Ebb and Flow

I quit facebook, myspace and twitter, and I haven't much felt like blogging lately either. Burlington politics goes on of course, and I should start covering city hall a little closer for you.

John Briggs's coverage is ok, but his stories are clearly biased by his animosity toward the mayor. He's got a city hall blog now too (Good idea, right?) but he's biased. Shay Totten's writing is better than Briggs's but there's not really as much of it, since Seven Days is a weekly and Shay covers all state politics, not just Burlington. Therefore the niche that gives BurlingtonPol its value continues to exist, but I'm still going to slack all I want, since this is a hobby and I have a real life to tend to. Maybe I'll blog more in August.

Right now my thoughts are largely consumed by the important overseas mission I have to go on next month. I got one of those new fangled passports with a radio-chip in it, and the backpack song from Dora the Explorer keeps running through my mind. Man my little girl loves Dora.

In unrelated gossip, just for the hell of it- I heard Elijah Wood was back in Burlington with Gogol Bordello Sunday night. Rumor has it he was behind the bar at the OP serving drinks. Fun! Sorry I missed that party. Elijah- if you're reading- why don't you and Pamela just move here? It's nice here and we like you.

Also for the hell of it Here's Bernie Sanders's YouTube Page. He's fighting the fight for health care in America. Thank you Bernie. You're doing a great job.