Monday, February 04, 2008
Watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off on tv right now. Seen it many times. One of the all times great teen movies. One thing that I started wondering about. In the restaurant scene, Ferris picks a reservation out of the book and claim to be that person, Abe Froman. The maitre d' doesn't believe him and they have to convince him. Finally, they gets seated. So my question is: what happens when the real Abe Froman shows up? Did they luck out and choose someone who doesn't show up? Did they someone call Froman and cancel the reservation? I don't know. My guess is it's a big-ass plothole that they hope nobody would notice.
One thing I really hate is prerecorded political calls. Last november, I went away for a long weekend and when I got back, my answering machine was literally filled with political messages. In 2004, I got calls from everybody from Hillary Clinton to Joe Piscopo. (In fact, I got multiple identical recorded calls from both of them. As if one wasn't annoying enough.) The worst thing about them is, unlike telemarketing calls, you can't get them to take your name off your list since they're recordings. Also, they don't fall under the Do-Not-Call lists. There is a bill going through the PA state legislature that fixes that last thing. Unfortunately, I live in NJ.
Anyway, tomorrow is the primary in NJ and I haven't gotten any calls. I think it's because it's a primary and candidates will be calling those who are in their party. When I registered to vote in NJ, I was told you can wait til primary to choose your party. I moved to Jersey in the summer of 2004 so I was in PA during the last presidential primary. I thought I voted in atleast one of the last three primaries, but I don't recall ever choosing a party. So today, I went online to double-check the whole choosing your party at the polls thing. The NJ Dept. of Elections page had a lot of info about voting, but only said that you had to pick a party to vote in the primary. It didn't say anything about choosing one at the polls. I finally found confirmation on a website for New Jersey Republicans who support Obama.
This brings me back to prerecorded political phone calls. I came home and there was a message on my machine. It started out like the standard annoying political recording, but actually turned out to be a good one. It was a NJ elections official calling to let unaffiliated voters know they can choose a party and vote in the primary.
Anyway, the point of the last couple paragraphs is that I actually got a good political recorded phone call.
On a related note, this will be the first meaningful vote I've ever cast in a presidential primary. In the previously three presidential primaries I've been able to vote in, there was only one candidate left in the race when it got to my state. Funny thing is, there is a candidate in both parties I like, so I still have to decide which party to choose.
And to go back to the Ferris Bueller subject for a second, if Sloane Peterson isn't the best movie girlfriend of all time, she's definitely in the top 5.
One thing I really hate is prerecorded political calls. Last november, I went away for a long weekend and when I got back, my answering machine was literally filled with political messages. In 2004, I got calls from everybody from Hillary Clinton to Joe Piscopo. (In fact, I got multiple identical recorded calls from both of them. As if one wasn't annoying enough.) The worst thing about them is, unlike telemarketing calls, you can't get them to take your name off your list since they're recordings. Also, they don't fall under the Do-Not-Call lists. There is a bill going through the PA state legislature that fixes that last thing. Unfortunately, I live in NJ.
Anyway, tomorrow is the primary in NJ and I haven't gotten any calls. I think it's because it's a primary and candidates will be calling those who are in their party. When I registered to vote in NJ, I was told you can wait til primary to choose your party. I moved to Jersey in the summer of 2004 so I was in PA during the last presidential primary. I thought I voted in atleast one of the last three primaries, but I don't recall ever choosing a party. So today, I went online to double-check the whole choosing your party at the polls thing. The NJ Dept. of Elections page had a lot of info about voting, but only said that you had to pick a party to vote in the primary. It didn't say anything about choosing one at the polls. I finally found confirmation on a website for New Jersey Republicans who support Obama.
This brings me back to prerecorded political phone calls. I came home and there was a message on my machine. It started out like the standard annoying political recording, but actually turned out to be a good one. It was a NJ elections official calling to let unaffiliated voters know they can choose a party and vote in the primary.
Anyway, the point of the last couple paragraphs is that I actually got a good political recorded phone call.
On a related note, this will be the first meaningful vote I've ever cast in a presidential primary. In the previously three presidential primaries I've been able to vote in, there was only one candidate left in the race when it got to my state. Funny thing is, there is a candidate in both parties I like, so I still have to decide which party to choose.
And to go back to the Ferris Bueller subject for a second, if Sloane Peterson isn't the best movie girlfriend of all time, she's definitely in the top 5.
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