People who wear vile scents to work. People who keep breaking their computers. People who use speakerphones, at either end of the conversation. People who are remorselessly chipper far too early in the morning. People who must say “Hi! Hi! Hi! every time they walk past your area. People whose every conversation is broadcast AT ELEVEN. IT GOES TO ELEVEN. People who act in real life like they’d bloviate endlessly online.
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What Did Rove Tell Dobson? Dobson, the influential founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family, has said he is supporting Miers’ nomination in part because of something he has been told but cannot divulge. He has acknowledged speaking with Karl Rove, Bush’s political adviser, about the president’s pick before it was announced. Fortunately, Sen. Arlen Specter is going to get to the bottom of this. Rove’s making his secret phone calls in support of Miers? So not good. But not unexpected. Some folks, however, think Dobson may be calling off the rightmost dogs and hedging his bets.…
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Whew. First of all, I’m fine. My monkeylady stuck me in a carrier today and we drove for a long time. I continually begged to be let out and for us to go back to the little building, but the world just kept moving around us. Eventually, we got to this big, noisy echoing place that was absolutely full of dogs (yuck). They kept coming up to my little cage and sniffing at me. Finally, my monkey moved so her hind legs were in front of the cage, and that was better. After along wait, we went in a little…
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My day yesterday was wonderful and also a little frightening. For some reason the woman monkey didn’t make a big noise and go away in the morning. She went around the little building we all live in, putting things away and generally making it look much less interesting, with fewer things to scatter or knock over. Eventually, she settled down on the couch with a little flat computer. I know about those from my brief career as a Web celebrity, you see. A monkey man’s voice chattered senselessly on and on; it was coming out of the big loud-box but…
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Discovered with relish and and an extra helping of schadenfraude at Clack: Man, falling approvals in the polls really suck! I’ve seen these “falling figure” animations before, but this one made me laugh – every now and then, George gets stuck. You can use the mouse pointer to drag him between spheres and set him on his downward course again, or you can just drag him every which-a-way on the winds of change or public opinion polls or whatever. But when he gets stuck, it’s often in some anatomically impossible and rather disturbing position, and if you don’t drag him…
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‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Creator Finally ‘Speaks’ — in Book Intro The Complete Calvin and HobbesBy: Bill Watterson A new Calvin and Hobbes book? I’d better let AKMA know about this. But, oh my GOD, it’s almost $95 dollars. Yes, it’s all the strips and Sunday panels and everything. But that’s a lot… yet we’re talking about Calvin and Hobbes here. Damn. I already own 3 Calvin and Hobbes paperbacks that I occasionally crack open. I loves me some C&H (if you recall, an early graphic I used here was of Hobbes “blogging.” Well, damn. It’s kind of hard to justify…
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I think we should all invest in hand sterilizer gel this year. And I think that if our Duh President is actually thinking ahead about a health threat, it’s a pretty damn scary one. He actually read a book recently about the great influenza pandemic of 1918 – the one my mom barely managed to survive when she was 3. She’s been telling me about that one all my life; there’s a china chocolate cup that she keeps in a special place on the hutch in the dining room. Apparently when she was so sick, she was given hot chocolate…
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I’ve been noticing for a while that various incarnations of Amazing Race drive readers to this blog – they search on team names, catch phrases, and occasionally on very odd but unique characteristics. Some of which are a little obscure, unless you’re as obsessed with this show as I am. Lori and Bolo TAR6: bolo s height 2 0.4 % Pink Ladies TAR8: godlewski sisters 2 0.4 % Brian and Greg TAR7: ugly hats 2 0.4 % Linzes TAR8: linz shirtless amazing race 1 0.2 % Linzes TAR8: linz shirtless 1 0.2 % Brian and Greg TAR7: it is a…
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Well, crap. I screwed up the priority on TiVo and Amazing Race: The Lame Edition didn’t record. On the other hand, we get to see Commander in Chief before Saturday, when it repeats. So every cloud has its silver lining. Last season, and every season before that, this would have been a catastrophe on an epic scale, but this season? Meh. So I’ll just make a note of who left first, and who arrived last and got eliminated. Godlewskis – Departed Philadelphia: First. Arrived Middleburg, VA: Third Gaghan – Departed: Second. Arrived: Seventh (ooooh! Burn!) Weaver – Departed: Second. Arrived:…
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Okay, usually I’m not one for seeing a lot of humor in blasphemy. But then I don’t see a lot of humor in intolerance from a son, when a famous father is known for… these types of things. CNN.com – Franklin Graham sees?’revival’ for New Orleans – Oct 4, 2005 Graham, the son and designated successor of the Rev. Billy Graham, said he doesn’t believe the devastating storm was a punishment from God for what he sees as the city’s ties to satanic worship and sexual perversion. “I’m not saying that God used this storm as a judgment,” Graham said.…