I love my Sprite "Aruba Jam". Ever since I started looking for a non-caffinated, no calorie soft drink, "Aruba Jam" has become my favorite beverage of choice. I got into Fresca too, but Aruba Jam is even better. Problem is, my stores haven’t been stocking it lately. How come? Could it be a Natalee Holloway thing? Hmmmm. No answers can … Read More
Disorder In The Court
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there. ______________________________ ATTORNEY: What is your … Read More
Friday’s iPod Random Ten
Lot of oldies popping up this week…. Raspberry Beret – Prince Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) – Reunion Will It Go Round In Circles – Billy Preston What Child Is This – Vince Guaraldi Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan Fat and Greasy – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Original Broadway Cast) Pretty Women – Sweeney Todd (Original Broadway Cast) … Read More
Man Dies After 49 Hours Of Computer Games
Yahoo News: SEOUL, South Korea – A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday. Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu who was identified only by his last name, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping, refusing to leave … Read More
The Truth About John Roberts
He was “Otto”, the inflatable co-pilot in “Airplane”! [Hat tip: Crooks and Liars]
Deja Vu All Over Again
Does anyone else remember the summer of 2001? The headlines were filled with stories about shark attacks, Tom Cruise’s love life (with Nicole), and missing-but-presumed-dead white women (Shandra Levy). Bush was sinking fast in the polls, and Reps/Dems were sniping at each other. And then, at the end of the summer in 2001, some bad shit went down (you may … Read More
It Was Only A Matter Of Time
. . . and easily foreseeable. The revelation that former FBI #2 man Mark Felt was “Deep Throat” has spawned an unintentionally funny, um, headline: Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat Does Laura know?
I Think I Saw This Movie
Scientists are baffled by an unusual bright spot on Saturn’s big moon, Titan. Or something pretty similar….
Back To Blogging…
…after a few days hiatus. Unusual work demands, home Internet problems, and amateur theatrics (literally) kept me busy. Here’s a few things to amuse yourselves with: Titanic Passanger List The Gay Agenda Computer Animation Get Better And Better (Check out the hands!) Imagine/Take A Walk On The Wild Side Remix Sung By George Bush Seeing With Sound Alcohol Intake Without … Read More
Funny Foto Du Jour
Saudi Prince Abdullah, a few days after overseeing the arrest of Christians for committing the crime of praying, sniffs the hair of an infidel while his bodyguards attempt to withhold their embarrassment. Cardboard cutouts of the President and his mother look on.
Okay . . .?
I have no idea what it means, but this post on Fafblog — reprinted here in its entirety — brought a smile to my face: We have been to the opera. And by "the opera" we mean "the post office" and by "been to" we mean "thrown buckets of fish at" and by "we" we mean "people who are not … Read More
Landmark Restaurant Going Bye-Bye
Playbill informs us that the curtain is coming down on the wonderful Howard Johnson’s in Manhattan’s Time Square: Howard Johnson’s, Landmark of Old Times Square, to Shut Down Howard Johnson’s, one of the last functioning remnants of the rough-and tumble, Runyonesque Times Square of yesteryear, will be torn down sometime this year, the New York Post reported April 19. The … Read More
This Is Disconcerting
Earth’s gravity may lure deadly asteroid A HUGE asteroid which is on a course to miss the Earth by a whisker in 2029 could go round its orbit again and score a direct hit a few years later. Astronomers have calculated that the 1,000ft-wide asteroid called 2004 MN4 will pass by the Earth at a distance of between 15,000 and … Read More