• Blogs Wot I Read - Food, Glorious Food

    Bourdain Sticks The Food Network Between The Ribs

    February 12, 2007 - By 

    ruhlman.com: Guest Blogging: A Bourdain Throwdown This guest-blog rant by Anthony Bourdain of "No Reservations" is so good, I had to quote the whole thing.   Via Simply Recipes  I actually WATCH Food Network now and again, more often than not drawn in by the progressive horrors on screen. I find myself riveted by its awfulness, like watching a multi-car accident in slow motion. Mesmerized at the ascent of the Ready-Made bobblehead personalities, and the not-so-subtle shunting aside of the Old School chefs, I find myself de-constructing the not-terrible shows, imagining behind the scenes struggles and frustrations, and obsessing unhealthily…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Oz PM John Howard: Open Mouth, Jump Right In

    February 12, 2007 - By 

    BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Australia head slams US candidate Australian PM John Howard has criticised US presidential hopeful Barack Obama for saying US troops should withdraw from Iraq next year. His comments came soon after Mr Obama officially announced he would seek the Democratic Presidential nomination. Mr Howard said al-Qaeda should be "praying as many times as possible" for an Obama victory in the 2008 elections. But Mr Obama reacted by saying Australia should increase its troops in Iraq, if Mr Howard was so concerned. That crack about al-Qaeda praying for an Obama victory: pure asshattedness, with the side…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    U2Charist: I Wish I Could Go To This

    February 11, 2007 - By 

    Churches sing the gospel according to U2 | Chicago Tribune On Sunday night the front pews of the Lutheran church will be moved to make room for dancing. On the right will stand a band whose lead singer strikingly resembles Bono of U2. And when the opening hymn begins, worshipers will shout the lyrics to the rock song "Pride": "In the name of love! What more in the name of love?" In a phenomenon that is sweeping churches across the country, Lutheran Church of the Master in Carol Stream is celebrating a U2 Eucharist, also known as a U2charist, in…

  • Flickr - Health And Fitness - Moblog

    Stick Figure

    February 11, 2007 - By 

    Here's the story on this image, which I took with the cameraphone, naturally, a week or so ago. This is one of the motivational posters dotted about the health club at work. At least in the women's locker room, the images are mostly of fit, strong, healthy looking women. The poster above is directly across from where my locker usually is, and I was spending a lot of time looking at it and pondering the message.  This is not the picture of health I want to emulate. Strong, yes. Stick-figure thin and disturbingly skeletal, no.   Via: Flickr Title: 02-01-07_1453.jpg…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-02-11

    February 10, 2007 - By 

    A Chance to Pick Hospice, and Still Hope to Live – New York Times (tags: hospice care) Inviting Africa’s Anglicans to Gather Under a Bigger Tent – New York Times (tags: Anglican Ndungane) Worst Music Video EVER – Google Video (tags: crappy videos) Military Handsignals Updated (tags: Military Handsignals funny) LOLCats Volume 1 (tags: LOLcats)

  • Clan: McTiVo - Funnies - SciFi/Fantasy

    Norman Lovett – RIP or something like it

    February 10, 2007 - By 

    Norman Lovett – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This "obit" from the Wikipedia section dealing with the long-running British sci-fi sitcom "Red Dwarf" deserves to be left "up," in spite of one or two minor factual errors. Also, it's triffic. I hope no pretentious accuracy-obsessed smeghead volunteer editors mess with it:  Sadly, Norman was killed during the 2006 Dimension Jump. During a question and answer session, he had spent three hours giving reasons why having three more lines in 'Back in the Red' would have made the entire season better. Enraged at how bitter and annoying he was, the audience stormed…