February 2008
the trials of starbucks
great article in the times yesterday about how independent coffee houses across the country are beating out starbucks for local business. and then there’s this one from today’s times that details starbucks ceo howard schultz plans to get the company back to good again. say goodbye to those mediocre sandwiches.
January 2008
“mardi gras wobble” remix by choppa....
bling for the truly ridiculous LSU fan →
i had a dream
i woke up this morning thinking i was already on my way out the door. seems as though i woke up when the alarm went off and fell back asleep, only then, i segued right into a dream in which i was up and doing all of the things that i usually do to get ready in the morning. so when i woke up thinking that i was already up, i was kinda pissed at myself. yeah.
victory and ruins
the seattle times has an excellent and shocking series running this week on the 2000 washington huskies football team. it’s filled with stories of academic fraud, players getting free passes on rape and DUI charges from local law enforcement, you know, all the usual things that go down inside major college athletic programs. seriously, some of what they dug up is disturbing.
mike wallace
you cannot kill mike wallace, you can only hope to contain him. he will not die and we are all better for it.
dreadfully morbid thought
as much as i hate to admit this, the thought of this has crossed my mind. this country is overdue for a political assassination. just never thought i’d hear a member of the media openly speculate on it.
old pickup truck
i was just thinking recently how cool it would be to have an old, beat up pickup truck to drive around the streets of manhattan, preferably one that backfires regularly. i’d love to be able to pull up to a velvet-roped club with a bunch of friends piled in the back with an ice chest full of beer. i’d tip the valet to park it and it would backfire as he pulled away, startling the...
chris rose interviews clint maedgen
remember clint maedgen, he of the soulfully quintessential new orleans song “complicated life?” well chris rose interviewed him recently, right before her was set to sing the national anthem at the BCS championship game. read it here.
best solicitation for sperm i've ever seen
“babies don’t care about things like national origin, creed or color. Neither do we.”
christopher hitchens piece on slate.com
How can one equal Bill Clinton for thuggery and opportunism when it comes to the so-called “race card”? And where does one even start with the breathtaking nastiness of his own conduct, and that of his supporters, in the last week? I never quite understand how the Clintons’ initial exploitation of racism was overlooked the first time around and has been airbrushed from the...
screenwriters looking for other work
what a novel concept…
stank
ever get overcome by an irrational feeling that you stink? i feel that today. i mean, i showered today. i’m wearing clean clothes. yet, i seem to smell something. i get an occasional whiff of something unpleasant to the olfactory senses. is that me?
barq's root beer
for some reason i was craving this yesterday, so i bought some. my mom made the best homemade root beer though.
so much for shark jumping
never bet against nick denton.
peggy noonan
back when bill kristol was hired a the new conservative voice of the ny times op-ed page, i openly called for noonan to be a better choice for the job. she’s one of, if not the most, well-reasoned, articulate conservative voices out there. this is the woman, after all, that wrote most of ronald “the great communicator” reagan’s most memorable speeches. in her friday wsj...
desensitivity
it just dawned on me today that though i’ve had many opportunities to view the video of amy winehouse smoking crack, i never did. what the fuck does that say about our world? what does that say about me? perhaps most importantly, what does that say about amy winehouse?!?!
the moment of truth
everyone is talking about this show and i’m kicking myself in the ass for missing it. this kissing suzy kolber piece may be the funniest thing i’ve read about it though.
alycia lane
it pains me to admit this, but i’m a sucker for the crazy, and i’d love to take this crazy broad for a spin.
come back little sheba
saw this play the other night. pretty good. ben brantley’s review in the times today is pretty glowing.
ron paul
can someone explain to me why he is viewed as a “quack” candidate by the republican establishment when he’s actually the only one that embodies the classic “conservative” tenets of small government and less taxation? does having the forethought to oppose the iraq war alone qualify one as a “quack”?
sly stallone
every time i see him doing an interview to promo his new rambo flick it creeps me the fuck out. dude is all puffed up on HGH and it’s unsettling.
that scottish guy
i have to admit it, i’ve been giving craig ferguson’s show a chance for the first time and dude is pretty fucking funny.
can't he please just shut the fuck up already?!
great satire always carries with a grain of truth, like this piece from the onion, evidenced by bill clinton’s ever-increasing presence in this race. today he’s out flapping his face about an obama “hit job” on his wife. michelle obama accurately counters with “they will say anything.”
my balls
could use trim.
only 2000?
just call him gentleman jack nicholson… http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/2008/01/24/jack-nicholson-kisses-fan-in-street-89520-20295948/.
drinks on me!
just got a residual check for $3.76. jealous, aren’t you?
just a thought
i wonder if the romney’s have ever driven down route 2, know what i’m sayin?
i had a dream
the other night i dreamt that i walked into my maw-maw’s house in louisiana. all the lights were off. i thought that she wasn’t home. i walked into her bedroom where i found her in bed with another elderly woman. yeah. i’m scarred.
best album of 2007
“everything last winter” by fields. hands down. fuck radiohead. fuck feist. fuck whoever pitchfork or rolling stone or spin is pushing. get it.
holy juxtaposition batman!
if you’re reading this on monday, jan. 21st, call this number to the mississippi dept. of taxtation and hear a recorded message announcing that their offices are closed for MLK/robert e. lee day…601.923.7000 and sarah vowell has a great MLK day themed piece on the op-ed page of today’s times. she’s a christian…who knew?!
mclovin'
recently i went to see the play august: osage county (which, by the way, is better than cheese grits). at some point shortly after sitting down i looked over to my right at the dude sitting next to me and casually thought to myself, “that kid looks like “mclovin’.” it wasn’t until the intermission when the lights came up and i got a better look at him and heard him...
my balls
are an iridescent shade of blue.
my balls
are high and tight.
my new band name
i was thinking of starting a band. i need a cool name, one that hasn’t been used. something edgy, like “band of horses.” then it hit me…”symphony of goats.”
my balls
fuck man, they won’t stop itching!
my balls
they’re still itching.
my balls
they’re itching.