Geez, there’s no stopping them. This was kept under wraps for some time, but no more. This time, it’s not some state Congressman. It’s a full-blown United States congressman. Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Id) pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men’s restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul … Read More
Heckuva Jobs
Okay, well. It’s old news now that Alberto is resigning. I have nothing to say about that, other than it is waaaay too late. The thing about Gonzalez is that he should not have been there in the first place. He got the position because he was one of Bush’s boys back in Texas. It’s that cronyism thing…. again. Bush … Read More
Miss Teen America: Miss South Carolina Answers A Question
Priceless: UPDATE: She gets a "do-over": The 18-year-old got a chance to redeem herself Tuesday on NBC’s "Today" show when she was again asked why one-fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a map. "I would love to re-answer that question," Upton said. "Well personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our … Read More
Drama Queen
Tuesday, August 21, 2007: I have just returned from my semester auditions. It was the first time I’d had an actual audition since I auditioned for the MFA Program, it was my first grad school audition, it was my first UNCG audition, it was the first semester audition, and I was the first one to go. [horror story, horror story, … Read More
100,000,000 Blogs
In case you never heard of it, Technorati analyzes blog traffic. ALL blog traffic. A tough thing, I suspect, since there are 175,000 blogs started everyday. Sometime this morning, the number of blogs they tracked hit the 100,000,000 mark. That’s right. One hundred million blogs. FWIW, this blog is ranked 82,708 at the current moment. In terms of traffic, not … Read More
Need A Hug?
A new shirt — appropriately titled "The Hug Shirt" — has special sensors and pads that — literally — hug you when triggered. But that’s not the best part. The best part is that the "hugging" pads can be triggered from other Hug Shirts. That means that your mom or friend halfway across the country can send you a hug … Read More
Today’s GOP Sex Scandal
And it’s a doozy, ’cause it involves dead bodies: Three men in their 30s have been found dead in a residence owned by the former Executive Director of the Georgia Republican Party in Orlando, Florida. On Thursday morning a concerned friend of one of the men called the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities went to 2420 Hickory Oak Blvd. in … Read More
Just When I Start To Warm Up To Her…
…she goes and says something like this: "It’s a horrible prospect to ask yourself, ‘What if? What if?’ But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the … Read More
New Revelations About Mother Theresa
While gathering biographical material for his case to the Vatican that Mother Theresa deserves sainthood, a priest finds that the Nobel Prize winner was, if not agnostic, then certainly riddled with doubt about the existence of God. Wow. And you think you know a saint. Er, potential saint. Her doubts appear in letters and private correspondence to friends: Shortly after … Read More
Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum
For some reason, I have the opening strands of "Mr. Sandman" running through my head constantly today. Now, you will too. Welcome to my world.
Historian Pounces On Bush
Not literally, of course (although that would be a great Youtube moment) In Wednesday’s speech Bush said: "’An interesting observation, one historian put it, ‘Had these erstwhile experts’ — he was talking about people criticizing the efforts to help Japan realize the blessings of a free society — he said, ‘Had these erstwhile experts had their way, the very notion … Read More
Alexii Found
For those Romanov-ophiles out there, it looks like they found the bodies of Czar Nicholas’ son and the "missing" daughter (probably Maria). Anastasia, as you probably know, didn’t survive — although her story ended up being a good play/movie.
The Magistical
Winston-Salem is probably the last place on Earth you would expect to find an animation studio, but we got one. The company is called Out Of Our Minds, and they are putting the finishing touches on their first full-length feature, called The Magistical. It stars the voice of Jeffrey Holder (as well as some local talent) and the music of … Read More
America To The Rescue
I think much of this was lost on the audience, but this is brilliant. Jon Stewart talks about U.S. intervention in the Middle East over the past 3 decades and our absurd policies where we provide billions of money, arms, and military training to people who later become our mortal enemies. Bin Laden? Yeah, the U.S. gave him guns and … Read More