August 2007
46 posts
Missed My Golden Birthday
…also called a champagne birthday, is the day when the age someone turns is the same as the day in the month he or she was born. (for example, someone turning 26 on December 26 celebrates his or her golden birthday).Gypped. So what if it’s thirty-something years late: I want mine!
An entire day spent sans sox or shoes.
Vacation is here.
“I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig; you get dirty, and, besides, the...”
– George Bernard Shaw
July 2007
44 posts
The R.I.P. 'Rule Of Three' Continues...
Ingmar Bergman
Tom Snyder
Bill Walsh
Nursing Home Cat Can Sense Death →
Lohan: Back In Rehab After Arrest For .12 DUI And... →
MySpace Deletes 29,000 Sex Offenders →
‘…and counting…’. More than 4x what they had originally reported! Ew.
Doctors Find No Cancer In Bush's Colon →
A good thing, really. Cancer is no joke.
The doctors added, however, that they did find The President’s head.
The Astronaut Farmer
While I appreciated the ‘follow your dreams’ warm and fuzzy, I really wanted the quirkiness established in the first 10 minutes to continue through the remaining 94. The quirky seemed to throttle back into cliche, which was a letdown.
Though any film with Virginia Madsen is worth the watch.
And from the Nothing’s Original in Hollywood Anymore Department, this child of...
Iran's Spying Squirrels? →
14 alleged eavesdropping-equipped rodents ‘arrested’ near the border and charged with espionage by Iranian Police.
In related news: Al Jazeera reports that Coalition interpreter Morocco Mole has surfaced in a newly released Hezbollah recruiting video, praising the arrests and proclaiming ‘Death to Hanna-Barbera’.
Cheney To Be In Charge During Bush Colonoscopy →
From one asshole to the next. Thank you, U.S. Constitution!
Cubs-Brewers
Has a nice ring to it, dontcha think? Sounds fresh. Sounds now.
C’mon, ESPN, turn the page already. Yanks-Sox is so 2004, and 2005, and 2006. Oh, and 2003, and 2002, and… (yawn)… 2001, and…
Fart Neutral →
While Mr. Gore alluded to cows during An Inconvenient Truth, all he had to do was turn around to address this issue.
Are you doing your fart? (via WiQ2.0)
WORDCOUNT →
Flash-based art presenting the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked by ‘commonness’.
Go ahead. You know you want to look up the dirty ones…
smart fortwo →
Ain’t it cute?
You just wanna put it in your pocket and take it home.
Wal-Mart To Test Bible Action Figures →
Christmas morning’s gonna be a humdinger this year.
‘Wow! Just what I’ve always wanted! Thanks Santa… er… Jesus… er… Thanks!’
AP-Ipsos Poll: 'None Of The Above' Leads GOP... →
Ouch. (via CNN)
Cities Of The Underworld →
Late to this series that highlights the exploration of what’s beneath some of the world’s most historical cities. Looking forward to a TiVo catch-up.
Way late to the Urbex or ‘reality hacking’ meme. LA’s such a superficial town; probably not much underneath.
Then again, maybe it’s worth a look. Never know what you may find…
A Race to Solve the Mystery of the Subterranean... →
Isn’t this the part where we all feel that eerie rush of wind - as cold and as deep as death - and a cavalcade of winged demons escapes to the blackened sky…?
Weird West
TCM aired the gloriously hokey Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter last night.
The film’s director, William Beaudine, was also responsible for the genre mash-up classic Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula. Both films were released in 1966 and wound up being Beaudine’s last. Now that’s the way to go out in this business.
My personal ‘Weird West’ fave is...
monoface →
(via Neatorama)
Iraqi Parliament To Take August Off As U.S.... →
Can’t we just leave while they’re gone…?
Cuban Submits Application To Buy Cubs →
Too long under the dour corporate thumb, my Lovable Losers. Cuban represents the energy and lead-with-the-face sports fan enthusiasm the franchise needs.
Anyway. If how he’s transformed the Mavs into a perennial contender is any indication of his ownership potential, buy me some peanuts and Crackerjack. Oh, and a World Series ring.
China Bans Toothpaste Additive →
Well, now that the powers-that-be have addressed that sticky issue…
Does anybody know who I can call to check and see if my brand of mouthwash is still safe to use…?
“This progress report is like the guy who’s falling from a 100-story building and...”
– Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), in a statement responding to Pres. Bush’s reinvigorated, rose-colored Iraq optimism (via ElectionCentral - TPM Cafe)
WatchBreaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash
Joke Comprehension May Decrease With Age →
I don’t get it.
China Executes Ex-State FDA Chief For Corruption →
if only we weren’t so encumbered by that pesky Bill of Rights…
Pardon me…?
What do you mean, we aren’t encumbered?
He what?
Get out. C’mon, he wouldn’t just tear it up.
No, no. What it is, what you’re talking about, that just applies to the evildoers and the terr —
Oh.
But doesn’t he realize he could lose half his Cabinet?
Former NFL Player/Fox Sports Broadcaster Maas... →
Via Huffington Post. Suspected recreational pharmaceuticals, .22 caliber revolver found in car following a routine roadside safety check.
Is this the league’s retiree medical plan that Mike Ditka’s been barking about? Damn. Beats the cleats off of Blue Shield.
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”
– Anonymous
1 In 5 Americans Believe Sun Revolves Around The... →
Not sure about the “science” behind the stats. But, cheese ‘n rice, people… What century are we in?!
Nic Copernicus - Partying like it’s 1542
Today's Equation
[((BEER)X2) + {SUM ((MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY + PORK + MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN + WATER + CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT + FLAVOR + SODIUM LACTATE + CORN SYRUP + SODIUM PHOSPHATES + DEXTROSE + SODIUM DIACETATE + SODIUM ERYTHOBATE MADE FROM SUGAR + SODIUM NITRITE) X (GRILL)) / SUM ((MUSTARD) + (RELISH) + (ONION) + (TOMATO) + (CELERY SALT))}X2] = YUM!
Nunatak →
Live Earth gigs from bands on every continent, including Antarctica’s own ‘house band’. (via Rolling Stone and NPR)
And I Still Have Enough Fingers To Count Out What...
Saw this cartoon over at Daryl Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists Index today and felt suddenly sad…
© Daryl Cagle - MSNBC.com
Sad, not for me. I’m sad for you, America’s over-protected children, as we celebrate our nation’s 231st birthday. Sad because you can’t squeal with the same giddy excitement as your forefathers before you, when Dad brought out his...
Spoiler Alert!
From WIRED - 15.03. Complied by Steven Leckhart, so blame him. Vader is Luke’s dad - The Empire Strikes Back Rosebud was a sled - Citizen Kane She’s her sister and her daughter - Chinatown Norman is the killer (in drag) - Psycho Verbal is Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects Doc is dead - The Sixth Sense Earth, in the future - Planet of the Apes Dog gets put down - Old Yeller Soylent Green...
Bush Commutes Libby Jail Sentence →
“I’m more of a man than any liberal.”
– Medusa… (oh, sorry)… Ann Coulter (via TIME’s Quotes of the Day)
1970's Suburbanite Camping
Traveling in style…
Saw an article about a tricked-out Airstream, which reminded me about the family’s Starcraft summers. 1971 model pictured here; close enough to what we dragged behind the car across God’s green earth.
Pop-out beds. Built-in propane stove. Hot ‘n cold running water for the sink (Thanks, KOA!). A mobile fort. Some of the best vacations ever.
Jules Bergman
Another weekend, another basic cable network programming repeato-block. This weekend, a half dozen airings of Apollo 13 on Bravo.
Costumes, haircuts, and cars all said 1970. But ABC News Science Editor Jules Bergman piped into the on-set TVs really made it 1970.
For me, he’ll always be synonymous with NASA’s heyday.