…as I write this. Red Sox have gotten only two hits. Sadly, No, predominately a political humor blog, just posted this: My Undying Hatred Posted at 21:12 by The Hon. Dr. St. Rev. Bradley S. Rocket, Esq, PhD, MD All you had to do was not get swept by the Yankees this week. That’s all you had to do. And … Read More
Partial Face Transplants
Natalie Portman & Keira Knightley: Queen Elizabeth and Sir Elton John: Oprah Winfrey and Condi Rice: Paris Hilton & Meryl Streep: Hillbillary Clinton: Lots more here.
Things That Make Me Roll My Eyes
USA Today: A Colorado Springs elementary school no longer allows students to play tag because of fears the game "fuels schoolyard disputes," The Gazette reports. “It causes a lot of conflict on the playground,” Assistant Principal Cindy Fesgen tells the paper. She says they decided to ban the popular game after children complained about being chased around the schoolyard. Well, … Read More
An Unconfortable Experience In The Public Men’s Room
As a fitting coda to my paranoid post yesterday, I’d thought I’d pass on this post from a diarist at Daily Kos: Two weeks ago, the kids and I went on a trip to visit friends in San Antonio, Texas. On the way we stopped at a rest area just off the interstate. What happened next made me very uneasy… … Read More
A Closer Look At “The Blonde Moment”
You’ve all seen the video. Now let’s parse her answer. Remember the questions was, why couldn’t one-fifth of Americans locate our country on a world map. And here’s how Miss South Carolina responded: I personally believe that U.S. Americans… As opposed to U.S. Algerians, for example… …are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation … 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
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.
….Bothered and Bewildered
Toil and trouble in Salem, Mass: A self-proclaimed high priestess of Salem witches and a second person were accused of tossing raccoon parts on the doorsteps of businesses, allegedly as part of a Wiccan community feud. A self-proclaimed high priestess of Salem witches and a second person were accused of tossing raccoon parts on the doorsteps of businesses, allegedly as … Read More
Ouch
Proposal on the Astrodome Jumbotron: During Monday night’s 7-0 loss to the Nationals at Minute Maid Park, a fan failed in his public attempt at asking his girlfriend to marry him, the Houston Chronicle reported on its Web site. With the couple on display on the stadium’s jumbotron, the male fan got down on one knee to present the ring. … Read More
Timewasters
Some online games with a low-learning curve. No downloads. Nothing to install. Perfect for the 20 minute office break, we’re told: 10. QWERTY Warriors – If Mavis Beacon’s typing games got you all hot and bothered, you’ll love QWERTY Warrors. You play the role of a little guy in the middle of a field as all kinds of robotic enemies … Read More
You Had A Bad Day
Jitters. My spideysense has detected an undeserved crisis of confidence from a very talented performer. Go send Emily some love, y’all.
Errol Morris Blog
One of my favorite documentarians. Errol Morris, is now blogging at the New York Times. He’s only got two posts (as of this writing), but they are both very interesting.