drat fink

so mint

shocker: mtv, a sellout?

i needed to post this story about the declining morals on mtvs Real World series so i could (not) talk about an exciting project im (not) working on....developing....(there it is again. ooooh, feel the buzz.....? its percolating with latent infotainment goodness.)

red red whine

another fine tradition here in the making on the LES -- no heat on xmas day. i guess the lambsblood on the door isnt the holiday cure-all that i had hoped. im just glad that someone else has to clean it up. and you thought i was unamerican. now where are those funny bunny slippers i got for...oh, wait...i didnt get any slippers.

not even a louse

too funny for words. xmas stories as told by whitehouse functionaries and family.

via world o crap

story bored

i hope the programming genius at tnt who came up with the idea of replaying A Christmas Story (1983) for 24 hours straight is forced to watch every minute of it while imbibing pitcher after pitcher of rancid eggnog.

vidal statistics

nothing says holiday cheer more than a good scolding from gore vidal.

con jobless

great post from billmon highlighting the rise and faltering of the neocons.

dim son

theres an unwritten new york jewish tradition of eating chinese food on xmas eve. ive spent many years trying to uncover the roots of this unlikely confluence of cultures. and i believe i have finally hit upon it; chinese restaurants are open on xmas! now my only question is -- which circle of hell has the best dim sum?

(looks like the Heaven Way Buddha Church outside my window is a little bit confused about their adherents eventual destination. better make a selection soon, god is not a fan of prevaricators.)

Christ's Mass

"I submit that such Expressions of Holiday Cheer are of the purest Heresy; and did not our Divine Saviour say unto the Scribes and Pharisees, "He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never Forgiveness, but is in Danger of eternal Damnation"? The truly Pious will observe the Christ's Mass Tide as they would any other Day of the Year: swath'd in a Hair Shirt and scourging oneself repeatedly with a Cow Hide."

the 10th monthiest

open society institute (soros) director and former policy director for bill bradley, mark schmitt, blogs up with The Decembrist. i wonder if hes heard of the band The Decembrists. whats that refering to exactly? my teeny weany brain is flashing "Russsian Revolution," maybe a previous failed effort. will investigate......developing....(whoo, sounds serious)......

ahh, google does all the work for me. and he slags them too. if hes wrong about them, can he be right about tax cuts?