Archive for October, 2007
Singer Robert Goulet Dies at 73
ABC News: Singer Robert Goulet Dies at 73 I recall Goulet most vividly from an appeance with The Muppets and as the villain in the second Naked Gun installment. Ok, maybe not so vividly. … And somehow, my celebrity death sensors missed several weeks back that Match [Read More]
Toastiest v3
I’m bored. I need change. So this new look-and-feel isn’t necessarily better than the previous two, but it’s different, and I’m happy to have it for the time being. Does the site really need a running clock? No, but I actually like it. And after my [Read More]
Giuliani lies about cancer to scare Americans
Rudy Guiliani has a radio ad in Iowa in which proudly acknowledges being a survivor of prostate cancer (good for him, seriously). But then he does on to say that he’s mighty lucky not to live in the UK, where they socialized medicine, since the prostate survival rate [Read More]
There’s no A-ROD in WORLD SERIES
I used to care a lot about baseball. Now, I’m just an casual observer of some of the playoffs, although I’ll generally make an effort to watch what might be the final game of the World Series, which is happening right now. The focus in the baseball world should [Read More]
I’m wanted dead or alive
How flattering. I stumbled upon some new “local” blog a few days ago. I asked a few local bloggers if they had heard of the blog or its author. I was unaware that the blog seemed to be a parody of a local food blog, since I rarely eat anywhere that braises or [Read More]
Playing dress-up, 2007
Or you may refer to it as “Halloween”. For the last five years, I have referred to it is “Hollyween”, since my friend Holly has been throwing a party with that name for the past decade. In 2003 and 2005, I went as television characters, and I’m [Read More]
I’ve been a bad, bad liberal
Forgive me, Al Gore, for I have sinned. Last night, I shopped at Wal-Mart. I did so willfully. I figured it was a good place to look for an item I was needing for my Halloween costume. But I didn’t find it. Instead, I, and this is painful to admit, I bought groceries. [Read More]
Never seeing home again
Imagine that you spend your whole life in one city and nearly half of it in one apartment. You hope to be able to die in this apartment. One day, an emergency causes you to have to leave your apartment. You realize you may not be able to return to your apartment soon. You [Read More]
802 views on YouTube!
And, somehow, as far as I can tell, I’ve somehow neglected to post this video up on here. Or maybe I just didn’t tag it well and can’t find the post. In any case, it’s worth reposting, because, when I’m weary and feeling small and friends just [Read More]
Bill Bell Strikes Back
Last night, at Duke’s Page Auditorium, Bill Bell struck back at Thomas Stith and his dirty campaigning. Bell, who’s usually very composed, seems to shine when he’s a little worked up. I have some more thoughts on the debate and campaign, but I wanted to [Read More]
