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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Favorite lines

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...you do not put yourself into what you write, you find yourself there. --Alan Bennett, Untold Stories: Art, Architecture And Authors

Out of the mouths of babes

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Went to my nephew's fifth birthday party today. I gave him a yellow, Nerf-style soccer ball. We were out together one day and he told me...
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John McCain, the conservative's conservative

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Glenn Greenwald has a good post in which he starts with the latest manure John McCain is spreading to try to "prove" that America...

First recorded instance of my hoping Fox News is right about something

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Via News Hounds, this real Fox News Banner on Nancy Pelosi:
Friday, January 05, 2007

Poetry Corner

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I want to listen to a woman speak I don't know what it means A voice that glistens, makes me weak And let's loose all the seams --An...

Proof positive that Marilyn Manson is not a man.

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His wife is divorcing him. This is his wife (the girl on the left). I'm sorry, but if you're not working your ass off to keep that s...

Ladies and gentlemen, a cheap shot

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In response to this post from Media Matters : On the January 2 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Michael Savage declar...
Thursday, January 04, 2007

It's theatre, you gotta get over all those qualms

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Here's a clip sent along by my friend Corey with the comment, "gay guys get all the girls." It's from a popular BBC reali...

Earth shall be fair and all her people one

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(Click to see big picture.) (If only it were that easy...)

All of a sudden not so proud

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What type of person do you attract? Your Result: You attract geeks! Your stunning intellect and love of sci-fi and video games allures the ...
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This is the proudest moment of my life

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This blog is the number one result if you do a search for "Carlson Tucker weasel" on Google .
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

That's the most frightening thing I've ever seen

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Pam Anderson goes wild signing autographs In fact, I think I just turned gay. This is going to require listening to a lot of Kirsty MacColl...

I prefer to think of it as the "blood from a stone" strategy.

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From the BBC: US President George W Bush intends to reveal a new Iraq strategy within days, the BBC has learnt. The speech will reveal a pla...

Oh, good. John Rocker is back.

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Via No More Mister Nice Blog : Former Major League Baseball pitcher John Rocker is starting a campaign to encourage English-speaking America...

Maybe now they'll stop misusing that Peter Gabriel song in the ads

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Caught the opening episode of Courteney Cox's much-hyped new FX series , "Dirt" last night. Cox is very sexy in it, more beaut...
Monday, January 01, 2007

It's no new years resolution, It's more than that

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For what it's worth, this is my favorite new years song, and also one of my all-time favorites period. As I've said, I always think ...
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"Random" Flickr-Blogging: IMG_0101 (first of the new year)

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Did you ever have the feeling you were being watched? Source .
Sunday, December 31, 2006

Nathan Lane, ladies and gentlemen.

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With thanks for recommending the link to Mark Evanier, who has some qualms. I shouldn't link to this because I don't want to give e...

I've seen it, it's rubbish

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Continuing my new tradition of late night cable TV viewing reviews, this morning I finally managed to sit through the film version of The Hi...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Okay, the "Saddam being hanged" thing

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Welcome to Pottersville has the best take on it I've seen tonight so far, along with a great quote from the Rev. Jesse Jackson. No one ...
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