March 2008
11 posts
Mar 30th
“A fortieth birthday is the official commencement of middle age, even though most...”
– I imagine this is somehow intended to be encouraging? But really, how much credence can I put in an article that suggests that I should, as a way to celebrate, “Expose the wizard” (number 6)? Anyway. Happy Birthday to me. Forty years ago this morning the world was blessed with my...
Mar 28th
ListenAll the cool kids listen to remixes, so why...
Mar 25th
Mar 24th
Sheriff: Woman spent 2 years sitting on... →
My god, this takes the cake.  “”She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body. It is hard to imagine. … I still have a hard time imagining it myself,” Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said in a telephone interview, adding that it appeared her body fat had grown attached to the seat.”  David Z enlivened the story with this scenario....
Mar 12th
Mar 11th
Mar 10th
“And during the course of that sermon, I was introduced to someone named Jesus...”
– No, NOT Mike Huckabee. That would be too easy. Not even Hillary Clinton, whose husband’s history of trying to God-ify the White House is lengthy and well documented. No, this little nugget came from none other than Barack Obama.  Jacques Berlinerbrau, of Georgetown’s Foreign Service...
Mar 5th
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Mar 3rd
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I like the Meth Minute … I don’t always love the Meth Minute, but there are moments - like the last “Steely Dan” seconds of this one, and the “Gordon the Gorilla” song - that verge on love. See what you think. Oh, and yes, this is what I do on vacation.  For Kids! - The Meth Minute 39. Funny Cool Online Cartoons! | The Meth Minute 39
Mar 2nd