Archive for August 2006

The monthlies.

• Film Retrospective; A Fiancee Email

  My fiancee and I are active participants in this service called “Netflix.” (Maybe you have heard of it?) Well, being the archivist that I am, I have posted reviews of the films we have seen in a series I call Film Retrospective. This way, we will remember what we have watched (and liked or disliked) [...]

• Long Lost Emails… Proselytize or Prostitute

  Maybe I should consider this an inverse mailbag. A (not so much of a) friend sent the following email to a relatively large size of coworkers (all but one of which are engineers) this past February… Subject: I don’t normally proselytize but… http://www.venganza.org/ After looking briefly through this uninteresting and (highly) unfunny website, I replied [...]

• Deep Throat, Unabomber, and now, JonBenet

  One morning, you wake up and the headline is “Deep Throat Revealed.” What? It’s over? And I was going to write a book on the subject. And now, “Man Confesses in JonBenet Ramsey Case.” What happened? This was my generation’s JFK assassination and Watergate. We know OJ commited those two murders (case closed), but this [...]

• Quick Thoughts On JonBenet

  Hopefully this post doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass. Let’s not jump to conclusions, Jake. It is “nice” to have some closure (or as it seems to be) on this horrific case, but I still don’t understand how the facts line up. Was she killed in her home? Was he invited into [...]

• Electromagnetism Is Lost; Hold On For Dear Life

  This is the most humorous headline I have read in a while… “Ties That Bind Atoms Weaker Than Thought.” You can’t trust no one these days… even electromagnetism. If you don’t mind, let me have some fun with this… Is this not straight out of a fictional news story you’d find in your high school [...]

• Is Bush An Idiot?

  Well, someone had to ask the question, but who knew it would be Joe Scarborough? Image: crooksandliars.com (video) Maybe conservatives are establishing an excuse for themselves in the future… “We didn’t realize Bush was that dumb? Why didn’t you guys vote him out of office?” Touché. And I should also note the use of the [...]

• Bush Poem A Winner

  If you’re wondering why the hell I posted a poem about Bush and his Segway earlier this week, it was an attempt to place in the Carnival of the Liberal’s parody poetry edition. And it did. This just shows how little talent there is these days because, honestly, my poem sucked.

• Blogizing

  How powerful have we bloggers become? For starters, Jake Tapper is even apologizing for missing a blog-day… (Man, was I close.) Let it be known, I coined the term “blogizing,” a blogger’s apology for not blogging.

• Set The Reminder To Remind Me

  Following the arrest and reported thwarting of terrorist attacks involving airplanes, I posted a comment on Jake Tapper’s blog regarding the president’s affinity for “reminders.” (Hint: They make his job easier.) Bush has long stated that his job is to “remind people” that the U.S. is involved in a war on terror. Seems like this [...]

• Lieberman Third-Party Run A Good Thing For Democracy

  A few remaining thoughts on the Lieberman democratic primary loss and subsequent independent run for Senate (posted on Jake Tapper’s blog)… I was never a supporter of Lieberman (how could I be, I don’t live in Connecticut; haha; but seriously, I am not a fan of his politics), but I do find one thing demonstrably [...]

• Bush, he rode; Bush, he fell…

  Bush, he rode.Bush, he fell.Off the Segway,And straight to Hell. The devil said, “No,I don’t want you here.Saddam’s on his wayThe two of you is my fear.” Back on Earth,Bush is bored.Again to New Orleans,Whiskey is poured. Bush, he rode.Bush, he fell.Off the Segway,And straight to Hell. The devil said, “No,I’ve got no room.Go back [...]

• Suburban Sprawl Is Not Always Gentrification

  Rob Goodspeed (I am not making that name up; Nicolas Cage’s character in “The Rock” is named for his cousin; okay, I made that part up) blogged recently about the history of the word “gentrification,” specifically its usage in the Washington, D.C., area. I have had some experience with the term being used incorrectly and [...]

• In the News

  - I guess I am in the minority as “three in four said banning U.S. air travelers from packing liquids such as drinks and gels like toothpaste in their carry-on luggage was necessary.” I’m just saying my contacts solution is not a bomb. Now, that terrorist sitting in seat 12C, his apple sauce may be. [...]

• In the News… Humor.

  Let’s be sophomoric for a day (I know what you’re thinking, “how is this any different?”) and have some quick fun with the headlines, courtesy of ABC News… – Lou Diamond Phillips is now known simply as the “‘La Bamba’ Actor.“ – Wait a minute; sex education is working? – And if you’re homeless, and [...]

• Steven Gerrard’s Top Ten Goals

  I am not the biggest soccer fan (although I do truly respect the sport), but I could watch this all day… Number two is fuckin’ ridiculous. My other favorites (in order of appearance) are nine, seven and three.

• On Notice

  Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report has put this blog “On Notice.” I couldn’t be more pleased… Image: shipbrook.com

• Bush’s Vacation Temporarily Ruined; Is Yours?

  Dan Froomkin had envisioned he could utilize President Bush’s (shortened) annual August vacation as an opportunity to relax and take a break from his widely-read White House Briefing column… “It’s August. Bush is on vacation… Barring major news, the column will go dark Thursday and Friday — and will return on Monday, August 14.“ And [...]

• And You Thought Your Political Arguments Got Rough

  What was the name of that movie? Oh yea, “Lord of the Rings.” Precious… “A political debate on a Tampa television station spun out of control on Saturday and ended with one guest throwing a chair at the other. The man who threw the chair is Tony Katz, a Republican and the host of an [...]

• Check (a) for "Civil War," (b) for "Terrorism"

  Bush is chronically misinformed about the situation in Iraq, it seems, including the highly-praised election process. “You know, I hear people say, well, civil war this, civil war that. The Iraqi people decided against civil war when they went to the ballot box. And a unity government is working to respond to the will of [...]

• Looking Back On Lieberman, A Blog That Never Was But Should Have Been

  In preparation of my previous post, I had searched my archives for “Lieberman” and came across a post I had never published, but wrote on March 22, 2005… “What’s Worse? A very moderate republican or a conservative democrat? You can’t rely on the republican but you can’t support the conservative. I am not a big [...]

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