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Monday, Mar 22, 2004
jerked chicken
"I now fully grasped that Laqueur was on to something both weird and important. How could I not have anticipated it? Had I not read Portnoy's Complaint or watched Seinfeld? During the last administration, the surgeon general, Jocelyn Elders, was fired, or so it was claimed, for her apparent endorsement of the public health values of masturbation. At a Miami news conference, President Bill Clinton said that her views on the subject reflected "differences with administration policy and my own convictions." Masturbation is virtually unique, in the array of more or less universal human behaviors, in arousing a peculiar and peculiarly intense current of anxiety."
roll with it
"Clunk enough people and we'll have a nation of lumpheads.Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
That womans as cold as a nudist on an iceberg.
She reminds me of Paul Revere's ride - a little light in the belfry.
Gal reminds me of the highway between Ft. Worth and Dallas - no curves.
As bare as a cooch dancer's midriff.
Boy's like a dead horse - got no get up and go...
Hey boy, you cover about as much as a flapper's skirt in a high wind.
She's tryin' to make a pantywaist out of that poor kid.
That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver.
If kid don't stop talkin' so much he'll get his tongue sunburned.
Well, barbeque my hamhocks!
That dog's as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrrel of oat meal.
That boy's as strong as an ox, and just about as smart.
Look sister, is any of this filtering through that little blue bonnet of yours?
You're doing a lot of choppin', but no chips are flyin'.
The boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball.
I've got this boy as figgity as a bubble dancer with a slow leak.
Newest additions:
You look like two miles of bad road
That boy's just like a tattoo...gets under your skin
This is gonna cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show!
I-I-I know what you're gonna say son. When two halves is gone there's nuthin' left - and you're right. It's a little ol' worm who wasn't there. Two nuthins is nuthin'. That's mathematics son. You can argue with me but you can't argue with figures. Two half nuthins is a whole nuthin'."
Sunday, Mar 21, 2004
ruby to stay
my parents were married forty years ago today. someone should really wish them well. so, whos up for it? or there must be a holiday-specific animated gif which is uniquely impersonal that i could send. something with dancing bears and the rolling stones, i hope.
friendly reminder
yo mf, that counter terrorism dude is on 60 minutes tonight.
Thursday, Mar 18, 2004
edgy material
"A kind of travel book for armchair circumambulators, written in a meandering, essayistic style, it chronicles the past, present and future of Manhattan along its edges. It's a lively, engaging hybrid, blending reportage, history, personal memoir and literary and architectural criticism.
The book ambles northward along the Hudson, from the Battery to Inwood, then takes in the East River, from lower Manhattan to Highbridge Park. Along the way, the author comments on buildings and open space, recalls movies and novels set on the waterfront, recounts political battles that shaped it, suggests civic improvements, unearths little-known bits of history and lore."via gothamist
Wednesday, Mar 17, 2004
wash inc machine
wow. kevin drum didnt just get a blog at The Washington Monthly, he is The Washington Monthly.
report cord
The Iraq on the Record Report, prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, is a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004
jumping through hoops
the outspoken owner of the dallas mavericks, mark cuban, has started a weblog.
Monday, Mar 15, 2004
easter services
"All those mysteries have spawned volumes of speculation for almost three centuries. Many Europeans were incredulous that Polynesians, "mere savages," could have constructed the statues or the beautiful stone platforms. The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki expedition and his other raft voyages aimed to prove the feasibility of transoceanic connections between Egypt's pyramids, the giant stone architecture of South America's Inca Empire, and Easter Island's statues. Going further, the Swiss writer Erich von Däniken claimed that the statues were the work of intelligent extraterrestrials who had ultramodern tools, became stranded on Easter, and were finally rescued. But the explanation that has now emerged attributes statue carving to the picks and other tools littering Rano Raraku rather than to hypothetical space implements, and to Easter's known Polynesian inhabitants rather than to Incas, Egyptians, or Martians. This story is as romantic and exciting as were postulated visits by Kon-Tiki rafts or extraterrestrials—and much more relevant to events now going on in the modern world."
Friday, Mar 12, 2004
its got therappeal
i was just wondering how long it will be before psychotherapy becomes fodder for a "reality tv" program. im guessing it will be called The Couch. im not sure of the premise. any ideas? are the participants the subjects to be studied or do they weigh others concerns? the same company will also produce a show for HBO calledTheCastingCoucha mockumentary-style show about a "reality tv" production company.