Internal Monologue

An allegorical history (from an American perspective) of armed conflict since WWII where each country is represented by a characteristic food (or foods). See how many conflicts and participants you can identify: Does any one know the name of the noodle dish that seems to represent the Soviet Union/Russia?

With Edwards out of the race , Internal Monologue is officially endorsing Obama. Explanation will have to wait. It's off to work... UPDATE: OK, here are some reasons why I support Obama rather than Clinton: Clinton voted for the Iraq war. Obama voted against it. That should count for something. I think Obama has better chances against the Republicans (at this point it will probably be McCain, or maybe Romney) I think Obama is in general more liberal than Clinton. And I'm a liberal. I think Obama is less enmeshed in the Democratic establishment than Clinton. And I'm not fond of the Democratic establishment right now, what with all of its capitulating to Bush and fear of being called weak by Republicans. People abroad seem to like Obama more than they like Clinton. And I think a major task of the next president is going to be restoring America's moral stature. This is going to require a lot of work, but I think Obama will start out with more of a reserve of goodwill th

Not good : PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) – Mitt Romney's failure to eat fried chicken with the skin on is nothing short of blasphemy here in the South, according to GOP rival Mike Huckabee. Romney, of Massachusetts, dug into a piece fried chicken at KFC while campaigning in Lutz, Florida on Saturday, but not before peeling off what most would consider the best part — the crispy skin. (via Atrios ) Could they please go back to fighting about religion? This is ridiculous.

For the past few days I've been pretty ill, so that's why there's been a sad dearth of posts on Internal Monologue . My wife has been taking wonderful care of me, and I hope to be better soon.

Well, the technology has a long way to go yet, but the possibilities are very cool (via Sullivan ).

Machinima is when someone uses a 3-D game engine, not to play or make a game but to make a film. For example, this Right Said Fred video made entirely with World of Warcraft video captures that I linked to last May is an example of machinima. But at the time I didn't know it was called machinima. Now I do.

Sullivan's face of the day is this girl, who seems none to happy about receiving the attentions of our president, George W. Bush.