "American Idol" ....
JOKE! That was all a joke! I think maybe I took that too far. Just writing it gave me a migraine. Yeesh. Although if that kind of thing interests you, may I refer you to ... oh ... roughly 500,000 other blogs?
No, I will continue to write about politics from a York County perspective. The Pennsylvania primary coming to an end won't change that. In fact, without the primary taking up so much of my time, I'd like to expand my focus. I haven't been writing about state politics lately, and I'd like to rectify that.
Also, let's not forget that we have a presidential election coming up. And I'm sure that, just as in 2004, our status as a swing state will ensure that Pennsylvania in general and York County in particular will be the site of some intense campaigning.
So keep reading.
I should mention that during the interviews I described in the last two entries, TV news people with cameras were hovering in the background.
A news van was parked at the Center Square in York when I interviewed Obama supporters. Two guys were wandering around with a news camera. But it turned out that the van was for a different news crew, because those two guys got in a car when they were done.
Before they did, they asked me where the nearest polling place was. I gave them directions to both the York YMCA and the Crispus Attucks center.
When I was at the local Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters, another TV news guy came in and announced himself as being from a station in Baltimore. Somebody else told me she saw a TV news truck from Washington, D.C., near York Hospital.
I wonder if this is how Iowans feel every four years.
To see additional primary night posts, see Mike Argento's Argento's Front Stoop and Jim McClure's York Town Square.
OK, I just spoke to my editor. Turns out that Mike Argento will NOT be posting on this blog. Gee. After I spent all that time hiding the valuables and the sharp objects.
But be sure to check out his stuff about today's primary on his blog, Argento's Front Stoop.
OK, here we are. Primary Day.
I must admit that I'm a bit disgruntled. I asked my supervisors if I could have the day off because, hey, I could use some quality Playstation time. They gave me an emphatic "no." Fascists.
So anyway, I understand that part of my job tonight is to provide periodic blog entries on what's going on around the county. For now, I can sum it up in a single word -- plenty.
Finish reading 'IT'S PRIMARY DAY! WHEEEEE!' »On Saturday morning, I walked from my downtown apartment to the Central Market -- one of my favorite spots in York. Heck, one of my favorite spots in the known universe.
On the way, I saw a small group of people displaying signs for passing traffic at York's Center Square. I figured they'd be with either the Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama campaigns. As I got closer, I saw they were actually anti-war protesters.
Finish reading 'My Trip to the Central Market' »
Here's the Easter Bunny at the Central Market on Saturday, March 22. Why do I have this on my blog? Read the next entry and find out.
Now that I know how to embed videos in my blog, I want to add this one. It's from a Christmas party that a friend of mine had at his New Jersey home in December, and which happens to feature me. While it isn't ostensibly political in content, I'm including it because I think it functions as a grand political allegory. See, Bob represents the American electorate. And the spoon represents lobbyist spending. And ... Ah, never mind. I'm really including it because I think it's pretty damn funny.
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