December 2008
12 posts
Hyperbole Week Continues
We’ve had the least convincing onscreen couple, a video that came close to achieving Platonic ideal status, and the weirdest celebrity endorsement ever.
So what other overarching observation can I make? That this:
“I LOVE chocolate.”
left as a comment on a post about (can you guess????) chocolate is the most boring comment ever made on a blog.
I especially enjoy the...
The single weirdest celebrity endorsement ever. →
Has there ever been a less convincing onscreen...
What? No.
Heard on NBC Nightly News for 12/19/08 (I’m late with my podcasts) a story about the Xmas letter writing to Santa program by the Postal Service. It opened with something along the lines of ”It’s a tradition almost as old as the holiday itself…” and went on to talk about the program for needy kids to write letters to Santa and the Postal Service to deliver them.
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Orwell vs. Huxley, Part Deux
My first thoughts on Orwell and Huxley are pretty much what is here. [link removed and I swear what it was linked to was in no way something that could get me fired].
Although I’ve never stopped writing, and never stopped wanting to make a living at writing, listening to this On The Media story on George Orwell made me realize that I had utterly given up some part of my ambition to be a...
I'm glad for your miracle of life and all...
…but I would love it if pregnant ladies and new moms would stop a) calling themselves fat and b) also acting as though someone thinking you are overweight (i.e., not realizing you are pregnant) is that bad.
Know what? It’s not usually a barrel of laughs to actually BE overweight, but it’s not the most horrifying thing that a human can live through. The level of fear of it...
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I don't really think Katie Couric is a whore.
Me: Rob Riggle is leaving The Daily Show. I think he's going to CBS. Do you understand how much I'm supposed to marry this man and have his babies? Or, at the least, marry him and pay someone else to carry his babies while I just sleep with him in a barren fashion?
Gay Husband: Keep your eye on that Katie Couric.
Me: That whore better not even LOOK at my Riggle.
Gay Husband: Much less wiggle on your Riggle.
Me: Keep Your Jiggle Off My Riggle '09