That’s me taking a big bite out of my filet mignon sandwich. On my right is Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg, on my left is Duncan Black and Adam B (kossack). You can see a whole slide show at flickr, and read about the day at forwardtogetherblog.com.
The momentum for a Blogger Dress Code Panel at next year’s Yearly Kos keeps building. I wish there was a picture of Chris Bowers. The outfit he wore to the Sestak campaign event made me look like an Armani model.
Those dudes in the suits look really out of place ;o)
DRESS CODES???? Oh Boo, that is so 1956. What? a guy in a suit asks better questions or takes better notes or blogs better??? I think you look “Swell.” (to quote Humphrey Bogart).
No kidding Shirl-dress codes?..WTF? Are all the guys supposed to run around in Repthuglican lite power suits-so as to ask better questions and all the women are going to have to wear dresses-and like in my catholic high school days, make sure your dresses are at a nice ladylike knee skimming length-oh yeah this is important stuff here-dress codes for gods sake for bloggers-unless someone shows up wearing a speedo-oh wait I think that might have already been covered..
And don’t get me started on the name Yearly Kos-that just pisses me off to no end-egotistical name for a bloggers convention now isn’t it…or maybe only Kos people have to abide by the dress code since it’s called Yearly Kos..how’s that..did I mention I’m cranky this morning?
Hi Choc., Yeah, who would have thought, dress codes?? Sounds a little like an up-tight-former-republican-conservative-owner-of-the-largest-democratic-Blog-type-of-suggestion.
I always find it curious when people start getting really concerned about “what will others think” about stuff that matters so little as WHAT THE HECK A BLOGGER IS WEARING!!
I loved this:
I’ve been a little cranky myself. . .heh!
LOL and Hugs
Shirl
You should have worn one of your famous Speedo and Ray Ban combos.
Just as an aside- where do they get the money for lunches like that? At a time when they are begging us for money, belittling Dean for different priorities etc., shouldn’t they be a little more efficient with the money they do get?
the law firm payed for lunch.
chroist that is one faaaaan-cccaaaay boardroom. so opulent. so, blech.
I wonder if a “progressive” dress code might be a good thing. I am thinking along the lines of:
Could make for a much more interesting array styles. 😉
I’ve read that at the rate a decent worker can produce a t-shirt, labor costs amount to virtually nothing per unit. Paying someone a union garment-workers rate would add somewhere in the neighbourhood of 25 cents per shirt. Same with fruit pickers, if you add only 5 cents to a piece of fruit, the people that picked it could make a decent wage.
It’s amazing how much our society will marginalize and dehumanize someone to save 5 cents per unit produced.
i’ve met and spoken with alex numerous times in the last year or so. not once have i ever seen him without that hat! i’m told he showers and swims with it.
dress codes are for suckers.
Us never-nudes come in all shapes and sizes. Some of us cannot live without little denim cut-off shorts, and some of us wear hats all the time(and yes, we even wear them in the shower and to bed).
Where is the compassion? Where is the understanding? And here I thought Democrats wanted to be the “big-tent” party. Well, me and the powerful never-nude lobby will have to reevaluate which party we align ourselves with.
I know it’s totally shallow, and I mean it in the nicest possible way, but does anyone else find Duncan Black’s longitudinally oriented hairline to be, um, well, fascinating?
AdamB once ordered me to support and contribute my money to the Casey campaign, a move which would instantly disqualify him as any sort of political expert, much less an on-line political expert. He looks and dresses just like I would expect him to look.
Was everyone there white and male?
Colleen, are you insinuating that those who are not white, not male and not in power suits have a say in anything? You dirty commie hippie!
Oh yeah, and Mighty Casey’s “lead” is down to five points. Chroist he sucks goat balls.
am I the only one who sees a white horn sticking out of BooMan’s head? I’m reminded of something.
henceforth, goatboy?
at this point in the thread he is a Rayban-toting, Speedo-modeling goat with a hunger for filet mignon. Who knew?
and if he gained like 50lbs and didn’t shave for a month or two, he’d be a dead ringer for this guy. and that’s goatboy, not goat 🙂
who thought of BooMan when I saw that video. 😉
It was the first thing I thought of!
i see frolf accident in your near future.
frolf? what’s frolf? i’m gonna wipe your sorry ass all over the disc golf course.
Colleen, are you insinuating that those who are not white, not male and not in power suits have a say in anything?
Why no, Mr Yee, after all some of my closest friends are white and male.
What I’m insinuating is that it often looks as if only those who are white and male get invited to these meetings which is probably why we end up with walking, breathing insults like Casey and Lieberman as representatives of the Democratic party. Sometimes white males (and, sadly, particularly the ones in power suits or vestments) forget about the little people and are not inclined to listen when we speak. (This is not directed towards Boo at all, btw)
Sadly, it often looks so because it is so.
cool pics dude–
Totally off topic if you will forgive me. Gas prices really have me confused lately. The wholesale price of gasoline today is $1.87 a gallon. About four weeks ago it was going for $2.28 give or take. That is almost an 18% drop. During the same time period, BP announced its corrosion problem up in Alaska and had to cut production about 50%. Today I here they have had to shut down more production temporarily for a maintenance concern.
I haven’t read or heard about any dramatic cut in demand. So my question is this, who is making up the difference? The Saudis? If so could this be connected to the upcoming fall elections? Save a plane this week, cut gas prices that week, and for a couple of months us dummies will start to figure it’s just like the good ole days??
Or is this just the overactive imagination of a bleeding heart liburl who sees GOP conspiracies everywhere??
BTW,I forgot to add that those BooMan T shirts look good on any occasion, and they make great gifts too!
I refuse to follow dress codes for anything but work. I know I can not wear negative stuff when blockwalking but when I go to a public event I can dress anyway I want. We have a lady in our local party who thinks I should never wear any of my political shirts at any event and I told her and the Party Chairperson that she was nuts.
Just to ask, you weren’t seduced by a free lunch in a nice room so you wouldn’t ask the tough questions. Did anyone ask how much that conference room table cost?? (sarcasm)
Actually, that is funny because I did say, “my only question is how much did this table cost.” No shit.
What was their response?
1.)It is Attorney–Client priviledge
2.)or the real “ball park” price.
3.)we paid equal to Enough money to triple your bandwidth add ten servers, a tech-man, and this same lunch for five years.
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Now, doesn’t that feel better?
Why not traditional blogger pajamas?
You know, I really wanted to say something yesterday, when you originally compared our “casual” styles, but my schedule didn’t permit it. But let me just say this now- your dudeness’ style and my own have nothing in common.
Flip flops and shorts is not a style- it’s a way of life. On the other hand, not only do I always rock a Kangol (As the Ruler said: “K” for the Kangol that I rock, and I wear it every day, and why? Well, why not?) but the particular Kangol in this picture was purchased by the authority on what is fashionable. Yes, that’s right, my style was certified by my old coworker, Tim Gunn. You want to argue with Tim about style? Don’t you know that he has his own bobble head doll?
Actually, I was wondering if now that this thread is cruising towards ablivion, if we could organize to nominate Booman for an episode of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” without him noticing. Wouldn’t that be the greatest!! I think the queer guys would have a blast reforming one of those liberal hate-mongering bloggers. And it might drive up some interesting traffic for the site.
<snark>
I’m pretty sure that you’re just joking, but honestly I think it would be possible. In the past I know Bravo was shying away from working with political people, but comeon, who else besides liberals are going to watch a show about gayifying your life.