Archive for May, 2008

The Best Compliment

Chef answered a knock on the door to find the mailwoman on the doorstep looking sheepish. “Can I ask you a weird question?”
“Sure.”

The original picture by the realtor. I’d have a before and after shot if it would STOP RAINING already.
She goes on to explain that she’s been driving past our house for […]

You Know

…this would have been fine without the penultimate paragraph. Really.

Curiouser and Curiouser

I swear this primary is little more than a Rorshach test, you see what you see. I still have yet to be convinced either way that Obama is a better candidate than Clinton, or vice versa, because what I still see is a candidate spouting platitudes versus another candidate spouting platitudes.
Which is why I […]

SMRT vs. L33T

One reason Democrats lose elections is that they think everyone who doesn’t think as they do is an idiot that doesn’t know what’s good for them, breaking voters down into rich, poor, formally educated, informally educated and similar demographics and then equating them with racist, sexist, stupid, and opportunistic. Democrats: Party of the […]

SRSLY

WTF, Internets? Why are you so quiet? I’ve got procrastinatin’ to do.

Cultural Commentary with Doug

Season Four of The L-Word:

Except for the addition of Tasha, I heartily agree.

Favorite Pop Culture Moms

In lieu of Mother’s Day, Time Magazine has a feature on people’s favorite pop culture moms. Props to mentioning the ladies from The Joy Luck Club — both book and movie are a long-time guilty pleasure — and Dumbo’s mommy, whose cuddling scene makes me cry a little every time I watch it.

Except for […]

Undeniable Sexism

Especially when laid out so damned frankly.

Point Taken

Here.
Except my sweatpants don’t yell at me for being antisocial. Chef, however, is on your side.

Dear American Advertisers

More of something like this, please:

via Dooce

Prospects

My short, angry piece on the Indiana primaries has been expanded and highlighted on The American Prospect. It will be up later this morning.
Check it out.

Word Has It

…that Barack Obama showed up last week at Great Skates in stripey knee socks, skating backwards to Bobby Conn.*

Remember to vote in the Indiana primary tomorrow.
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* Incidentally, this might make a great campaign song.
UPDATE: David Schraub thinks he may have a better campaign anthem.