March 15, 2005
Kerry Can't Figure It Out
A Kerry quote from his February 28, 2005 Distinguished American Award fête at the JFK Library:
A lot of the mainstream media were very responsible during the campaign. They tried to put out a balanced view, and they did show what they thought to be the truth in certain situations of attack. . . . But it never penetrated. And when you look at the statistics and understand that about 80 percent of America gets 100 percent of its news from television, and a great deal of that news comes from either MTV, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Jay Leno, David Letterman, you begin to see the size of the challenge. . . . And so I don't have the total answer. I just know it's something that we've really got to grapple with.
As
P. J. O'Rourke pointed out, MTV, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Jay Leno and David Letterman weren't exactly hurting Kerry's campaign, yet he still came up short.
i guess what Kerry was trying to say was that he couldn't get his message out. Of course it couldn't have been the message itself. No way. Not that.
Hat tip to Roscoe.
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Posted by: Paul at March 16, 2005 05:34 AM (vbP6L)
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What exactly is the "challenge" we have to "grapple with?" Imagine for a moment if Bush said this....Media types would be doing cartwheels on the WH lawn screaming about the President's implied endorsement of censorship.
Posted by: Jason O. at March 16, 2005 07:18 AM (2CAKL)
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THE POLITICS OF DESTRUCTION
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I am gay!
Posted by: Robert Mac-Lelland at March 16, 2005 10:52 AM (/oUr4)
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Rrriiiight. While Robert is bitching about conservatives in the media painting all liberals with the "pussy" brush, he has been hypocritically labeling us as fascist "reich whingers" for the past several months if not his whole life.
"Eliminate the Reich Whinge!"
I think Annika needs to inform Mac about his problem with psychological projection again or at least cut off his balls so that he can't breed more lemmings to make life miserable for the rest of us.
Posted by: reagan80 at March 16, 2005 12:00 PM (dP84C)
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It's like I said to my friends at work the day after the election. "I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is Bush won the election, the good news is Kerry lost".
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An Idol Mind
Bo Bice made a believer out of me tonight. But i'm still sayin' Nadia Turner is the next American Idol.
And Constantine is way cute. He did a nice job with that Three Dog Night song. Or was that Blood, Sweat and Tears?
i feel sorry for Vonzell. She's got a great voice, but trying to do Dionne is like trying to do a Sinatra song. It's impossible to listen to without comparing it to the master.
Mikalah gave up on the competition weeks ago. i think she's as surprised as anyone that she's still there.
Anwar had an unusually bad night. Anthony and Scott did well, without standing out. Lindsey should be gone by all rights; she's totally out of her league.
Which one is Carrie and which one is Jessica? Aren't they the same person?
And Nikko is back, but not for long, i predict.
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Contstantine? Way cute? Are you kidding me? You are right? Ha, ha, ha. Ha?
What? You were being serious? Oh, sorry for laughing...it's just that he's the most laughable and repulsive person I've seen on TV since since...well, Barbara Boxer.
Does Constantine practice those facial contortions in the mirror?
When America is down to choosing between one of the two rockers...only the authentic one will survive: Bo Bice.
Nadia is the queen though, and will (read: should) win easily.
Posted by: Robbie at March 16, 2005 06:36 AM (lbWbV)
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Sorry to disagree....this whole show is drek. You should be watching the Amazing Race.
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Constantine credited Motown with the song he did. Sorry, it was Blood, Sweat & Tears. He should be eliminated just for that. Bo did a BS&T song, too. What is it with the rockers...were there no other legitmate rock bands in the 60s? And why did Bo carry the microphone stand with him. Didn't he realize he had a wireless mike? Way too contrived for me. Yet the judges praised them both. This removes all the credibility as far as I'm concerned.
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We actually do watch Amazing Race first. We Tivo AI and watch it after
House.
AI is much better on Tivo...less Seacrest is always a good thing.
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Yucky Stuff
Petula Clark once sang:
Don't sleep in the subway, darlin'.
Don't stand in the pouring rain.
Which seems like common-sense advice. But after stumbling across the next two links, i would have changed the lyrics to warn against two less obvious hazards of modern life, thusly:
Don't eat in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Spit that out in the dentist's drain.
Yuck.
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March 14, 2005
American Skankwoman Update
It's been a while since i've caught up with Brittany. Despite her vow to lay low, she's been on a something of a comic rampage lately:
- At times i almost think Brittany's being ironic with us. But then i remember that irony probably requires having an IQ, which is one accessory she's never owned.
For instance, she recently promised:
In the future, I will refrain from discussing my private life in interviews. It will be expressed solely through art.
Art? Art?!
She's taken up painting, i guess. Cuz she can't be talking about what she does for a living.
- And remember when Brittany stunk up that airplane? Apparently, she and Kevin have a lot in common:
Federline's ex-girlfriend, Amy Woody, accusing Federline of . . . being hygienically impaired.
Not only is he not a daily bather, he apparently would go for days without a scrub.
Eeeew. The American Skankman!
- Brittany had some advice for Michael Jackson:
He needs someone to be like, 'ok, let's buck you up, let's give you a moustache, let's rough you up, let's go to a bar, let's get drunk and be a man.' . . . he needs to get in a fight.
Interesting idea. Although i bet if somebody punched him in the nose, they'd get a nasty splinter.
- Last Monday, Brittany and Kevin got kicked out of a Beverly Hills restaurant when she tried to eat there with her little rat, Bit Bit.
But the manager chased after the couple and said they could stay if the pup was tucked inside her bag.
Britney and dancer Kevin returned with Bit Bit in her pink holdall, emblazoned with the word BITCHY.
Notice the flip flops. She tries so hard to be skanky casual, with the ripped up shorts and the stupid trucker hats, like she don't care how she looks. But to the observant eye, Brittany's trendy $17 Havaianas betray the fact that she's just a fad follower. Here's further proof: check out the new extensions.
If she's trying to disguise herself, it might help if she left her rat at home. And the dog, too.
Update: Dawn alerts us to
an idiotic Brittany quote that i overlooked. And a double-hearsay hat tip to
Rick, too.
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Posted by: Scof at March 15, 2005 01:57 AM (VGtXe)
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You forgot to mention carrying around a chihuahua every-fucking-where you go is the height of "trendy." And please stop comparing those little hairless tribbles to rats, please!
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Posted by: annika at March 15, 2005 09:30 AM (zAOEU)
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When your career flourishes based solely on enticements for underage sex, ("Hit me baby" video) you can't really do too much more from there.
Tries so hard to be casual?? Annika, she's a redneck! She's following the time-honored Elvis Presley tradition of rednecks who, upon becoming rich, put a uniquely trailer-esque spin on fashion and celebrity.
Elvis gets a pass on Graceland because of his talent.
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Posted by: annika at March 15, 2005 10:54 AM (zAOEU)
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Shutup. You'd do her too.
Posted by: Collins at March 15, 2005 02:48 PM (YkSuu)
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Two words: hotel oscar. I guess you can take the girl outta the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park outta the girl.
And Collins, she's getting so I
wouldn't do her. If she doesn't lay off the pork rinds and Krispy Kremes soon she's going to end up like that other trailer trash icon of pop culture, Roseanne Barr.
Posted by: Matt at March 16, 2005 03:56 AM (TLYaI)
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Gretchen Wilson...
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm redneck chicks...
Posted by: Radical Redneck at March 16, 2005 06:45 AM (SyyC7)
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I remember this came up before, but Britney's not a redneck: she's white trash. It's possible to be both, but they're not the same thing. Certainly in her native Louisiana, the former can be a badge of pride, but the latter is (rightly) an insult.
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But Then i'm A History Geek
A medieval theme restaurant wouldn't disqualify a guy out of a goodnight kiss from
me.
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One pint of mead and I'm done for the night.
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Posted by: Casca at March 14, 2005 10:09 PM (cdv3B)
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Was there supposed to be a link there?...or just something I'm not getting?
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Perhaps not.....but it should.
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March 13, 2005
Bracket
Keep in mind that i know nothing about college hoops.
My final four picks are as follows:
Illinois (1)
Georgia Tech (5)
UConn (2) Kansas (3)
Duke (1)
UConn will beat cinderella Georgia Tech again for the National Championship by a score of 83 to 71.
Update: Okay okay. People think i'm crazy. i get it. Thankfully, i can change my mind all the way up 'til Thursday.
i still think the Albuquerque bracket is weak enough for Ga Tech to sneak through. They did split the two games against Wake Forest this year.
But on UConn, i just read that their freshman backup point guard got suspended for "an unspecified violation of team rules." He wasn't valuable to the team, with only 3 points and 3 assists off the bench. But these things have a way of fucking with team chemistry, and the competition in the Syracuse bracket looks to be the toughest of the tournament.
So my new scenario has UConn losing to Kansas, who then beats dark horse Florida to advance to the final four. Duke then beats Kansas in a squeaker to avenge their 2003 loss and advance to an all ACC final. Duke then beats Ga Tech by a score of 80 to 65, to win their fourth National Championship.
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It's like a time warp. This is the same result as last year's tournament.
Posted by: physics geek at March 14, 2005 05:45 AM (Xvrs7)
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I don't think Georgia Tech makes the Sweet 16. And I sure as hell hope Duke loses in round one.
Posted by: Rodger Schultz at March 14, 2005 09:39 AM (byDDp)
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UCLA!!! What about them????
Posted by: Roger at March 14, 2005 03:22 PM (Dm9kz)
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Roger, if UCLA beats Bobby Knight, I will be floored. They have the talent to do it, of course -- more than TT -- but I just don't see it happening.
Annika, I love that you have Carly Simon on your epigram. That song makes me happy, even if my second wife once claimed it always seemed like it was my theme song. (Wasn't it written for Warren Beatty?)
I'm going with North Carolina. It's Roy Williams time.
Posted by: Hugo at March 14, 2005 05:06 PM (Qst0d)
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i heard it was written for Mick Jagger?!
Posted by: annika at March 14, 2005 06:25 PM (GxkJz)
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Oh,
hell yes.
Go Blue Devils!
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Actually now that i think of it, Hugo, i think it was written about Warren Beatty, but Mick sings backup on the song.
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"Duke then beats Ga Tech by a score of 80 to 65, to win their fourth National Championship"
From your keyboard to God's eyes...
Why yes, I AM a Blue Devil fan. How did you know?
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Boring...
Is there anyone who can suck the fun out of NCAA basketball than Greg Gumble? Sheesh dude, it's March Madness, not a funeral. Mix in a smile.
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I have no need for Greg Gumble. I'm at a library doing work on a seminar paper. That's more than enough to suck out the fun out of anything no matter what month of the year.
By the way, that 11th seed to UCLA is BS.
Posted by: Wayne at March 13, 2005 03:55 PM (lXOo9)
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exCUSE me, but I believe that it's "gumball", or at least SHOULD be. Sheesh, why didn't THEIR mother believe in abortion?
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March 12, 2005
Strange Resemblance?
By juxtaposing these two photographs, i intend to make no commentary except to point out an uncanny resemblance.
What's up with that?
As they say on Cops, all parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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lol, no, you're much closer to several other truths... I hope we find out more details, in detail.
Posted by: Casca at March 12, 2005 10:10 PM (cdv3B)
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When the pictures first loaded I thought you were going to have Ollie next to him! Good call but for one difference - Bonds could never be a rapist. After the truckloads of 'roids his nuts must be tinier than year-old boiled onions!
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Posted by: maizzy at March 13, 2005 09:33 AM (1adZg)
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I don't see it. The guy on left is probably at least 6'2" and pushing over 220. The guy on the right looks to be 6' maybe 6'1" and barely 200. Different lip shape, totally different shoulder slope, completely different jaw line. So far the only similarities I'm seeing are the are both black, athletic, and shave their heads.
Posted by: Andy at March 13, 2005 10:07 AM (l04c2)
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Not bad estimates, Andy. i googled it. ESPN says Bonds is 6'2" and 228 lbs. The Fulton County Georgia website says Nichols is 6'1" and 200 lbs.
Posted by: annika at March 13, 2005 05:42 PM (dUp7O)
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When I see these juxtaposed pics, I think of Nichol's possible defense: "Roid Rage."
Posted by: gcotharn at March 15, 2005 09:55 AM (3Bn47)
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A long time ago I went to a school where we learned how to judge peoples height and weight from pictures and video feeds etc. I guess I haven't totally lost it then. It amazing the weird things you remember.
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New Book
i finally finished the Tom Wolfe book. Maybe i'll give you my mixed review later. Next up, based solely on the strength of
Lorie's recommendation, i'm going to read
American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
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American Gods is one of my all-time favorite books. If you like it, you can get a short story sequel in the Legends II fantasy anthology, and Gaimain's working on a novel now about the Ananzi character in the book.
Gaiman's also got a cool blog: http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp
Posted by: Ron (Naughtypundit) at March 14, 2005 09:36 AM (vTmGH)
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If you like Gaiman's novels, his Sandman comic books (some call them graphic novels) are also very good.
Posted by: Jim Treacher at March 14, 2005 12:04 PM (uuNVx)
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Ooh, I can't wait to hear what you think of it. If you like it, I could positively deluge you with other Gaiman recommendations.
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March 11, 2005
i've Signed The Letter!
i urge all bloggers and those who care about the new media to
read this post by Kevin at Wizbang, regarding our right to Freedom of Speech as bloggers,
and to sign the Online Coalition letter to Federal Election Commission chairman Scott E. Thomas.
Mine is the 1,531st signature.
More: Here's the Democracy Project's comprehensive summary of the threat facing us.
And liberal blogger Markos, of Daily Kos, notes that a number of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have also added their welcome voice to the cause of internet freedom. Where are the Republicans on this?
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Question: if bloggers are at their best as anarchists and pamphleteers... should they be signing? Shouldn't there be, in some sense, a rejection of the system in both its friendly and unfriendly forms? This isn't a rhetorical question; I'm honestly curious. For the moment, I'm not going to sign, but might be persuaded to after some discussion.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at March 12, 2005 02:21 AM (gatnI)
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Kevin, they want to curtail our right to free speech. Right now, there are no rules here, and the powers that be have started their long expected attempt to rein us in. If signing a letter can help stop that, or even slow down the process, i'd do it.
Posted by: annika at March 12, 2005 07:18 AM (9s188)
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McCain Feingold is just wrong. Un constitutionally wrong. CFR is incumbents wiping their noses on the first amendment.
The internet puts a spotlight on the phonies regardless of how deep their pockets are, so there is no need for CFR.
Posted by: papertiger at March 12, 2005 12:09 PM (ywZa8)
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I don't sign no stinkin' forms, however I AM willing to drive to Arizona and hang that self-serving, traitorous, cocksucker McCain.
Posted by: Casca at March 12, 2005 07:40 PM (cdv3B)
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Casca, when you show up, I'll gladly supply you the rope!
He must get absolutely nowhere in 2008, and any help defeating him in 2010 will be greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Desert Cat at March 14, 2005 10:20 PM (xdX36)
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It's Friday, So In Lieu Of Actual Blog Content...
...i bring you photoshopped self-promotion.
Yes, this is an actual recruiting poster, rejected by the DoD.
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I'm guessing it was actually rejected by the Department of
War. Unless I'm wrong about the period, that was back before even the names of bureaucracies had to be PC.
Posted by: Matt at March 12, 2005 08:21 PM (TLYaI)
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Friday Poetry Extra
There's a fun poem,
"The Discovery of Sex" by Debra Spencer, at today's Writer's Almanac.
Garrison Keillor also reminds us that today is Douglas Adams' birthday.
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Posted by: JD at March 11, 2005 01:13 PM (pQrtL)
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Have you seen the trailer for Hitchhikers Guide? It looks pretty damn awesome.
Posted by: ken at March 11, 2005 04:16 PM (xD5ND)
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i'm a big fan of the cheesy BBC version.
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March 10, 2005
Afghan Warrior
How'd you like to start a blog, write two paragraphs, and get a hundred and one comments in your first forty-eight hours on the blogosphere. And not spam comments either, i'm talking very nice comments of encouragement from all over the world.
Well, go say hi to Waheed, Afghanistan's first blogger.
Hat tip to Bruce at AWH, via Chrenkoff.
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Neat. It really is. your rotating epigram is a line from "you're so vain". my parents played that song alot, and I have to say I listen to it on almost a regular basis. Carly's got some good pipes.
Posted by: Scof at March 11, 2005 07:19 AM (uyxuP)
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What'd i Say???
i ask you. When i did the
KISS Haiku Contest about a month ago, was i anything but respectful to KISS or their fans?
Either of them?
Sure i was a little tongue-in-cheek at times, but nothing that Gene Simmons himself wouldn't have appreciated.
So i got this comment today from some dude with sense of humor issues.
Name: Iggy
Email Address: iggy@kissrocks.com
Comments:
Kiss Rules-Fuck you and your site!! BIATCH!!!
Ouch. That wit is razor sharp.
And you wonder why i drink so much.
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Gene Simmons was on The Apprentice tonight. What a bore.
Posted by: Casca at March 10, 2005 10:07 PM (cdv3B)
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at March 11, 2005 12:14 AM (muth+)
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Iggy dreams of tongues,
Bulging leather codpieces;
Won't admit he's gay.
Posted by: ccwbass at March 11, 2005 01:30 AM (AZ2pN)
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What's a codpiece anyway?
OE, i read you're post. Well argued, but EJ has the momentum. i'm aftaid BG is only a one issue candidate.
Tell the truth. During the apprentice last night, when Gene Simmons stuck his finger into Erin's ear, weren't you expecting him to say:
"Which lizard baby?"
i was.
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A codpiece is, like, a medieval cup. Iggy needs to read Teen Girl Squad.
Posted by: Victor and his seventeen pet rats at March 11, 2005 09:15 AM (L3qPK)
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A codpiece is a phony male sex organ. It is used often with tights to make the wearer seem more macho. Actors used to use socks.
A cup is a protective device to keep one's genitals intact, worn by athletes to assure themselves of a future family and to be able to finish the game if struck there doing a pile up, for instance.
Without one, the natural instinct is to give up whatever ball you are holding and protect the others when threatened...
Posted by: shelly at March 12, 2005 05:35 PM (6krEN)
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Star Wars Goes To Hell
From
Coming Soon.net:
George Lucas . . . says the third and final prequel [in the Star Wars series] will not likely receive the PG rating the previous five films have received.
'I don't think I would take a five- or a six-year-old to this,' says Lucas, 'It's way too strong.'
Lucas is referring to violent scenes in the film and also to Anakin Skywalker's journey to the dark side in the climax of the 30-year-old series. 'We're going to watch him make a pact with the devil,' Lucas tells the program.
He says Skywalker will be descending into Lucas' frightening vision of Hell, a mythical planet composed entirely of erupting volcanos. 'Yes...the lava at the end...it ends in hell.'
Fans of the original trilogy, like myself, might disagree.
The series went to hell when Lucas released that train wreck called Episode One.
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FYI, "Anakin" could be re-arranged to spell "Annika". Ohhh, so that's why that "Skywalker chick" quote is down there.
Actually, George Lucas started losing his mind in the last half of Return of the Jedi when he put in those damn Ewoks. I think Lucas put the spongemonkeys in there to symbolize the Vietnamese "freedom fighters" fighting against the "evil empire" of America back in the day.
Posted by: Jar Jar "Meesa horny" Binks at March 10, 2005 05:18 PM (ICWUG)
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Jar Jar, as usual, you crossed the line. I don't think the spongmonkeys (seen performing here, http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/ pre their rockstar Quiznos days) would appreciate being compared to ewoks
Posted by: ken at March 11, 2005 04:39 PM (xD5ND)
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While one might argue weither the ewoks were the first foray into hell, The "special edition" was where the elevator broke down in the basement of Hades.
---Han Shot First!!!!!
Posted by: Mythilt at March 14, 2005 11:46 AM (i/gV3)
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And yes, I'm aware of the fact that 5 exclaimation marks is the sign of a diseased mind.
Posted by: Mythilt at March 14, 2005 11:47 AM (i/gV3)
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that's so funny. you know, for a four year old. what a way to jump on the episode 1 hating train while it's hot!
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i Like My Martinis Shaken, Not Stirred, Too
Bloggers
as spies now?
Could the American spy community improve its intelligence activities through blogging? A captain in the U.S. Army Reserve thinks so and says as much in the March issue of Wired magazine.
Capt. Kris Alexander, a millitary intelligence officer, argues in an essay that blogs should be incorporated into the intelligence community's classified computer network , Intelink, and that the community should cultivate bloggers outside itself to gain additional insights and analysis.
. . .
'Why not tap the brainpower of the blogosphere as well?' he asks. 'The intelligence community does a terrible job of looking outside itself for information. From journalists to academics and even educated amateurs -- there are thousands of people who would be interested and willing to help.'
Ain't it enough that we got rid of Rather and Jordan?
'It seems to me,' he said, 'that the government is faced with some stark choices. They can 'get with the program' -- realize they have lost control and try to capitalize on that -- or they can pretend they still control the flow of information and enact all sorts of Draconian regulations that aren't going to work anyway.'
Stephenson admitted that working with bloggers can be challenging. 'It's a headache,' he confessed.
'You get a lot of these obsteperous guys who don't defer to hierarchy, but smart executives all over the place now are trying to figure out ways to capitalize on people like me and others,' he continued. 'It's just dumb to filter out that potential information just because the people who are offering it are not like you.'
Picture it. The blogosphere, ready and willing to save the world once again.
[cross posted at A Western Heart]
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What kind of jackass wants air in his booze?
Posted by: Casca at March 10, 2005 04:18 PM (cdv3B)
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Useless Thought For The Day Blogging
One poppy seed is flavorless on its own.
Many poppy seeds on a bagel have a slight flavor.
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March 09, 2005
Poker Party Details
Come and check out annika's Blogversary Poker Party on Yahoo! Poker. Everyone is invited. Sit down and play a few hands, or just stop by to say hi. No money is involved, just bragging rights.
You have to have a Yahoo! id first. Then log on to Yahoo!, go to the Games page and click on Hold 'Em Poker in the Card Games menu. Then look for me in the room called "Angel." Sorry, i fucked up. i'll be in the room called "Social Lounge 2," at table 26, and i'll be using the Yahoo! id annikagyrl.
Hope to see you there!
Update: It's pretty busy in there. Social Lounge 2 is full. We're going to Beginner Lounge 2 now.
Update 2: Okay, it's full now too. Use this backdoor site, if you haven't given up yet. Click on Beginner Lounge 2.
Update 3: Well, that was pretty much a bust. Only Casca and Lawguy were able to get into the room before it closed. i got booted a few times, and even the backdoor was screwy. i never seen Yahoo! Games be so difficult. Oh well, sorry to everyone who tried but were unable to log on. Maybe next year.
Oh, i broke even, too.
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So far, this sucks... which lounge?
Posted by: Casca at March 09, 2005 07:05 PM (cdv3B)
Posted by: Wayne at March 09, 2005 07:20 PM (DXzYo)
Posted by: BD at March 09, 2005 07:35 PM (q88ZG)
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I'm gettingdrunktryin to logon to the severer. Anyway, Happy blogversary!
Posted by: d-rod at March 09, 2005 08:53 PM (MpV/L)
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Dammit, and I wore my white silk jammies with the blue piping for this? sheesh!
Posted by: Casca at March 09, 2005 10:58 PM (cdv3B)
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I could not get in!
You should come some real poker with me online. Let me know and I will give you all the 411.
Posted by: Frisbeedude at March 10, 2005 07:43 AM (KRtuM)
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"No, u should cum, i got a real poker." Would be the correct approach.
Posted by: Casca at March 10, 2005 04:21 PM (cdv3B)
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Wednesday Is Poetry Day
Paul suggested Raymond Carver, and i thought, great idea, everybody loves Raymond, right? i swear i've heard that name before, too. So i checked my extensive poetry library (um, shelf) and would you believe it? Not a single Ramond Carver piece in any of the various anthologies i have.
Okay, to the web. Raymond Carver is described thusly at Writer's Calendar:
American short-story writer and poet, a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the 1980s. Carver's reputation continued to grow after his death at the age of fifty.
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Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, a mill town on the Columbia River in Oregon. His father, a sawmill worker, was an alcoholic. At home he used to tell him stories about his own hunting and fishing exploits, and about his grandfather, who had fought in the Civil War, for both sides.
Carver, who died in 1988, studied at Cal State Chico and Cal State Humboldt, where he got his BA. (Both are infamous party schools today.) Chico honors him with a festival every year. Carver also taught English at Syracuse, and Jay McInerney (author of the eighties classic,
Bright Lights, Big City) is a former student.
Carver published his . . . first poem, 'The Brass Ring,' in Targets, which also had a poem by Charles Bukowski. During these years of working in different jobs, rising kids, and trying to write, Carver started to drink. 'Alcohol became a problem. I more or less gave up, threw in the towel, and took to full-time drinking as a serious pursuit.'
Today's poem is a drunk poem, but a good one.
Cheers
Vodka chased with coffee. Each morning
I hang the sign on the door:
OUT TO LUNCH
But no one pays attention; my friends
look at the sign and
sometimes leave little notes,
or else they call - Come out and play,
Ray - mond.
Once my son, that bastard,
slipped in and left me a colored egg
and a walking stick.
I think he drank some of my vodka.
And last week my wife dropped by
with a can of beef soup
and a carton of tears.
She drank some of my vodka, too, I think,
then left hurriedly in a strange car
with a man I'd never seen before.
They don't understand; I'm fine,
just fine where I am, for any day now
I shall be, I shall be, I shall be . . .
I intend to take all the time in this world,
consider everything, even miracles,
yet remain on guard, ever
more careful, more watchful,
against those who would sin against me,
against those who would steal vodka,
against those who would do me harm.
The end of Carver's bio is both redemptive and tragic.
On June 2, 1977 Carver stopped drinking with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous. After this 'line of demarcation' his stories became increasingly more expansive. In 1982 Carver divorced Maryann. From 1979 Carver had lived with the poet Tess Gallagher (b.1943), they had met at a writers' conference in Dallas. They married in 1988. The wedding took place in Reno. Two months later, on August 2, 1988, the author died of lung cancer. . . . After writing [the] story, 'Errand,' about Chekhov's death, Carver learned that he had cancer.
The Writer's Calendar bio compares Carver's poetry and prose to Chekov, Bukowski, William Carlos Williams, Kafka, Pinter, and Richard Ford. (i'm a fan of all of those writers, with the possible exception of Ford. So, thanks for the suggestion, Paul, i'll have to check out more of Carver's stuff.)
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Annie, I didn't know that one. That's superb -- alcoholism in all its pathos and paranoia.
Posted by: Hugo at March 10, 2005 03:25 PM (Vc0NG)
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Things That Are Happening
Our peach tree is in bloom. It's beautiful. i thought it was dead. Shows how much i know about trees.
Today is the two year blogversary of annika's journal. A Yahoo! Poker party celebration will be held tonight at 7:00 p.m. California time. Stop by if you can. Just say hi, or sit down and play a few hands. i will post the name of the room just before it starts. BYOB.
Today is also poetry day. Who's your favorite poet? i haven't picked a poem yet, so why not suggest someone?
Have you pushed Elton John for UN Sec Gen to your friends and co-workers yet? People are talking.
And there are still two more spots open in MLBloggers, my fantasy baseball league. Email me if you're interested.
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Poetry suggestion: Raymond Carver.
Posted by: Paul at March 09, 2005 11:59 AM (vbP6L)
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Posted by: Mark at March 09, 2005 04:42 PM (776zW)
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And now... the Terrible Twos.
Have a good'n.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at March 09, 2005 07:06 PM (gatnI)
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Happy Anniversary, Annie! The blogosphere wouldn't be the same without you!!!
Posted by: ginger at March 10, 2005 06:09 AM (g2QG2)
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