Playing Hooky – But watch Bill Maher September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 “To some, the glass is half full. To others, the glass is half empty. To an engineer, it’s twice the size it needs to be.” — unattributed I’m taking the day off to fill the glass. But here’s a Bill Maher clip you may have missed that shows the boyhood homes of Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and Paul Ryan. Being Bill Maher, some of it is too raunchy for my taste. (I’m old! I’m prudish!) But as ever, he’s spot on.