Archive for November, 2005

if there’s a rock ‘n’ roll heaven

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced this year’s inductees. Blondie, the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Miles Davis made the cut. For a band or solo artist to be eligible, 25 years have to have passed since the release of their first album.
Even though she’s well into retirement age, Blondie singer […]

all things bright and beautiful

Monday, November 28th, 2005

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 […]

this just in: Enya very strange

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Apparently, Enya decided that English was just no good for her latest album. She also put a nix on Gaelic and Latin. So, she did what any reasonable person would do, and made up a language. This proves my theory that Enya is just a sci-fi nerd with good skin.
The made-up language apparently can actually […]

nothing says “hope” like a rhinestone t-shirt

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

Jennifer Aniston* appears in The Hope Catalog, a fundraising effort of the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. According to the catalog, the DKNY-designed shirt “is the ultimate blend of fun and fabulous.”
I somehow feel that the copywriter who penned the product description really had to rein it in a bit to keep from spouting […]

the lion, the witch and the snow globe

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Having read C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia some sick amount of times as a child, I was thrilled to learn while buying groceries that Energizer is giving away teeny snow globes promoting the upcoming movie version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. This is one of those easy giveaways, too — just pick […]