If Richard Nixon were alive today, would he get a Come to Jesus moment on Oprah? Because the Senate has decided to not only make the Watergate break-in and cover-up legal, it has given retroactive immunity to today’s version of the Plumbers. From the Boston Globe: WASHINGTON—The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications … Continue reading
If I Win The Lottery Tomorrow. There’s like a 150 million dollar lottery happening here in Georgia and I think it’s about time I moseyed up to the ticket gettin’ place and got a winning ticket so I can finance the things that simply need to happen for this world to go from being a … Continue reading
Let me set the scene for you…the lights are dim. We see silhouettes of two figures in hooded jumpsuits. The music starts to play, “Dunt dunt, dunt, dunt”. Eminem starts singing about how his palms are sweaty and his mom’s spaghetti. The silhouetted competitors begin to stretch their arms and jump up and down. Two … Continue reading
The following is for entertainment only. I could spew venom like a meathhead ‘toon doing a spit take over the fact that the climax from one of the best recent films has been devalued like the Peso into a tragic and turgid internet meme. But why? This is almost funny. I got the following email … Continue reading
Very. In honor of the event, I bought two pairs of Purple boxer briefs. One is light purple, the other Grimace purple. As sad as I am, this underwear shines a light, and offers me happiness. I mean, if you see the picture of me here, the one of me with the book of the … Continue reading
Note: This is a reconstructed version of this entry, about half of which disappeared after publication. I was excited to get my Blu-Ray copy of The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford for several reasons. Obviously, it’s a film that looks and sounds better than almost anything released in 2007, so a … Continue reading
Baffle McBaffleson. Things that baffled me this weekend: They tore down a playground by my house to build a bank. I overheard someone outside the gas station saying that they hope “that nigger gets elected” and then mentioned TIVOing his eventual assassination. Yes, there was a Dale Earnhardt sticker on the back of his mud … Continue reading
I woke up Saturday and was supposed to do something, but puttered. Puttered long enough to be told not to do it. To wait until tomorrow. AWESOME. And so, after making my way through disc 1 of El Cid, decided that the thing to do was head to the Museum of Contemporary Art to finally … Continue reading
Tough Smart, Tough Stupid Glenn Greenwald, who along with George Carlin would get my vote for Living National Treasure if America offered such a designation, has a terrific post today on Unclaimed Territory: “Conceding John McCain’s ‘Toughness’ On National Security.” Greenwald discusses the dangerous fallacy of buying into your opponent’s premise: in McCain’s case, the … Continue reading
It’s a strange and beautiful world. Somewhere out there is a guy who wanted to have the right atmosphere while he played old-school games. So he created three discs of ambient arcade sounds, bundled them onto CD-Rs, and is giving them to gamers. The fantastic Aquarius Records just listed Arcade Ambiance ’81, which (predictably, perhaps) … Continue reading