Jamie Wakefield

A long time ago I wrote a column about “Beautiful Things.” If I remember correctly, the premier item was “The Last Defender of Camelot” audio book by Roger Zelazny and read by “Odo” from “Deep Space Nine.” Or maybe you remember him better as the snide Butler on “Benson.” Regardless of how you remember him, Rene Auberjonois had the best reading voice I have ever heard and holds that title to this day. Nothing else compares. It could be compared to sitting on your grandfather’s lap, in the middle of an ancient medieval inn, a fire roaring, a pig on the spit, the crowd breathlessly listening to an old man with a beard weave a tale of magic that would stay with those people for the rest of their lives. But, as I said, nothing else compares and he was even better than that. I listened to that tape a dozen or more times over the years and never tired of it. It was a thing of beauty. Wendy was sick last week and started to feel better Friday morning. That same Friday morning I came home from ...

First, go here. http://www.pvponline.com/2008/01/31/help-me-help-you/ When reading said comic I turned to my beautiful Wendy and said "wasn't 'Wrath of Khan' great?" "What? Is that a Star Trek movie? Don't those suck?" I sighed deeply. "It's over" I told her. She begged, I relented, I'll stay until tomorrow when we watch it and she tells me its one of the greatest films ever made. If not...

Rickb – I agree that Obama is more electable. If he is the democratic candidate, he has a better shot at winning the White House than Hillary does. I just don’t think he can do anything once he gets there. I think he will try to do bi-partisan politics and get kicked in the head for it. I don’t think Hillary will go that route. She knows the republicans don’t want to work with democrats. She knows the ins and outs of Washington much better than Obama. Mizu – “Clinton is a name I equate with a lot of prosperity. But Obama represents youth and vigor.” Obama talks a great fight and if this was a perfect world in a perfect time, I would vote for Obama in the primaries. I’m not about “I hope he does well” right now. I’m about doing what is needed to make America great again. I’m not going to pin my “hopes” on someone young and idealistic; I’m going to choose the candidate who I think will do what needs to be done. Chris – Same. I like Obama a lot. If he gets the nod, he’ll have my full supp...

Politics is a large percentage of what Wendy and I ruminate on these days. We’ve signed up for the Democrats Abroad global primary so we can vote and have our voice be heard on February fifth. Yes, we actually get delegates. We watched the January 21st debate the other day. We’re still looking for a place to watch the latest debate. Like many dems, we started out uninterested in who won the nomination, knowing that we’ll support whoever gets it. In the past few weeks, we’ve both come to support Clinton. (Me a little more so than Wendy, who still might be swayed to Obama’s side.) She looked good in the debate while Obama didn’t seem to have the fabled charisma that I had heard so much about. I thought Edwards did great as well. A vast improvement over his performance of 2004. My arguments for Hilary are many. Unity - Unlike Obama, she’s made no mention of unity. No mention of how important it is to move forward and beyond these last 7 years of America being run rough shod over by the cu...