Author: Rick Klau

Reading Babar and the Succotash Bird to my kids tonight, I ran across the following paragraph. You may not agree, but it strikes me as among the oddest ever committed to the English language: “Remember, Alexander, don’t jump to conclusions. There’s more than one bird who can call ‘Succotash!’ That’s how life is – right…

The Democrat who displeases Democrats – Tom Curry – MSNBC.com National press saying Melissa Bean “displeases” Democrats. Interesting. (tags: bean democrats illinois congress) MarketingMonger by Eric Mattson: MarketingMonger Podcast #31 – Interview with Rick Klau of Feedburner Eric Mattson and I spoke about the growth of feeds, feed monetization, and assorted other topics relating to…

I spent the better part of an hour inflating a swimming pool so that the boys could cool off today (in 90 degree heat, inflating that pool was a ton o’ fun), and separately got to employ the time-tested smell check to see if Becca’s diaper was full. Ernie, on the other hand, is busy…

While in New York for Syndicate, Jason remarked that he learned he couldn’t drive in New York (“God invented horns for a reason people, he intended for you to use them.”), I learned that armed with a chocolate pudding, Jason does a mean Bill Cosby impression.

Merry-go-found This is what passes for high drama in the burbs… (tags: aurora police) Why the “New” Al Gore can’t get elected. By John Dickerson Lot of talk about Gore as a possible dark horse ’08 candidate. Slate’s John Dickerson tries to pour a little cold water on the idea, though he admits he’s attracted…

Wired News: What If They Gave a War…? Wired copy chief wants to know where the protests are… (tags: wired bush iraq protests)

Click for larger size. Joy. (For anyone who cares, I actually managed to get on a train to DC, and will get there sometime around 3. Thank God for this Verizon card, or else the entire day would have been a waste. I’m actually getting work done…)

Arriving into Philadelphia: “Noone has said we’re not going to New York, so the assumption is that we are.” Um, right. I’m getting off, having lunch with my Mom, then heading back to DC. I’ve already missed half my meetings, and would miss a third before I actually arrived in NYC.

We’re pulling into Wilmington, Delaware about 2 and a half hours behind schedule. Conductor just walked the car and told us that power’s restored as far as Philadelphia, not yet north of Philadelphia.

Susie over at Suburban Guerilla thinks that this is a good example of the government underfunding Amtrak and took advantage of a captive audience in Philadelphia to evangelize a change in control in November. Yes, President Bush tried to zero out government subsidies for Amtrak last year. At the time, I blogged about Senator Obama’s…