I’m wishing Ted Kennedy all the best, but it’s amazing to me to think that he has served in the Senate two years longer than I’ve been alive.
Warren Buffett invests like a girl.
Jimmy Buffett's "Captain America" lyrics and a piece of the song.
Krugman: Stranded in Suburbia.
Buy your dog to unicorn transformation kit here.
Wanderlust music video, by Bjork.
Tuesday coonhound blogging (a new feature!). Creole takes a break from gnawing on my feet. There is nothing this hound won't chew.
The real McCain, part two, from the great orange satan. God, so to speak, help us if the citizens of this country are as clueless as they have been for the past two elections and this clown ends up in the white house.
A tale of three lawyers, by Scott Horton of Harper’s Weekly.
Cool Site of the week: Explore Peak Oil Blues.
109 historians rate Bush as the worst president ever.
How awesome is Robert Siegel’s beard?
Cectic #32: Just leave on the damn light.
Oshiyas are Japanese train pushers, helpfully getting people onto the train in the morning. And you know I don't just throw strange terms out there for you to google, so learn about them here.
"Sure, what's the harm in believing in two things with no physical evidence?"
Rating the super hunks was a pretty interesting read even if, like me, you’re really not into comic books. Two hours of my weekend disappeared at this site.
If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.
The Boy's anti-prom.
This video demonstrates different ways money is counted in various countries and regions. Some of the methods are kind of bizarre.
Albino Monday: Twenty animals in desperate need of a tanning salon. Like this squirrel.
This week's Big Thing is a pretty huge bee. I'm getting bored with the "big things", so I need more suggestions for a new useless Sunday photo theme.
Ghost Woods, a photo by Jerome.
Obama: The amazing money machine.
Watch a trailer for “Bigger, Stronger, Faster”.
And the official Dark Knight website is very cool.
Letting Go: Smoking and Non-Smoking, an essay by David Sedaris.
Buy your Anti-Monkey Butt Powder Anti-Friction Plus Sweat Absorber here.
Indiana, this is stunning.
This week's Marine Life essay is about the blue-eyed scallop. It's a repost from a diary I wrote in August 2006.
Republicans: Doughy. White. Happy.
Good Christian that he is, Huckabee (R-of course) jokes about Obama’s assassination. CNN video here, and I commend the NRA members for not laughing at this lame attempt at humor.
R.M.S. Titanic was the name of the boat, which stood for “Royal Mail Ship”. The story of it’s cargo is pretty fascinating.
This site claims that someone is selling edible babies made out of chocolate. Snopes puts this myth to rest by showing us that these are actually clay sculptures created by artist Camille Allen.
I never thought I’d say this about Chris Matthews, but this smackdown is a thing of beauty.
Stephen Colbert mocks O’Reilly.
Play! for Obama.
Play! for Hillary.
Sing along with Three Dog Night.
Here’s Rock the Vote’s website. Pass it on to the kids.
Stuff White People Like is a fairly new blog about stuff white people like.
Awww. Cute.
Here’s the winning submission for Moveon’s Obama in 30 seconds ad campaign.
Timewaster of the Week: Waves on a string.
SNL alum Julia Sweeney has a blog.
SNL’s men’s synchronized swimming with Harry Shearer and Martin Short.
“While we've been using our primitive, apelike arms like a bunch of jerks, the squids of the world have been clutching their prey with their superior tentacles and laughing at us. Until now! For the first time, you can have tentacles of your very own.”
The NY Times reports that the mystery over where the fortune cookie actually originated may have been solved.
Glad to see racism is dead in the U.S. and A.
The laughable new slogan for the 2008 elections being pushed by the Republicans is “The Change You Deserve”, which is made even more absurd by the fact that this slogan is trademarked by a company that markets an antidepressant.
When Obama wins. Keep clicking on the white text.
How the always wrong right wing will attack Obama. Get ready for every one of these talking points to be used again and again. Conservatives can’t win on issues because conservatism is a failed ideology. All they have are smears and lies.
Racist Florida license plates may be coming soon from a redneck near you.
How to inspire people like Obama does.
Humpday musical interlude: I am, I said.
Movie Rating: Fantastic Four and the Rise of the Silver Surfer.
When I was eight years old I spent a few months bedridden with rheumatic fever. I spent most of this time pouring over comic books, especially the Marvel and Action superhero genre. So I get a bit nostalgic about these superhero movies that have come out over the past ten or so years. The Fantastic Four was one of my favorites and I was pretty disappointed with the first film, in what I fear will be a series, that came out a few years ago. So out of some demented sense of duty I put myself through the pain of watching this sequel, and it was worse than I imagined. The plot made absolutely no sense, the villians were undeveloped to the point that they didn’t even matter to the story, the jokes fell flat and the romance was juvenile. 1.3 starfish out of 5, mainly for the surfer’s cool surf board, which too was sadly undeveloped and the source of its power was left completely unanswered.
More email lies are spread about Obama, this one stating that he refuses to sing the national anthem.
Burma or Myanmar. Why can’t the newspapers just pick a name and go with it?
Tree jewelry. The ultimate gift for the garden.
French proverbs from 1611.
Cool Site of the Week: The peopling of the world.
These are my archives.
Lance Mannion on Indiana Jones.
I don’t know if this shark-surfing video is on the level, I’m leaning towards “no”, but if it is this guy’s little thrill ride has left a big fish with a hook, line and fishing pole attached to its mouth.
Drunkorexia. The New York Times coins a new term.
Albino Monday: Dick Cheney’s cat, Snarl Jr.
Change is good
