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The Obamas talk to Dad Jetsons-style on stage at the Democratic Convention.

Last night the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Denver, Co. last night. Everyone who has put pen to paper since has raved about Michelle Obama’s striking performance and the emotional appeals to the American Dream from a terminally ill Ted Kennedy, a guy who has been to so many Democratic conventions that it’s hard to imagine that any one could ever be his last. Both their speeches were inspiring to be sure, though the whole experience was blunted by the massive wall of cynicism that stands between me and admiration for any figure in national politics. I was slow to join the Obama bandwagon (not out of any love for Hillary Clinton, mind you) and now I’m just as reluctant to give into any idea other than we’re getting ready to send a seriously badass motherfucker to the White House.

So, mostly, what strikes me about this convention is that for the first time in a while it actually seems like a gathering of winners. All of a sudden, thanks chiefly to George W. Bush and secondarily to Obama and his star-power, the Democrats are behaving like a party that can win and a party that can govern. They know they’re the shit and they’re going to flaunt it.

I think the best moment from the convention so far that illustrates this point is the one I pulled the picture up top from. This was a moment of pure political stagecraft wherein the Michelle and the girls checked in with Barack in Kansas City via satellite, where he is, it seems, watching the convention with the common folk. Pretty nice touch and also not a bad campaign move. Barack isn’t even in attendance at the convention, which gives them all the reason they need to move it into a 70,000 seat stadium when he gets there. It also gives them this mechanism with which he can check in and out of the proceedings periodically via satellite. And it also gives him a bit of a common touch: at the gathering of party insiders, Barack Obama isn’t even there.

with Rilo Kiley all of a sudden like some kind of idiot. I remember like five years ago when they were huge I couldn’t have given two shits about this band. Now though, man, I can’t stop listening. Sooo laaaame.

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I’m selling my old photo printer and scanner. They both have been pretty heavily used but are still in working condition. The printer is an Epson 2200, which is a serious workhorse of a thing that can print up to 13″x19″ (or more with the roll feeder attachment) and has like seven different ink cartridges for a wide tonal range. The scanner is also pretty hardcore. It’s an Epson 4870 PHOTO and can scan a whole 36-exposure roll of 35mm film or six medium format frames at one time. Can also handle slides and 4×5 large format transparencies. Scans pretty quickly, especially when connected using firewire. Everything is being sold as is, $350 for both, though I’ll entertain other offers or sell them separately. I have all the various attachments for both including a dust cover for the printer (though not the roll feeder attachment, sorry) and would love to find a good home for both. Let me know.