I don’t have anything incisive to say about the above video, other than that I love George Carlin. The more I listen to him, the more I think he’s on my side most of the time. I wish I’d been a bit older when his short-lived sitcom was on TV. As it is, all I […]
I realize the “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” bit has become the joke that wouldn’t die, but the particular episode in this ongoing gag has some relevance to a post I just made at one of the other blogs I contribute to, about a New York Times article discussing the way that online word of mouth […]
So, unless you live under some sort of rock that doesn’t have a wireless connection, you’ve probably read about this whole Digg mess — basically, some dude hero figured out the AACS key that keeps people from ripping HD-DVDs, and links to this information kept getting posted on Digg. Digg responded by censoring the posts […]
While I have plenty of issues with the MPAA’s ratings system, I’m still a bit sad that Jack Valenti has died at 85. Valenti was part of the LBJ powerset, and he instituted the current Motion Picture Association of America rating system. This system, although not overtly censorship, has resulted in some pretty troubling self […]
As though of you who know me will have likely guessed, I’m more than a little irate about today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision. To that end, I would like to point to Bitch Ph.D.’s excellent response, which came to me via the smart-as-a-whip msmsgirl.
Aside from being terrified and frightened by the implications of this […]
The above is Joe Rogan taking Carlos Mencia to task for stealing other comics’ jokes. Even worse than the joke stealing, though, is the fact that Mencia really just isn’t very funny. His act is more “racist” than “racial,” and his humor about women is of the cheapest, sexist brand. Dr. Jorge Mariscal, writing during […]
“I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults,” Molly Ivins, March 1992
At the age of 62, columnist and amazing Texan Molly Ivins has gone on to the big newspaper desk in the sky. I’m going to miss her. She […]
In case you live under a rock: Kinky Friedman is running for Governor of Texas. The man engineering the campaign is the same guy who got former professional wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura in office up in Minnesota. If nothing else, the whole thing makes for a great spectacle.
Early polls are showing the Kinkster doing […]
The White House received its Christmas tree today. The tree is the 40th to be provided by the National Christmas Tree Growers Association. You can read about it from Reuters, or the First Lady’s page at the White House web site. I feel confident she’ll keep us abreast of all decorational developments at the White […]
You know you’ve arrived when you get celebrated in limited-edition shoe form by the likes of John Fluevog. Using this standard of judgement, the Pink Nun has in fact, arrived.
The Pink Nun isn’t here to preach at you, she’s here to try to convince you to “Respect yourself before you wreck yourself,” when it […]