Roll With the Barbecued Possum at McCain's

It's almost the weekend, and surely many of us are looking for things to do, so I thought I might make a list. It's still Thursday, and one should have one's plans in order lest you wake up and suddenly it's Tuesday and you are back behind the desk, or spending the weekend at your mom's house eating ravioli.

Things To Do:

• Do go hang with John McCain if invited. If a vegan, or whiney, say not a word and just eat the red meat. All eyes will be kept on those who can roll with the barbecued possum. That's how you choose a good VP. Oh, and again, make sure you are invited. Don't just crash the party and hope to stumble your way into a new job. Lightening in the form of Dan Quayle job opportunity moments are rare. Have your talking points ready. "Obama is doody" and stuff. That Hagee guy? Don't mention him.
  
  




• Be sad with Jerry Yang, Dave Filo and the Yahoo crew. Show up with some brews or bagels, and be supportive. BusinessWeek reports that evil men in the form of hedge funds are all up in Yahoo's skirts now. Scary names like Carl Icahn, S.A.C Capital Advisors, T. Boone Pickens (apparently still alive) and Paulson and Co. Says BusinessWeek:
  
  

  Every day it looks more likely that Yahoo! (YHOO) co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo will lose control of the company they built into the Net's first iconic brand.

  
  
  Make sure you help them keep their spirits up, and Google envy down. Don't mention you too are loading up on the stock and waiting for them to be stripped of their hooeyness.
  
  




• Go to Myanmar to, you know, lend a hand. And dress casual with your "Free Burma" t-shirt. Take a fake Canadian passport (unless you are Canadian) and plenty of yum yums. Everyone trusts Canada.
  
  





• Go to the movies and see "The Crypt Keeper", which is being marketed here in the U.S. as a Harrison Ford movie under the title of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Harrison found a vehicle to exit the grave for, and surely he will try to look alive for the sake of keeping us all entertained. The kids should love it, though the last time Karen Allen was remotely interesting was in Animal House. However, the Washington Post seems to think it's worth the time.
  
  




• Look at Pandas and how they roll in tough times, via James Fallows at Atlantic Monthly. You can scroll down on that blog for more China coverage, AND, more Pandas. I once was going to give a woman a stuffed Panda, but the Panda was not cute enough and looked like it had lost a fight and gotten two black eyes from another forest creature. So I gave her a baby seal from FAO Schwartz instead. (To no ultimate benefit to moi, but such is life).
  
  
  




• And finally, you could do something for Memorial Day in original intent mode, though that's probably not the first thing that comes to mind when given the time off and a multitude of choices.