December 2007
61 posts
“A male was reportedly yelling and screaming obscenities in his Randolph Avenue...”
– Best American Police Blotter Items (from The Best American Nonrequired Reading, which got it from looptard.com)
How to Polish Shoes With a Banana →
Useful advice, and the model looks so happy! And his shirt matches the background!
And just imagine The French Connection with Robert...
Ron: Robert Reed was only the second choice to play Mike Brady anyway, after the network nixed Gene Hackman.
Laura: Oh, that's right -- I forgot about that.
Ron: Man, that would have been a different show with Gene Hackman. You wouldn't have seen Hackman putting a pay phone in the living room! Except maybe to beat the kids over the head with the receiver.
“I “studied” international economics in college and have never used a...”
– More trenchant economic theory, plus lots and lots of the standard “you suck and so does Radiohead,” following this list of Top 10 albums of 2007.
“But perhaps the most legendary Shabbos goy of all—if only because of his later...”
– Heeb: The Goy Issue: The Secret Life of Shabbos Goys
Media Matters - Misinformation of the Year →
Bill O’Reilly and Michael Weiner (oh, excuse me, Michael Savage) seem to turn up a lot here. Huh. That’s rather surprising, don’t you think?
“To paraphrase and slightly adapt Vladimir Nabokov: I think like a genius, I...”
– Martin Amis defends his comments on Islam on the grounds that he didn’t “write” them. And more bad literary quotes of 2007.
WatchIn German, but you’ll get the idea anyway.
Whatever →
John Scalzi gives some pretty good pointers on the best way to talk about about Jamie Lynn Spears to your kids, and kicks CNN in the nads while he’s at it.
“I can’t tell you how odious it is to listen to Imus’s gravelly...”
– James Wolcott
Christmas books past, present and future: →
Ok, ok, another Best Books of 2007, but this one is done by authors, so it’s pretty good.
For Republicans, Falling in Love Is Hard to Do →
Apparently, Republicans are not enthusiastic about their choices in the upcoming election. Huh. I can’t imagine why. I mean, the frontrunner is a delusional fascist who doesn’t do much other than say “9/11! 9/11!” when you pull his string, and they sort of go downhill from there. What’s not to love?
Welcome to the redesigned Frothy Paradise
I finally noticed that Bill Israel had come up with this fabulous new theme, so I grabbed it. Hope you like it — I do, but am not averse to learning the folly of my ways.
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I actually feel slightly guilty after watching this thing. Yes, I’m pathetic.
Tonight, thank God it's them instead of you: 16... →
It’s about time someone deconstructed Alvin and the Fucking Chipmunks.
Merriam-Webster's word of '07: 'w00t' →
Duelity →
Creationism explained using scientific language and evolution interpreted as a biblical story, juxtaposed.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so...”
– Bertrand Russell
Bit late, but here are all the people I'm...
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Fox's Fair and Balanced Ad Policy →
“Actor Danny Glover has filmed a TV ad asserting that the Bush Administration is destroying the Constitution through the use of torture, rendition, and other war-on-terror tactics. Mr. Glover urges viewers to ‘rescue the Constitution.’ It’s hard-hitting. But a lot of people and organizations — including our Editorial Page — have been saying much the same thing. The Center for...