The Collins Group

Sign of the Apocalypse?

2008-09-20T10:02:00.002-06:00

Ugh. I feel a bit nauseous this morning. It has nothing to do with the pair of 40ozs I chugged last night. Nor losing a big hand despite holdings Queens over Jacks.

It's because I agree almost entirely with this Pat Buchanan column.

*urp*

I need some PeptoBismal. And a long shower to get rid of this dirty feeling.

Huckabee in a dress

2008-09-09T11:18:00.002-06:00

I'm going to say it. democrats screwed up BIGTIME by going after Sarah Palin's personal issues. It is moronic to spread rumors about false pregnancies and Down's Symdrome babies -- it did nothing but throw oodles of symapthy her away and allow her to hide behind this wall of impreviousness when it comes to public criticism.

(The fact that the McCain campaign even THOUGHT about instituting a media blackout on Palin, and it didn't became a major story inofitself, goes to show just how much the media was cowering in the last couple day's of the convention)

If none of the family stuff gets brought up, Democrats could instead have spent the past two weeks painting her as Mike Huckabee in a skirt, or pointing out what a weak record she has as both a governor and mayor.

Here's a quick list of fun facts:

That she's a right-wing Pentecostal wacko: She believes in prophesies from God, feels that the Iraq War is part of God's plan, and asked high school students to pray for a new gas pipe through Alaska. She also wants creationism taught in schools and belongs to a church where the pastor believes that Alaska will become a refuge for saved souls during the Apocalypse.

As mayor, she governed a town that charged sexual assault victims for rape kits, and raised taxes to pay for the construction of a new sports complex that still has the town tied up in litigation. She also reportedly asked the town library how she could go about banning books.I n addition, she is anti-gay rights and anti-abortion, even in instances of incest and rape.

As governor, she did put the former governor's jet on Ebay. But it failed to sell. So she had to hire an outside firm to sell it at a loss. She may have cut millions of dollars from the state's budget, including money for hospitals and social service agencies, but she has also overseen an average 10% increase in spending since taking office. She's also hired oil lobbyists onto her staff, and hired other lobbyists to advocate on behalf of the state for pork-barel spending. Plus there's the whole firing the public safety commissioner for refusing to fire her ex-brother-in-law from the state police thing.

Now I'm not going to go as far as Salon.com did in this column, but i do think attacking Sarah Palin the ultra-conservative would have been much more effective than attacking Sarah Palin the mother.

Ow, my brain hurts

2008-09-04T07:07:00.009-06:00

(right: my favorite Palin)

OK, I have too many thoughts about the Presidential race that I need to get off my chest, so here goes.

It was nice of the RNC to allow Comedy Central to film a new celebrity roast of Barack Obama last night. Jeezus. They did everything but throw out a dick joke involving Obama and Bea Arthur. I kept waiting for Jeffrey Ross and Gilbert Godfried to take the stage.

I think Sarah Palin has made it clear that she's fair game. She savaged Barack and the Dems last night, which in my opinion, opens her up to similar treatment. It reminds me of the youtube video of the girl sparring with the guy wearing boxing gloves. She throws a few playful jabs, sees that he's taking it easy on her, so she lands a few stiff shots to his head. But that just pisses the guy off so he takes a step forward and blasts her in the mush with a short right hand.

I also thought it was nice for Palin to essentially endorse Deval Patrick. Hey, if being governor for 20 months gives you enough executive experience to run for Vice-President, that makes Deval Patrick well-qualified as well! Of course, Palin is in charge of a state with fewer people in it than the city of Boston and that is bursting at the seams with oil residuals. But I guess that's neither here nor there.

But what was up with Palin taking shots at McCain? I mean, he doesn't have any executive experience. Does that make her more qualified to be President than John McCain? And how dare she take potshots at the media and Washington DC high society! Doesn't she know that John McCain has been the Zack Morris of both for the past 20 years?

I do agree we should leave family issues out of this, and that even the whole experience argument is well blown out of proportion. We should be focusing on more pertinant issues such as the fact she is a wacko evangelical Christian who believes that she receives prophesies from above, calls the Iraq War just in the eyes of God, and believes in praying to God for the construction of a $30 billion gas pipeline through her state. Or that she's been a member of the Alaska Independance movement and even taped a speech for their most recent convention. Or that she is also anti-abortion, even in cases of incest and rape, wants creationism taught in schools, and, in irony of all ironies, slashed funding for support services for teenage moms while supporting abstinance-only sex education.

As for Mitt Romney, I have never heard someone give a 10-minute speech using nothing but slogans from bumper stickers. Quite impressive actually. Sort of like a dog eating an entire wheel of cheese. I can't even be mad.

I did, however, get a copy of Mitt's original draft of his speech. The parts that were edited out are in Italics.

For decades, the Washington sun has been rising in the east — Washington has been looking to the eastern elites, to the editorial pages of the Times and the Post, and to the broadcasters from the coast. How dare they ignore the sensible corn-fed editorials of the Des Moines Register! I mean, why won't anybody listen to Rush Limbaugh, or watch FoxNews and Bill O'Reilly?

If America really wants change, it’s time to look for the sun in the west, cause it’s about to rise and shine from Arizona and Alaska! That's right. The earth is about to change its rotation! And you thought global warming was going to be bad!

Last week, the Democrats talked about change. But let me ask you — what do you think Washington is right now, liberal or conservative? Is a Supreme Court liberal or conservative that awards Guantanamo terrorists with constitution rights? It’s liberal! Is a government liberal or conservative that puts the interests of the teachers union ahead of the needs of our children? It’s liberal! Under a John McCain Administration, we're going to make sure teachers receive $12 an hour and can be fired for the smallest and pettiest of reasons!

Is a Congress liberal or conservative that stops nuclear power plants and offshore drilling, making us more and more dependent on Middle East tyrants? It’s liberal! Especially that liberal Congress from 1994-2006! What a bunch of Marxists! If only they'd listened to Big Oil lobbyists and put in place higher fuel effeciency standards and funded alternative energy research!

Is government spending — excluding inflation — liberal or conservative if it doubles since 1980? It’s liberal! Ignore the fact that the Oval Office has been occupied by Republicans for 20 of those 28 years, and that the national debt grew at its greatest rate EVER when Republicans were in charge of both Congress and the Presidency! It's those damn liberals fault!

We need change all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big government liberals and elect John McCain! Uh, again, ignore the fact that Republicans have been in charge of the Executive branch for 20 of the last 28 years.

It’s the same prescription for a stronger economy. I spent 25 years in the private sector. I’ve done business in many foreign countries. I know why jobs come and why they go away. I should know, because I'm the guy that lays off workers, cuts their benefits and then ships jobs overseas.

And I know that liberals don’t have a clue. They think we have the biggest and strongest economy in the world because of our government. They’re wrong. America is strong because of the ingenuity and entrepreneurship and hard work of the American people. The American people have always been the source of our nation’s strength and they always will be! White people, of course. White, rich people.

We strengthen our people and our economy when we preserve and promote opportunity. Opportunity is what lets hope become reality. Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance, and when constitutional freedoms are preserved. And under President Obama we can see those opportunities become realities. (Oops, wait...strike this part)

Opportunity rises when children are raised in homes and schools that are free from pornography, promiscuity and drugs; in homes that are blessed with family values and the presence of a father and a mother. Yup, good old family values. If you don't got them, pretty soon your teenage daughter is knocked up by a high school hockey player.

America cannot long lead the family of nations if we fail the family here at home!

Liberals would replace opportunity with dependency on government largesse. They grow government and raise taxes to put more people on Medicaid, to take work requirements out of welfare, and to grow the ranks of those who pay no taxes at all. Dependency is death to initiative, risk-taking and opportunity. It is time to stop the spread of government dependency to fight it like the poison it is! And I'm including the tens of billions of taxdollars we give away every year in corporate welfare! That's right, Exxon/Mobil, time to pull yourselves up by the bootstraps! You too, Lockheed Martin!

It’s time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother! I mean, what type of party would implement new rules and laws that violate the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution? What's next, warrantless wiretapping and domestic spying? Holding American citizens in secret jails and denying them access to lawyers? I'd hate to live in that kind of country!

Our economy is under attack. China is acting like Adam Smith on steroids, buying oil from the world’s worst, and selling nuclear technology. Russia and the oil states are siphoning more than 500 billion dollars a year from us in what could become the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history. This is no time for timid, liberal empty gestures.

Our economy has slowed down this year and a lot of people are hurting. What happened? Mortgage money was handed out like candy, speculators bought homes for free — when this mortgage mania finally broke, it slammed the economy. And stratospheric gas prices made things even worse. If only we had some sort entity that could set in place rules or regulations to prevent these problems and abuses from happening in the first place.

Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations. It’s the same path Europe took a few decades ago. It leads to moribund growth and double-digit unemployment. And Amstel Light. By God, I will not allow the creation of another Amstel Light onto this world!

The right course is the one championed by Ronald Reagan 30 years ago, and by John McCain today. It is to rein in government spending and to lower taxes, for taking a weed whacker to excessive regulation and mandates, for putting a stop to tort windfalls, and to stand up to the tyrannosaurus appetite of government unions! You know, the dinosaurs that walked the Earth with Jesus? Speaking of Jesus, I miss Ronald Reagan. Anyone else?

It is to pursue every source of energy security, from new efficiencies to renewables, from clean coal to non-CO2 producing nuclear, and the immediate drilling for more oil off of our shores! And I have one more recommendation for energy conservation — let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground! Plus he talks like a fag!

Did you hear any Democrats talk last week about the threat from radical, violent Jihad? Republicans believe that there is good and evil in the world. Ronald Reagan called-out the Evil Empire. George Bush labeled the terror-sponsor states the Axis of Evil. Diplomacy is for fags and athiests!

And at Saddleback, after Barack Obama dodged and ducked every direct question, John McCain hit the nail on the head: radical violent Islam is evil, and he will defeat it! Unlike that fag Obama who wants to use diplomacy. What a fag.

Republicans prefer straight talk to politically correct talk! Offer not valid from January 1, 2008 - Nov. 6, 2008. Sorry Tennessee.

Republicans, led by John McCain and Sarah Palin, will fight to preserve the values that have preserved the nation. We will strengthen our economy and keep us from being held hostage by Putin, Chavez and Ahmadinejad. And we will never allow America to retreat in the face of evil extremism! Have I mentioned that Democrats are a bunch of wimpy fags?

Just like you, there has never been a day when I was not proud to be an American. Especially on those days where I received milions in dollars in bonus pay just for kicking a few tens of thousands of Americans out of work, cutting their benefits and dissolving their retirement plans. God, I really do love this country!

We inherited the greatest nation in the history of the earth. It is our burden and privilege to preserve it, to renew its spirit so that its noble past is prologue to its glorious future. And keep it free from fags, queers, and liberal hippie do-gooders.

To this we are all dedicated and I firmly believe, by the providence of the Almighty, that we will succeed. President McCain and Vice President Palin will keep America as it has always been — the hope of the world.

Collins Ferner Wedding 08

2008-05-04T14:06:00.009-06:00

Holy crap, I'm a married man! There are a lot of single ladies out there weeping tonight. Or so I like to tell myself.

In about 13 hours I will be boarding a plane for a week in Curacao (its next to Aruba) where I will enjoy a week of 90 degree weather and come back probably as red as a lobster.

But before that, just wanted to post some thoughts on the weekend, especially for those of you that couldn't make it out here.

The theme for the weekend was cold. All week we were watching the forecats and from about Saturday to Wednesday it all said the same thing: partly cloudy and in the mid-60s on Friday and Saturday. Great! we thought. But by Friday it was clear it was going to be overcast with frequnet showers and temps in the mid-50s. And as it turned out, the church picked the wrong week to rip out its heating system.

So it was pretty frigid in the church for the rehersal dinner. And it remained pretyt chilly the next night for the wedding, although I didn't notice since I was wearing a nice warm tux.

I played golf in the morning with my two brothers-in-law, soon-to-be cousin in law, father-in law, dad and uncle. It was cold and damp and i may have torn a pectoral muscle trying to muscle a 5-iron out of the long grass, but it was a good time had by all.

We showed up at the church sober and looking sharp. My worst fear leading up to the wedding wasn't actually getting hitched itself, but that my notoriously nervous bladder would act up in the middle of the ceremony. Sure enough, even though I had just visited the boys room, as soon as the processional music kicked in I had to go. My bloodpressure also dropped in half prompting me to think I was about to hit the deck. Thakfully, as I started to watch all the beautiful bridesmaids make their way down, and then as I watched my glowing, gorgeous bride walk down the aisle, all was good.

The service was amazing. I don't think it's a threat to me manhood to say it was basically what I hoped for. I think my parish looks beautiful in the evening light and I really enjoyed the service our minister put together. Nothing fancy; it was very traditional. Rachel did jump the gun during the vows, answering "I will" before the priest had even finished asking her the question. I thanked her for her enthusiasm. I also made sure to stare down Genova so she wouldn't object.

We spent about 45 minutes in the church reenacting parts of the ceremony that our photographer just couldn't get during the service, then we did the standard pictures with the families and bridal party. I had on my "fake smile" as everyone put it.

It had started to rain again, so we couldn't stand up through the sunroof on the way to the reception. We did chug a half bottle of champagne straight from the bottle and chuck the cork into a car full of our friends while stopped at a red light.

The reception was a blast. I scarfed down about 3 pounds of meatballs and bacon-wrapped scallops prior to being introduced. We made it through our first dance without embarrassing ourselves, and partied well into the evening.

I highly reccommend the suites at the Quincy Marriott. They are freakin' ginormous. When we got back to the hotel, I changed into a simple 3-piece flannel suit and bowtie, while Rachel donned a housecoat. I smoked a pipe while reading about the day's stock trades as Rachel served some tea and worked on her cross-stitching. As far as you know.

We ended up hosting an afterparty until about 3 am. Zaremba was afraid of lugging a cooler up, so he stuffed all the beer bottles into the foot of my tuxedo bag. I had the smarts to demand Chinese food and we chowed down on a late night snack of pork fried rice, beef on a stick and general gau's chicken.

The worst part of the weekedn was the cookout on Saturday. He had set up a tent in my dad's yard in case it rained, which it did. But it was also cold and windy -- a terrible trifecta. I would have been OK, if it was cold and windy, but the sun was out, or if it was rainy, but warm -- people still could have sat outside a bit. But cold, windy and raint meant everyone was crammed isnide, except for those hearty few -- like me -- who just crowded around the grill outside instead.

We had a great family dinner Saturday night and then played host to the famous Cindy Gierhart and Friends until Rachel and I passed out from exhaustion around 11:30. God, we're so old already.

So now its Sunday afternoon and we're leaving for the airport hotel soon. I attached a few of the pictures we've received already, and I'll be sure to post some more when we get back!

Thanks to everyone who came -- it was a great time! Let's do it again next year!

(Just kidding Rachel -- please don't hit me)

Fulfilling prophesies

2008-04-15T10:26:00.002-06:00

Oh irony, you never cease to be funny. Sometimes you're just tempting fate by wearing "Stupidity is not a crime" t-shirts out in public.

Welcome back, Billy Buckner

2008-04-08T12:08:00.002-06:00

Bravo. Awesome call, Red Sox!

(No, seriously. This is long overdue. Billy Buck is a career .300 hitter and was a key to the '86 pennant and deserves to be remembered as such.)

A very wet bar

2008-03-17T10:52:00.002-06:00

Very cool video taken from inside a ferry boat during stormy seas. Big props to some true drinkers for not spilling their beer, even as they're sliding across the floor.

Backyard Stonehenge

2008-03-17T10:46:00.000-06:00

If you have a few minutes, this is a great video you can actually watch at work.
It's about some guy who has figured out simple ways of moving and lifting multi-ton pieces of stone so he can build a mini-Stonehenge in his backyard. I can't fathom how "Wally's" mind works. I mean, how long does it take him to figure out these contraptions? I hope he's an engineer or something...

Is that even English?

2008-03-12T11:58:00.003-06:00

Here is a cute story about the father of the assistant conductor of the BSO saving his son's ass. But what the hell does this mean???

The latter quality was immediately apparent on Tuesday; not a note had been
taken for granted, with even the most prosaic passages refracted through a
powerful intellectual prism.

What? Is this about a concert or a science fair experiment?

Class warfare rant, Part 1

2008-03-12T11:06:00.002-06:00

I'm pretty livid over the whole housing market collapse. Not because I personally have lost anything -- in fact, it's happening at the perfect time for me. (By the time the market finally bottoms out, I should be able to actually afford a home on the South Shore.) I'm livid because the collapse is largely predicated on asinine investment strategies that involved giving massive home loans to people who clearly couldn't afford them. Basically, an entire sector of our economy was as stable as a house of cards built upon the back of a three-wheeled pickup truck. The fact it took so long to collapse is actually pretty amazing in itself.

Now, the housing market implosion is so bad, people are actually forecasting a freakin' Depression, thanks in part to the hundreds of billions of dollars of bad credit the banks are choking on. And now Wall Street wants a federal bail-out? Eff them! We shouldn't hand them a dollar until, they've downsized their workforce, taken massive paycuts, lost health insurance, and made every other effeciency that the average worker has had to eat in recent years. There is no way that the CEO of Countrywide should be allowed to sit on hundreds of millions of dollars in personal wealth that he made destroying the economy.

Rant over. Read this for more.

It's so wee-yud

2008-03-12T10:57:00.001-06:00

Look at this picture and tell me you don't want to click on this link.

Economic woes

2008-03-10T09:41:00.004-06:00

Here are two good economic stories:

The first one is a projected blueprint on how America is on its way towards a Depression. Not a recession, a Depression. It's scary, and not entirely implausible. The economy has been killed by the collapse of the housing bubble, it's being driven down even worse by inflation of fuel and food prices, and the weak dollar gives us little leverage to finance our way out of this mess.

I think we're in line for a nasty recession. But I've always believed that -- despite what the financial markets want you to think -- so much of economics is impacted by gut feelings. You think there could be trouble in the Gulf, you bet high on oil futures, and gas prices go up. A new president instills some confidence in the populace, suddenly Consumer Confidence Levels rise, triggering similar rises elsewhere in the economy.

The second piece is a brainiac story on why the dollar is worth so much less than the Euro. Again, it comes back to just poor economic policies, such as giving massive home loans to people with no money and no credit. Whoops!

ABC (Anyone but Clinton)

2008-03-10T09:30:00.003-06:00

Andrew Sullivan has nailed it. He's written the essay I would have written about why I just can't support Clinton for President. It's not the policies, it's not the shrillness, it's the constant need of/pull towards drama. Bill Clinton should have been known as one of the greatest peacetime presidents ever (Sorry Repubs., but its true: longest period of sustained growth in the nation's history, balanced federal budgets, declining national debt, foreign relations successes). Instead, as Sullivan outlines, they sought or invited drama at every turn. Another four years of a Clinton White House will be four more years or polarizing debate, of snarky stories from a scorned media, and "Shrillary" insults from the Right. After 16 years of non-stop partisan bitching, we need someone else.

Sounds kinky

2008-03-05T10:49:00.000-06:00

Richness through blogging?

2008-03-05T10:43:00.002-06:00

Hmmm...maybe I should actually try at this whole blog thing...

One of my ayem must-checks just got purchased by Break.com Read about it here.

I love wallstreetfighter.com because its all over the place. Aside from crazy stuff like inflatable sauna pants, it always finds a way to wet my nerdy palate with some quality financial links, like these Fed charts. I don't neccesarily know what all those terms mean, but I know that sharp inclines and declines are never good.

Yowch

2008-03-04T12:39:00.002-06:00

This chart makes me both laugh and wince.

I laugh at GateHouse, wince knowing the impact its having on the Ledger.

Touche

2008-03-04T09:02:00.002-06:00

Here's a list of the greatest comebacks and retorts in history.

It starts strong with a classic John Barrymore line and then just gets better and more filthier from there. Missing however, is the classic "I know you are, but what am I" made popular by Mssr. Pee-Wee Herman.

I drive a Hyundai Elantra!

2008-02-29T12:21:00.002-06:00

I'm not afraid to say that I went for responsible over coolness when I bought my Hynudai Elantra. But I do love my car. It's got ample balls, handles greats, lots of room, and decent gas mileage.

And I'm not the only one who thinks so. Consumer Reports has named it one of the country's Top 10 cars. Yea baby!

My only piece of advice: take the money you save on gas and invest in a good soundsystem. The standard one sucks.

You're got a great business idea!

2008-02-20T09:38:00.004-06:00

Get a chill when you hear the deep voice tell you "you've got mail?" Have your knees buckled after being told "fine's done." Then you definately want to check out the website of Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL. And good news! For $10 he will do your own perzonalized .wav file! I know what Im getting everyone for Christmas next year!

linkages

2008-02-20T09:22:00.003-06:00

Wallstreetfighter.com is one of my "must check" sites in the morning. They have some very cool links today.

One is a helpful flowchart that allows you to understand if you are dressed, in fact, like a d-bag. And yes, today, I apparantly am.

Another is a link to 12 wildly popular online articles, such as abandoned marvels, trees eating objects, and photos that look photoshopped but aren't.

Links

2008-02-04T12:50:00.000-06:00

This is a particularly good batch of "Needless Censoring."

I've always been a fan of time-lapse photography. Needless to say, then, I enjoyed this link.

Links (non-sausage variety)

2008-01-28T08:57:00.000-06:00

A cool page showing what some major corporate websites looked like in 1996.

I'm posting this one exclusively for Mark. Time to ditch the Doyle Brunson jammies!

Take a step forward if less than 30 percent of your state's population is obese. Not so fast Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia.

What do you get when you combine The Great White Hope, Coming to America, and Star Wars? THIS. Someone had a lot of time on their hands...but its worth it just to hear Darth Vadar say "Your momma is going on a date. A date, ya dig?"

I agree with Bill Simmons...I could never go see this in a movie theatre.

Your thoughts are needed

2008-01-16T11:10:00.000-06:00

I need a ruling on this one...

Am I within my rights to drop my support for John Edwards solely because his campaign theme song is that freakin' awful "Our Country" by John Mellencamp?

I like his focus on the economy and the growing divide between the Haves and Have-Nots. I think it's the single-most important issue this nation faces today, especially as we face yet another recession encouraged by shaky investment strategies (thanks hedge funds and your appetite for subprime loans!)

Yet, "Our Country" is pure evil. It's a cheap pop (yay, America!) disguised as a "rock" song that's played over and over again during every football and baseball game. Could I support Edwards if he said the Yankees were his favorite team? If he hailed from New Bedford? If he played shortstop for the Reds? (the softball team, not the baseball team)

Any thoughts on this?

"Meanest Mom in the World"

2008-01-09T08:58:00.001-06:00

If anyone wants a glimpse into my childhood, check out this story. It is totally something my Mom would have done to me. In fact, in reading it, I almost wondered if my Mom had a second family somewhere that I didn't know about...

Anyway, I think this is awesome. If you're 19, and your parents buy you a car, and you break one of the TWO rules they give you -- sorry, pal. Time to get a better paying job.

She's engaged to who?

2007-12-26T08:25:00.000-06:00

I'm sorry I've been so behind on posts. But the truth is, I've been in a bit of a daze since I found out that Angie Everhart is engaged to Joe Pesci. I mean...come on! I know that famous actors and musicians are capable of pulling incredibly disproportionate tail, but...Joe Pesci and Angie Everhart? There has to be a line somewhere... We're talking about arguably one of the hottest women to ever walk the face of this earth. We're talking about one of the three supermodels responsible for jumpstarting my puberty (Everhart, Kathy Ireland and Elle MacPherson for those scoring at home). Joe Pesci?

Anyway...new posts coming in the New Year.

Linkage

2007-11-19T13:57:00.000-06:00

God bless TCG's secondary alma mater. Although I can't say I really blame the professor. I mean, how can you possibly prepare a COM grad for post-college life without teaching them about drinking?

Makes total sense...I mean, from a public policy perspective of course...

I'm slowly being persuaded that maybe New Hampshire is on the right path. Cool villages, beautiful scenery, lots of beer, candlepin bowling -- find me a good modified-fastpitch softball team and I may be all set to move.

An argument for taxes

2007-11-19T08:27:00.000-06:00

College professor figures the services he spends $9,000 annually in taxes for would cost him $56,000+ in private sector if Libertarians had their way.

Artsy-fartsy pools

2007-11-15T14:30:00.000-06:00

Once in a while my artsy-farsty side gets tickled.

This is one of those times.

How about "Sun-burned Irishman pink"?

2007-11-15T12:13:00.000-06:00

I'm not really going to add any comments to this.

I just thought its definately worth posting.

NH knows how to party!

2007-11-14T15:39:00.000-06:00

Here's a map depicting the highest rates of drinking per capita. Massachusetts comes in at 9.3 liters annually, which puts us just above Greece and right below the Netherlands. (You can suck it, Texas!)

Most surpringly is our Granite neighbors to the north: New Hampshire residents apparantly drink the second-highest amount of alcohol of any country, state, territory in the world! Only Luxembourg clocks in higher!

I'm not sure if its surprising or unsurprising that Washington D.C. is third. Guees you can't blame them -- Bush and the GOP's will drive anyone to drink!

FOLO: Yea, apparantly I was trying to set the world record for most exclamation points in a blog posting. It's like I'm a 12-year-old girl talking about Zac Effron.

And with the number 3 pick in the 2008 draft...

2007-11-14T13:36:00.001-06:00

OK, it's well past time that I start this thing back up. No more excuses. It's blog time baby.

I'm going to lead off with a Patriots postl this one from barstoolsports.com. For those of you not familiar with it, it's the daily blog for the Barstool Sports mag you see sprinkled around the streets of Boston. I really couldn't care much for the mag itself (it's a local version of Maxim, without the talented writers or any sort of design), but the blog is a freakin' hoot.

This posting is about one of my favorite factoids of the season: that (hypothetically speaking) the Patriots could run the table AND STILL wind up with a Top 3 pick in the draft. Thanks San Fran! That's the biggest con job since the 86 Celtics landed the Number 2 pick in that years' draft.

Although, I guess, that situation didn't exactly work out very well.

Anyway, unless 1987's Bo Jackson is making himself draft eligible this year, I don't think the Pats keep the pick: I think they spin it off for a grab bag of picks down the line.

Im outta here!

2007-10-12T11:22:00.000-06:00

Johnnys vid

2007-09-03T22:09:00.000-06:00

KJ

2007-07-13T12:24:00.000-06:00

Reinert video

2007-07-05T16:40:00.001-06:00

Somethign familiar about this...

2007-06-19T11:27:00.001-06:00

Apparantly Hillary Clinton is having a contest for hew campaign theme song. And the campaign is teasing the winner with a Sopranos style video. It's corny, and Hillary comes off stiff as usual, but the ex-Pres is great as is the cameo by Johnny Sack.
Worth checking out.

Clark, the Canadian goalie shortstop

2007-06-07T09:15:00.001-06:00

Who were the ad wizards....

2007-06-07T09:00:00.000-06:00

Some unfortunate logos. It took a minute for me to see the problem with the one on the left -- but its there.

Link-o-rama

2007-06-06T13:46:00.001-06:00

A couple cool links today...

First, a table saw that knows when you're about to slice off your finger. Watch the hot dog demonstration! This will be on my wedding registry...

Second, a collection of athletes that resemble sports logos. My favorite is the Demon Deacon and Judge Doom from "Roger Rabbit"

Third, a field guide to identifying d-bags.

Fourth, WARNING: EDUCATION ALERT! A visual explanation of the migration of man. I found it interesting, but then again, I'm a nerd.

And finally, a hysterical video containing the possible words to Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter."

Factoid of the day: Apparantly Dubya can benchpress more than Kevin Durant. Sounds like he's fit enough to go lead the troops into battle! Go get 'em commander-in-chief!

Take my life...please!

2007-06-04T14:23:00.000-06:00

Courtesy of my sister in Texas (the executin' state!) comes news of the death-row inmate who wants to tell a joke on the day of his execution. If he has any sense of humor at all, he'll tell "The Aristocrats."

With a Little Help From My Discography

2007-06-04T14:19:00.000-06:00

Judge quotes 42 Beatles song titles in issuing jail sentence. Convict brings it on himself when he originally recommended the court should just "Let it be" after spelling the band's name wrong.

BRILLIANT!

2007-05-31T14:23:00.000-06:00

This week's winner of the "Why hasn't anyone ever thought of that before?" award:

Draws in stairs! Jeebus, how much sense does that make!

Walk this line

2007-05-21T16:51:00.000-06:00

I'm pretty sure I played on this field once.

Transformers in high-res

2007-05-15T16:23:00.000-06:00

In advance of the new Transformer movie, Michael Bay has released some of the new looks for Optimus Prime, Starscream, Megatron et al.

Holy complexity, Batman!

New links!

2007-05-15T14:24:00.000-06:00

Both of these are from a cool new website, wallstreetfighter.com

Just a caution: some of the site's ads may be a bit NSFW.

Word of caution to the schoolkids: Before you choose C for all the answers, make sure its not a true or false test.

Also, a cool collection of rugs. I personally like the Space Invaders and Crime Scene ones.

How will it end?

2007-05-02T13:10:00.000-06:00

Slate is running a great he said/he said on the Sopranos in the form of letters back and forth between Jeffrey Greenberg and Timothy Noah. I think they're right on about a number of points, especially how David Chase will likely leave all sorts of loose ends in the series finale. Check it out.

From way downtown!

2007-05-02T08:46:00.000-06:00

Scots + sheep tossing = Funny. And that's not even including the whole Tracy McGracy returning to his roots part.

Why I like golf

2007-04-25T14:25:00.000-06:00

Now this is a country music video!

David Halberstam, 1934-2007

2007-04-24T09:47:00.000-06:00

Got to admit, I'm pretty sad about this one. David Halberstam, to me, is just an icon in journalism and long-form storytelling. Although every reporter says they want to be like Hunter S. Thompson, most secretly would be happy beind David Halberstam. He wrote well but used simple language. He wrote interestingly about interesting and important subjects. And he was brave enough to write honestly and impartially about a fateful war well before it was the popular thing to do. "Making of a Quagmire" should be required reading for any journalism or modern history student.

As much as I enjoy the new breed of modern essayists like Chuck Klosterman, I can't help but miss people like George Plimpton, Hunter Thompson, and Halberstam.

Anti-weed promo

2007-04-19T16:48:00.000-06:00

Don't see how this is any better than the Super Bowl Snickers commercial...but maybe that's because its on Canadian TV and not American. It's funny no matter what.

Smells like teen suckitude

2007-04-19T15:57:00.000-06:00

Should these kids get a break since they're only in the 6th grade? I say no. You get no bonus points when you can't even angrily fire off your hoodie.

Pitcher runs fah rah rah rah rah

2007-04-19T15:35:00.000-06:00

Something a little lighter today. This may be the greatest unsuccessful attempt to start a basebrawl.

Stolen from BSG

Cowardly massacre victims?

2007-04-18T11:21:00.000-06:00

Sigh. Stolen from Keith Olbermann, here's some thoughts from some right-wingers on the Virginia Tech massacre.

First, from Nathanael Blake, of HumanEvents.com:

College classrooms have scads of young men who are at their physical peak, and none of them seems to have done anything beyond ducking, running, and holding doors shut. Meanwhile, an old man hurled his body at the shooter to save others. Something is clearly wrong with the men in our culture. Among the first rules of manliness are fighting bad guys and protecting others: in a word, courage. And not a one of the healthy young fellows in the classrooms seems to have done that.

When Kip Kinkle opened fire in Thurston High School a few years back, he was taken down by students, led by one who was already wounded. Why didn’t that happen here?

And from John Derbyshire, of nationalreviewonline.com

As NRO's designated chickenhawk, let me be the one to ask: Where was the spirit of self-defense here? Setting aside the ludicrous campus ban on licensed conceals, why didn't anyone rush the guy? It's not like this was Rambo, hosing the place down with automatic weapons. He had two handguns for goodness' sake—one of them reportedly a .22.

At the very least, count the shots and jump him reloading or changing hands. Better yet, just jump him. Handguns aren't very accurate, even at close range. I shoot mine all the time at the range, and I still can't hit squat. I doubt this guy was any better than I am. And even if hit, a .22 needs to find something important to do real damage—your chances aren't bad.

Yes, yes, I know it's easy to say these things: but didn't the heroes of Flight 93 teach us anything? As the cliche goes—and like most cliches. It's true—none of us knows what he'd do in a dire situation like that. I hope, however, that if I thought I was going to die anyway, I'd at least take a run at the guy.

I want my money!

2007-04-17T20:35:00.000-06:00

Holy crap this is funny!
But in a small way I do feel bad for the kid...I mean you're two years old and Daddy has taught you to say obscene things to his buddy Will Ferrell and then tapes it. That's some good parenting.

Explosions rock!

2007-04-17T10:45:00.000-06:00

This guy has the coolest job in the world. The shockwave is pretty awesome.

Farewell # 11 part 2

2007-04-13T15:22:00.000-06:00

Just a follow-up to Thursday's Bledsoe post.

Dan LaMothe at masslive.com has a good roundup of Drew Bledsoe tribute videos, from an actually on-the-level Steve Burton joint, do the sublime, featuring music by The Who and Eminem.

Funny stuff.

Why we need VH1 Classic

2007-04-12T15:40:00.000-06:00

Everyone knows the main riff to this song. But the video must be watched for all its true 70s glory.
Nor sure what I like best: the frontier setting, the keyboardist sashaying his way through the video, the Native American dancing girls...so I'm just going to go with the mustaches.

So long, Drew

2007-04-12T08:55:00.000-06:00

Drew Bledsoe is retiring and I can't help but post a few thoughts.

I know that he's become the butt of some jokes, that he has a penchant for throwing game-ending/drive-killing back-footed interceptions, that a block of concrete is more mobile in the pocket than he is.

But I still think New England Patriots fans should raise one high for #11.

Before Drew Bledsoe, Hugh Millen was our freakin' quarterback. The team sucked (think Bruins, but even worse) and there was a good chance they were going to be relocated to St. Louis.

Bledose arrives, Parcells takes over and three years later the Patriots are in the Super Bowl.

Is there any male between the ages of 25 and 40 who doesn't remember the 1994 game against the Minneota Vikings?

I remained in Bledsoe's camp much longer than most did -- still convinced he'd be OK with a better O-line and running game. But there's no doubting the game has changed and classic pocket quarterbacks aren't long for the league any more. Especially those with shaken confidence who hold onto the ball too long.

Tom Brady is the man now, but New England fans should still give at least Bledsoe a mental Standing Ovation if for no other reason than he's just a decent guy who played the game hard. He could have moped and complained publically about being benched for Brady, instead he just held the clipboard, came off the bench and won the AFC Championship game against the Steelers, and then helped celebrate when the Patriots won the Super Bowl.

He may not be Hall of Fame material, but his acheivements with the Patriots should not be forgotten.

That's a nice Van Dyke you got there

2007-04-11T14:47:00.000-06:00

It's also that time of the year for my favorite non-televised sporting event -- the World Beard and Mustache Championships.
Here's Team USA!
Be sure to check out the photos of past champions!

Nooooooooooooo!!!!

2007-04-11T14:24:00.001-06:00

Stupid Bee Gee.

Not even a flesh wound?

2007-04-06T09:03:00.000-06:00

Good to see that Terry Jones still has his fastball. Just a skewering piece of satire about the recent Iranian hostage crisis.

What is so appalling is the underhand way in which the Iranians have got her "unhappy and stressed". She shows no signs of electrocution or burn marks and there are no signs of beating on her face. This is unacceptable. If captives are to be put under duress, such as by forcing them into compromising sexual positions, or having electric shocks to their genitals, they should be photographed, as they were in Abu Ghraib. The photographs should then be circulated around the civilised world so that everyone can see exactly what has been going on.

A swing and a drive...WAY BACK!

2007-04-04T12:10:00.000-06:00

I'm not one to advocate on behalf of child abuse...but this kid definately had it coming. Nobody messes with Frank Thomas.

Mastery at the Masters

2007-04-03T21:16:00.000-06:00

Now THIS is a professional athlete.

BOOOOOOO!

2007-04-03T10:57:00.000-06:00

Yet another reason why proper physical education classes should be taught in schools. This is just terrible. Terrible! This gets a big Rick Collins double thumbs down.

Her humps, eh?

2007-04-03T10:11:00.000-06:00

One thing I"ve always appreciated about Alanis Morisette is she seems to have a good sense of humor about herself. Which is why I like this video, even though she seems to be channeling Tori Amos.

I'm holding out for the A-Team van...

2007-04-03T10:07:00.000-06:00

Ever want to own Kitt, from Knight Rider? Here's your chance!

Just be ready to bid heavy against Gustaf, president of David Hasselhoff's German fan club.

My favorite math puzzle...

2007-04-02T08:46:00.000-06:00

Let me know if you can figure this one out...Its like some mathematical oddity.

Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room.

The hotel manager gave them a price of $30.The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged them $5!

He called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and told him to return it to the men.When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.

So each of the three men ended up paying $9 (their original $10, minus $1 back) totalling $27, plus $2 for the bellboy makes $29.Where did the extra dollar go?

Somewhere Earl Weaver is smiling

2007-03-28T13:44:00.000-06:00

In honor of rapidly-approaching Opening Day, I present perhaps the greatest manager/umpire argument EVVVVVVER!

Check that CEO's papers!

2007-03-28T10:15:00.000-06:00

The Onion has launched a new broadcast news service. As expected, it's great. This report studies the effects immigration has had on America boardrooms. Aside from the "They're takin' errr jawwwbs" overtones, I like the direct shots at corporate culture.

But can he pick up the full Worcester?

2007-03-26T14:17:00.000-06:00

Aside from the assumption that Our Lord, Sweet Baby Jesus would throw only strikes, I'm still not sure this marks His return. I mean, what's up with that form? My Savior is throwing perfect hooks with a form that would make Dick AND Pete Weber cry.

Manning hates your kids

2007-03-26T09:45:00.000-06:00

I've never been a Payton Manning hater. Sure, I prefer when he's walking off the field, shaking his head, his lips pursed, wondering where that safety came from (see left). But overall, there's a lot bigger chumps in this world than Manning I'd rather rage at.

Which is why this clip from his appearance on SNL is a riot. I'm pretty sure for the football clips, he just watched old footage of Dan Marino.

But has Jobu taught Wily Mo how to hit the curve yet?

2007-03-23T13:48:00.000-06:00

A pretty dead on comparison between this year's Red Sox and the cast of Major League II. Frankly my favorite thought is the potential Dice-K/Wily Mo confrontation.

At least Cosby is funny

2007-03-23T09:41:00.000-06:00

Apparantly there's some palace intrigue about Carlos Mencia stealing jokes from other comedians. Here's a supposed example of him ripping off Bill Cosby.

And here's a clip of Joe Rogan confronting Mencia on stage about stealing jokes. Gee, Im not sure which side I'm on in that conversation. It's like rooting for Exxon vs. Starbucks. Everyone loses.

Jim Henson rocks

2007-03-16T10:36:00.000-06:00

Consider me the driver of the "Jim Henson was a freakin' comic genius" bandwagon.

Courtesy of Johnny Rockstar -- who somehow gets paid to find cool youtube clips -- here are a couple short classic Sesame Street clips that are funny even now.

This one could be entitled "Rachel and Rick on a Sunday afternoon." Guess who is who.

In this one, the Count launches a diabolical plan to count letters. My favorite part are the obvious ad libs as the puppeteers start to have a little fun with the bats.

Animal is one of my favorites. Here he is being interviewed by Kermit about his drums. Animal, btw, not a fan of the pun. This one is Animal vs. Rita Moreno. And finally, Animal gets schooled by Buddy Rich in a drum-off, and is gracious in defeat.

Hipster baby clothing

2007-03-15T13:18:00.000-06:00

With smarm and irreverence the main currency of the post-GenX world, this new line of baby clothing makes total sense.

And does anyone actually use the term Gen-X anymore?

NBAers are tall

2007-03-15T09:55:00.000-06:00

A collection of NBAers posing with drunk girls. Worth a couple minutes of perusing. Safe for work.

Larry Legend, crazy ladies, and ... sympathy cards for what?

2007-03-14T15:09:00.000-06:00

Here's a link-a-lanche for ya...

Larry Legend doing what Larry Legend did best.

Boy they really do have greeting cards for everything now. Can't wait to see the Hallmark commercial for this one...

Not sure what would prompt an R-rating for the Transformers movie, unless Starscream and Skyfire finally end the charade and let their true feelings take over... By the way, did yoiu know Steven Spielberg is involved in the movie? Neither did I.

Hey Britney, now THIS is how you do crazy! Be sure to wait until she tries the roach killer al fresco.

And finally, this is just a brilliant idea. Can't believe all of these are real names. What are parents thinking?

Links stolen from BSG, fark.com, perezhilton.com

Sports Guys picks

2007-03-14T09:56:00.000-06:00

For those trying to figure out their brackets, here's Bill Simmons' picks...

Frankly, I'm just posting it because it contains the line: "Winthrop (11), Creighton (10), Xavier (9) These teams sound like three preppie friends from a New England boarding school."

McCain wants you...to gamble

2007-03-14T09:47:00.000-06:00

Now THIS is a guy who understand the Internet and how it can be used to lure in potential supporters...

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is hosting his own NCAA tournament pool, and invites you to play along. And because you have to enter an E-mail address to play, it gives McCain an instant mailing list. Smart man.

Unfortunately, he loses points for a lack of cujones in his picks...the 4 number 1 seeds in the Final 4? Boo! I want my president to take chances! I mean, when national security ISN'T involved...

Blogging from Iraq

2007-03-13T12:17:00.000-06:00

Well not me...but these guys are.

From what I understand, the two Iraqi guys running this blog (I think they're brothers) spent time in America and are now back living in Baghdad. They may ultimately turn out to have an agenda, but for now the blog's an interesting read on daily life in Baghdad, how everyday Iraqis are looking at the war, and some inside baseball about the Iraqi parliament.

Johnny Lawrence gets his revenge!

2007-03-12T15:14:00.000-06:00

Quite frankly I'm floored by this clip.

I mean I understand time hasn't been good to them, but Billy Zabka, Martin Kove and the rest of the Cobra Kai decide to reunite for the video to "Sweep the Leg" by No More Kings. Who? Plus you have a reenactment of the Hill Valley Karate tournament, Zabka roller-blading in a pink speedo with a Larry Bird mustache, Dennis Hastings filling in for the departed-but-not forgotten Pat Morita and even a cameo by Ralph Macchio? Not to mention the Tex Cobb/Raising Arizona reference.

How has this not been a national news story, complete with appearances on Conan O'Brien?

I guess it helps that Zabka directed the vid.

Now THIS is spin...

2007-03-12T14:52:00.000-06:00

Apparantly in Backwards Town, being found guilty on 4 of 5 charges of obstruction of justice and perjury means you've actually been found not guilty overall.

At least according to FoxNews.

Chris Simon cheapshot

2007-03-09T10:00:00.000-06:00

I first heard about this listening to Dale and Holley this morning and thought "If Dale Arnold is calling for this guy to be kicked out for a long time, he musta done something pretty bad."

Then I saw it and its pretty shocking. It looks like something Ogie Ogilthorpe would do. Goes beyond Eddie Shore old-tyme hockey and way worse than what Bertuzzi or McInnis did.

Cleanliness is next to what-li-ness?

2007-03-08T17:04:00.000-06:00

Good column from the San Francisco Chronicle on how Hollywood cleans up newsrooms. And I'm not just talking about the language, and the reporters, and the clothes, but also how literally the newsrooms look clean.

I don't have any dying plants on my desk, but I did just throw out an 18-month old package of peanut butter crackers that had become lost in one of my desk drawers.

Video craziness

2007-03-08T11:50:00.000-06:00

Here are some video clips to help you while away your day...

Some friends decide to re-enact scenes from "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out" live. courtesy of JZ

What beats multiple clips of golf-related groin shots and temper tantrums? Not much... courtesy of Angry Man

...But this clip comes pretty close. You know those dunk tank clows at the fair that insult you? Ever want to assault one of them? Well this guy actually tried to. courtesy JZ

Your Quarterback, #12, Shawn Kemp!

2007-03-08T10:31:00.000-06:00

Sigh. I don't know if this is true. But if it is, there's two potential reactions:

1) He is the man! Just induct him into the playa AND football halls of fame right now!

2) Wait...does this mean he's going to be too busy attending LaMaze classes and changing diapers during next season?

UPDATE: The gossip sheets say this isn't true. Still, can we get him a refresher health class, just to be safe?

He should have gave them the run-around

2007-03-07T20:02:00.000-06:00

Everyone's favorite overweight, flak-jacket wearing harp player is in legal trouble again.

Or rather, as I see it, some harmonica-hating staties doctored their radar guns to read 111 mph, and then planted four rifles, nine handguns, a switchblade knife, a Taser and night vision goggles on his person.

To be fair, the pot was probably his.

Bill Russell, hall-of-famer or crank?

2007-03-07T16:05:00.000-06:00

As I watched the opening seconds of this clip late last night (actually, early this morning) I could be heard audibly pleading, "Please God, no, no, Bill, don't do this," fearful that Celtics legend Bill Russell was about to become Daily Show fodder.

Fortunately, it had a happy and very, very funny ending.

For the record, I wasn't a fan of hers originally, but Samantha Bee has definately grown on me.

Save Borat!

2007-03-07T11:22:00.000-06:00

Apparantly satire can be taken seriously.

Sasha Baron Cohen's battle with Kazakhstan over the use of www.borat.kz had made the State Department's annual human rights report, according to Reuters. Pissed that Borat was making fun of their country, Kazakhstan pulled Cohen's rights to use the .kz domain in Nov. 2005. This was cited in the report as an example of the Kazakhstan's "restrictions on freedom of speech and other abuses."

So for those scoring at home, yanking websites = bad; photographs of country bumpkins posing with naked prisoners of war = mezza mezza.

I can only hope high school chapters of Amnesty International will start staying after school to write letters on Borat's behalf...

Journalism 101: People actually read your stuff

2007-03-06T23:04:00.000-06:00

Count me among the legions who think that, while supremely talented, Ron Borges is mainly just a big D-Bag.

For those looking for a good summation of all the events leading up to the suspension of the sportswriter who once beat up a guy wearing a neckbrace, I give you Cold Hard Football Facts, which has held a public grudge against Borges since they accused him in January of ripping off a story of theirs on the long-past Cleveland Browns dynasty . Gee, sound familiar?

To me, the moral of this whole thing will be -- aside from the standard "attribute your material" basic J-School lessons -- if you're going to be provocative, don't also be a jerk, because then you'll just have a whole host of enemies scouring your work looking for ways to pull you down. I bet this whole thing wouldn't have exploded this big if it involved someone like Tony Massarotti or Tom Curren.

P.S. I probably should change that above sentence to "the sportswriter who allegedly once beat up a guy wearing a neckbrace." Can never be too careful with those journalistic standards, ya know.

K-Fed gets a job...googling himself

2007-03-06T15:16:00.000-06:00

Now this is a deal if I've ever heard one. In fact, it seems almost too good to be true.

Ever want to chill with K-Fed? No? Well, what if he promised to spend the night telling you Crazy Britney stories? Maybe? Good enough...

All you have to do is switch from that boring, stuffy old Google search engine, and scan the Internets using the only search engine officially endorsed by Kevin Federline. So that's mad sizzerches, plus, you get entered into a drawing to hang with The Fertile One. In fact, he'll even move in with you. No, seriously, he needs a place to stay. He says he'll go halfsies on the Doritos.

The Amazing Bob Dylan

2007-03-06T12:05:00.000-06:00

How could I forget this one?

Did you know that Bob Dylan wrote every popular song of the past 35 years? Neither did I! But this footage proves it. (BIG props given to the clip's director who just nailed the Dylan documentary look.)

Also, this very well may be the most offensive thing I will ever post. The bar has been set very high. Consider yourself warned. The latest song and dance number from The Family Guy.

Botched dunks, Olberman, And on the 6th day...

2007-03-06T11:26:00.000-06:00

1) I'd like to thank this Lithuanian guy for reinforcing the whole "white men can't jump" stereotype. What do you think would have happened to Gerald Green if he had gone crotch first into Nate Robinson?

2) I'm part of the generation of men who came of age listening to Keith Olberman give sports highlights while talking about biscuits in backets and shooters being "en fuego." I still am a fan now that he's willing to call out Bill O'Reilly and the chumps at Fox News. If you've never seen any of his end-of-show commentaries, you're missing out. Another great segment is his daily "Worst Person in the World" awards. Recently, it was Glen Beck's turn. Great clip. The girl he sexually harrasses on live TV can't possibly look more uncomfortable. It's like someone asked her if she likes The Who.

By the way, Glen Beck is the guy who once said: "I wonder if I'm alone in this - you know it took me about a year to start hating the 9-11 victims' families? Took me about a year."

3) I admit it. I enjoy wikipedia. Sometimes I'll just spend an hour looking stuff up and edumacating myself. And I know that wikis are criticized for sometimes lacking adequate sourcing. But it turns out they may be a lot more wrong than I realized.
Stephen Colbert would love conservapedia.com as it too feels that "facts" have a liberal bias.
Check out the entry on dinosaurs. Did you know that "there are a number of lines of evidence that point to dinosaurs and man coexisting" and that God created them on the 6th day?
Or that gravity is just a theory? Me neither!

Welcome to all ships at sea!

2007-03-06T11:07:00.000-06:00

Welcome to the first day of my new blog. If you know me, you realize that I'll probably lose interest in keeping this going within a few weeks. But for now, this should be fun.

Rather than me sending out countless E-mails every day to my friends, or people I think are my friends, but probably are more like "acquaintences," of my favorite links, I'm just going to post them here. Then hopefully you'll pass it on to your friends and then they'll pass it on to their friends and then something magical will happen and I'll become stinkin' filthy rich.

The links I post will fall into two categories:
1) Things I find funny
2) Things I find mildly amusing enough to keep me entertained for five minutes.

(WARNING: This latter category may occasionally include somewhat educational material. I am a nerd at heart after all.)

I'm also going to try and keep things PG-13 so the links are safe for work. I won't vouch for what else you find on the Intranets, but you ain't gonna get no smut here. Unfortunately.

Also, some of the links will once in a while have a progressive/leftist/communistic/beatnik bend to them. To be fair, if you send me some of your right-wing hatemongering, I will try to include it also, providing it meets one of the two criteria laid out above.

Hopefully, this will become one of your regular stopping points in that period of time between doing actual work and contemplating whether you want to walk down to the vending mechines for a snack. Except, the bag of Peanut M+Ms always gets stuck, so you have to put another 70 cents in. But now you have two bags of M+Ms and you feel compelled to eat both, but not too fast so you can rationalize to yourself that you were at least keeping your blood sugar level stable. Ya, that time.