29 April, 2009

Get Arlen Specter Some Tamiflu, STAT!

The swine flu strain we should fear.
“I am not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate.”
– Arlen Specter, April 28, 2009
It’s clear to me that Senator Arlen Specter’s (R D – PA) imune system is finally shutting down [...]

April 29th, 2009 | Thought It | , , , | 9 comments
23 April, 2009

Book Reivew: Pain Killers by Jerry Stahl

A quick note: I don’t usually do straight-ahead reviews, but I’ve got this gig doing reviews on amazon.com for their Vine program, and this book irritated me enough that I wanted to reprint my review (with a few edits) here. So, uh, here it is.
Stahl: hoping for a third option.
There’s a quote from the mighty [...]

April 23rd, 2009 | Thought It | , , | 6 comments
16 April, 2009

Gay Robotic Ovens

Quiznos goes all gay-oven-sexy-time.
Joanna and I were watching a bit of the ol’ tele recently when the new Quiznos ad came on.  Normally I DVR whatever we watch and zip over the ads, but we came across a new episode of Reno 911 (uneven show, but this was a really funny episode with Rainn Wilson, [...]

April 16th, 2009 | Saw It | , , | 14 comments
4 April, 2009

Grammar and Vocabulary

Can’t we elect a President with chops in both?
What is it about this nation’s highest office?  Why do we keep getting Presidents that seem to have problems (albeit to varying degrees)  with the English language?  No matter how smart these guys are, every one of them seems to struggle with simple grammar and vocabulary.
President Obama [...]

April 4th, 2009 | Thought It | , , , , , | 3 comments