Ah, Dumbledore...
...we hardly know ye.
I guess the napkin ring in his beard should have tipped me off.
Or maybe the fact that he had such a wide stance.
As usual, the LA Times scooped me:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-showbiz7-23oct23,1,4293482.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews&track=crosspromo
I have a history of tuning out gaydar, though.
I think I'll let this inform my Nanowrimo novel.
November is NaNoWriMo
Otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month.
http://www.nanowrimo.org
The deal is you start fresh on Nov 1, on a story you've never started, and write throughout the month.
No editing, no polishing, no angst.
As the sponsors say, December is for editing.
If I can write 50,000 words in November, I'm officially a winner.
Woo-hoo!
Very Colbert-esque of me, I'm more focused on winning than content :-)
My user name on the http://www.nanowrimo.org website is ConqueringVertigo, no spaces.
Please join me, buddy me, read me and encourage me.
I've promised Richard that when he wakes up on Dec 1st, he'll be married to a novelist.
Enter the A.G.
Once known as Governor Moonbeam, Attorney General Jerry Brown enters the fray in the ongoing Ed Jew saga. This link also lists a chronology of stories about the exciting, maddening, sad-assed saga of the Man Who Would Be Supervisor.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/18/BA8BSS9FG.DTL&tsp=1
My Daily Jew Fix
No, it's not Jon Stewart, although he is The Man.
It's Ed Jew, San Francisco Supervisor-in-Limbo. Every morning I open the paper, eager to read the latest chapter in the saga.
Jew is the Accidental Politician, elected due to the screwy "ranked choice" voting that beleaguered our City's last election. Faking a residence in our neighborhood, Jew registered to vote and run for office in San Francisco.
Some men are born to greatness, others have it thrust upon them. Still others steal it, then abuse it.
Once in office, with power over others, Jew hurried to shake down the owners of the "Quickly" tapioca shops. Jew is Chinese, and he leveraged, one might say quickly, the fears Asian immigrants held regarding beaurocracy into an $80,000 extortion scheme. The Tapioca Tsars didn't get off the boat yesterday, though -- they went to the FBI, then wore a "wire" to the next meeting with Jew. Ultimately they gave Jew marked bills the FBI later found in Jew's house -- his house in Burlingame, CA, not in San Francisco.
The FBI investigation exposed the faked residence, the fraudulant voter registration and other illegal legal documents. With court cases pending on every level (from Federal down to City), he keeps maintaining his innocence. I understand he has a cultural imperative to save face, but if I were him I'd be more concerned with saving my ass.
Time to plead out, Mr. Jew.
The Chronicle tells the story better than I can. A quick search on their web site reveals 55 stories in the last 30 days. Apparently, I'm not the only one Jonesing for Jew.
If you're interested, here are some links:
This first one is a chronology:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/26/MNABSE0U6.DTL&hw=Ed+Jew&sn=020&sc=580
The next links are twists and turns in the story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/06/BA81SKN5O.DTL&hw=Ed+Jew&sn=007&sc=483
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/27/BAC9SEJ9A.DTL&hw=Ed+Jew&sn=015&sc=277
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/26/BA8GSE4MV.DTL&hw=Ed+Jew&sn=024&sc=371/09/26/MN0FSDULR.DTL&hw=Ed+Jew&sn=019&sc=790
