Archive for June, 2008
Toastchee #15: Forty days
I had a narrative for this post. But it’s too raw, even for this blog or whatever it is, where I seem oblivious at times to how much self-revelation is appropriate. Anyway, I figured the Toastchees were just going to be a phase when I came up with the silly idea 35 [Read More]
Toastchee #13: Not the best video ever
That would be this one. But how cool is this? This is supposedly the “first version, rare”…. [Read More]
George Carlin
I saw the “breaking news” headline five minutes ago and went straight to YouTube to find a clip or two to watch. It gives me a very queasy feeling to watch this rant on religion so immediately after his passing. But it seems a fitting queasiness. I do think [Read More]
My c*untry ’tis of thee
Yeah, I know this is old news. 16 years old, to be exact. And it’s “gutter politics” to bring it up. But I don’t think “the American people are smart enough to reject” gutter politics, so every bit helps. In particular, if there really [Read More]
Toastchee #11: See, I was going to, but then I decided to get on living the rest of my life
I’ve moved beyond music video piracy. Now, I’m supporting the blatant piracy of movies still showing in theaters. But it’s just so friggin’ brilliant. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (9 of 10 toast slices) [Read More]
If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press…
Tom Brokaw will anchor Meet the Press this morning (airing locally here in the Triangle at 10AM on NBC-17). In the meantime, over the past 72 hours, I’ve been watching a lot of remembrance clips online (I’m still lacking lacking cable). You could certainly find [Read More]
Tim Russert
Dead. I’m stunned. Usually the New York Times alerts in my email inbox aren’t anything I dwell on. This…this is tough news. I have read nothing other than the subject line of my news alert. Dead at 58, sudden heart attack. It was just a few weeks ago that [Read More]
