October 2007
15 posts
The other day, I had not one but two people name drop Jonathan Coulton. The thing is, I didn’t know this person existed until I saw this post from a friendly hoagie. Just wanted to say thank you to both those people for turning me onto this… let’s say, eccentric artist. Also wanted to finally thank that friendly hero for not only introducing me to the verb “tumbl”...
“I had a dog who just ate my panties.”
– A “large pet-based superstore” employee criticizing pet owners who buy flavored bones and other useless periphinelia for pets, on Sunday’s “This American Life.”
As I heard this exact line, there was a near-pygmy poodle and a mammoth black lab in the Mazda in front of...
I don’t even like cats, and still this is obscenely cute. Kitty porn has arrived, via College Humor no less. (via Nothing-Much)
Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being Passé
Now that is a headline. I can’t tell if it’s subtly kind of offensive or blatantly.
“There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11....”
– Senator Joseph I. Biden of Delaware, referring to Rudolph Giuliani at last night’s Democratic debate.
“Cuntback of Notre Dame.”
– A quote from a lively Mac vs. PC debate.
A 150-Point Combo
NBC. A conundrum of a network post-Seinfeld. Rather than invest in any new shows, really, they just rode the Friends/Will & Offensive Stereotypes train until both of those puttered out. But still they brought on Joey, officially laying to rest After M*A*S*H* as the template for bad spin-offs. Instead of holding the person responsible, they promoted Jeff Zucker to president and CEO of NBC...
I'm begging you...
This makes two Morgan Freeman voice-overed films THIS YEAR, adding onto the rapidly increasing pile. People, please, stop. Every time his voice starts and I don’t see his face, my mind immediately retreats. At this point, he could read Shakespeare, Marlowe, Albee, or Eggers, and I’d still need a bucket despite that list (had to go a long way for that joke). Please, Hollywood...
Not for a weak constitution.
WARNING: Reading this post in context requires you watch the “August Rush” trailer. I do not suggest this, would even hesitate to force this upon a hated enemy, but I have been subjected to it, willingly once on Apple and then unwillingly before “Blade Runner: The Final Cut (For Real This Time).”
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
If you click the above link to Apple’s hosting...
“I have never known, nor shall know, a worse person than myself.”
– Walden, Henry David Thoreau
WatchThe requisite Wes Anderson addition.
Salut.
Welcome, one and… well, not too many more than one realistically, to the inaugural post. I must say, I feel the blog is off to a smashing start, using a French title for the first post. Really brings a bit of class to this whole operation.
Anyhoo, I just found out that the geniuses at tumblr included a spellcheck feature. However, both tumblr and spellcheck get the judgmental red line of...