Go figure.

There's a band called "My Friend Ben." Sounds pretty right-on, too.

my 'tronic ineptitude is showing

With any luck, the changed layout will be back sometime in the next 24 hours.

Who do I root for in a case like this: James Bond 007

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen vs. Terminator Salvation.

Ok, maybe, maybe the Transformers--but only because John Connor is Thomas Dekker, dammit.

(and by implication, not Christian Bale).

It's not nice to fool with mother nature

Remember ol' "Heckuva Job" Brownie?

Sure, that's right: He was that way-in-over-his-head guy who was the head of what Bush sniggeringly called his "emergency management" program, when Katrina happened.

As such, he is remembered as one of the symbols of the Bush administration's criminal incompetence alongside such jokers as the vile Don "Fight with the army we have" Rumsfeld.

Been wondering what Brownie's up to these days?

Michael D. Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was among those forced to flee his home by the Olde Stage Road Fire.

"We never think of the fact that something like this can happen," Brown said. "One minute I'm sitting in my office and the next there is a deputy in my driveway telling me I have to leave.

"We never think of the fact that something like this can happen."

Again: Michael D. Brown, former director of FEMA.

"We never think of the fact that something like this can happen."

Nice.

Priorities.

Never mind the weather, there's a cat to be petted!

I'm in love.

Excellent.



This is really, really nice.

So you meet this guy...A regular galahad. A real house-trained barbarian! So you drop him, Like a bad habit, anything that comes along, You grab it!

ABC faking to the whimsical "15 Story Halo."

Although it mentions her, there are no pictures of Anne Hathaway in this post

Because I figure if you've been reading any of my blogs for even a day you know what she looks like.

As opposed to Holly Hunter and Kate Winslet, who are practically obscure around here.



Ahem. Now: As much as Saving Grace w/Holly Hunter has become one of my favorite television series, I can't help wishing Hunter had made (another) Oscar-hyped movie last year.

Because if she had, I might have been in for The Best Oscar Night Of My Life with nominations for Holly, Kate, and Anne.

As it is, at this point it'll be more surprising if Annie and Kate aren't nominated than if they are.



But, maybe god will "Grace" me and Holly will be a presenter.

Yes, I hate myself for that play on words too.

How you know that Keith Olbermann is on the side of good.

Sarah Palin says he's evil.

Almost exactly.

Rep. Bobby Rush, the South Side congressman who has injected racially charged language into the {Burris] appointment, said on MSNBC that the sight of Burris holding a news conference in the rain after being refused admittance to the Senate floor Tuesday was akin to "the dogs being sicced on children in Birmingham, Ala."

You go, girl!

Anne Hathaway was asked how she thought our soon-to-be-President would do. She replied she was sure he would do great things...but only after she mentioned the horrendous Rick "God is hate" Warren mistake.



It's times like this I think I should be building a shrine to her in my basement.

(However, I still deny that rumor completely)

I just thought this was kinda cool

It's an illustration (by Rob Kelly) of X-Men, Goldeneye and Nip/Tuck star Famke Janssen that ran with this article. The article is nothing to write home about--I just liked the illustration.

Just a reminder, Jason:

Dakota Fanning is growing up.

'He grew bogus; hence Dicky'

(It's an anagram I love, brought to mind by this via Think Progress:)

In December, President-elect Obama asked the White House if he and his family could move into Blair House — the White House’s guest house — a week early, so that his daughters Malia and Sasha could start school. The White House rebuffed them, saying the house was already booked for another guest. A White House source added that “Blair House was appalled” by the request.

After weeks of speculation, the mystery guest that trumps the President-elect and his family has finally been revealed. The White House offered the house to John Howard, the former Prime Minister of Australia who is set to receive a Medal of Freedom. Instead of arranging other accommodations for Howard’s one-night stay, the Bush administration told the Obama family to stay in a hotel for two weeks. (Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who are also receiving the Medal of Freedom, opted to find other accommodations.)

Last night on MSNBC’s “Countdown,” Bloomberg journalist Margaret Carlson revealed that when the White House turned down Obama’s request in early December, it had not yet even invited Howard to stay at the Blair House:

I reported…on December 11 and 12 that there were no foreign dignitaries booked into Blair House during that period of time. … I have the feeling they asked him [Howard] to come and stay so that there might be some plausible reason for not letting the Obamas stay there.

Dear President-Elect Obama

I don't mean to dis Jimmy Carter, he is an honored elder statesman.

But please, don't follow his advice.

I'm just sayin'.

Alan Moore notwithstanding, maybe this is going to be good

If it ever gets released, that is.

Watchmen Japanese Trailer.

Good kitty!

Oh sure, now you have a spine.

Harry Reid says that he isn't going to bend over and take it up the ass screaming "More! More! More! Harder!" for Obama, the way he did for Bush.

I'd say this was cheesy...but I like some things that many consider cheesy

Married...with Children, for instance. Queen's score for the Flash Gordon movie. The Flash Gordon movie itself. The Archie comics of my youth. Saw IV & V. Many great '80s hits (But if you call those cheesy around me, you better be prepared for a fight). The Back to the Future movies.

You get the idea. All (arguably) cheesy to greater and lesser degrees, but I like them all, to greater and lesser degrees. So, faced with the supposed lyrics to a song John Mayer wrote for Jennifer Aniston...

You’ve brought luck to love/ I’ve been hit by a truck in love.”

"Cheesy" doesn't quite cut it.

This just stinks.

Okay, it just turned sad

Would somebody please get granma, here, a quilt?