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August 29, 2007
TODAY IN "EWWWWWW."
"Parents who practice the so-called "elimination communication" learn to read their children's body language to help them recognize the need, and they mimic the sounds that a child associates with the bathroom."
Introducing The 'Diaper-Free' Movement - Living Now on The Huffington Post
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP.
"Yes, the manufacturer of possibly the ugliest footwear ever created is moving onto clothing. Soon you'll be able to buy shirts, shorts, and skirts containing the same spongy foam resin that they use to create their shoes. Once blended with natural fibers, the clothes will be breathable, "sweat-resistant", and (as a spokesperson is quoted as saying the fabric will have "all the properties of the shoes") presumably very ugly."
This is the end...Crocs clothing
WOW...COCKFIGHTING MAGAZINES.
"The online bookstore sells subscriptions to two cockfighting magazines, The Feathered Warrior and The Gamecock, even though cockfighting has been declared illegal in all states (until Louisiana’s ban takes effect next summer, the activity remains legal in parts of the state)."
Humane Society Has Its Sights on Amazon.com - New York Times
YEAH FOLKS - NOTHING MORE TO SEE HERE...MOVE ALONG.
TODAY IN IRONY.
KINDA SAD WHAT PASSES FOR REBELLION AFTER SIXTY.
IF HISTORY IS ANY INDICATION, WE'LL SEE A MEDAL PINNED ON MICHAEL BROWN TODAY.
THE STRANGER GETS TO THE "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH" PART.
"Larry Craig is not now, and never has been, gay. So playing footsie with strange men in public restrooms is now considered straight. Or straight-identified. Please make a note of it."
The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
August 28, 2007
SOLID ANALOGY.
"WoW could actually be the new surfing. With a comparable number of American participants (2.8 million surfers), the sport's strangeness and popularity among a cool subset of the American population (young, male, high advertising value) has led it into the mainstream consciousness, if not mainstream usage. While remaining a niche activity (indeed, that's part of its branding), it has spawned a lingo and a fashion and a lifestyle, all of which it could be argued WoW is too. It's not a bad model: the 2006 surfing market was recently estimated at about $7.5 billion."
FIRST ORGANIZATION TIP? STOP SUBSCRIBING TO SO MANY MAGAZINES.
WOW - TODAY'S FAVORITE HEADLINE CONTEST? OVER.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
"Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun. As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own."
Bill Nye Boo'd In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects The Sun - BSAlert.com
August 27, 2007
I TRIED ALL DAY TO COME UP WITH A WITTY "ALBERTO GONZALEZ RESIGNS" PUNCHLINE, BUT THIS IS THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH.
AH...BUT HE'LL NEVER BE THE MASTER...LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. EARL WEAVER.
NICE TO SEE LOU'S STILL GOT IT.
GET READY FOR A NEW SEASON OF ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SHOWS ON TELEVISION.
NOW THAT'S HOW TO HIGHLIGHT A PRODUCT BENEFIT.
August 26, 2007
NICE TO SEE THE AMERICAN TALIBAN'S KEEPIN' BUSY.
WE HAVE A WINNA.
August 25, 2007
OOPS - NEW FAVORITE PR SOUNDBITE JUST IN.
"Wastewater facilities are wonderful places to understand what humans consume and excrete," Field said.
ABC News: Drug-Testing a City With Just 1 Teaspoon
IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'D SAY SOMEONE OWES ME SOME PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS.
"She's getting what everyone else would get," Deputy Dist. Atty. Danette Meyers said.
Lohan reaches deal on drug and alcohol charges - Los Angeles Times
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.
MY VOTE FOR 'FAVORITE PRESS SOUNDBITE EVER.'
He has "exercised his right to withhold use of the `thumbs' until a new contract is signed."
Ebert: No Thumbs, Up or Down, on TV Show - The Huffington Post
August 24, 2007
IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, IT'S TIME TO START.
YEP - THIS IS WHAT RUNNING A BLOG IS LIKE.
August 23, 2007
HOPEFULLY, THEY GOT THIS OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM...AS MY BELOVED MARINERS ROLL INTO ARLINGTON TODAY.
(and if you need me, I'll be at the game.)
Rangers Score 30 Runs, Most in 110 Years - The Huffington Post
IT'S SUMMER...SO FOX NEWS IS RUNNING RERUNS.
WHAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR BARRY BONDS IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE FAT LADY.
ONE MIGHT ARGUE IT'S BETTER THAN OBSESSIVE HANDWASHING.
“I was addicted to danger and dangerous girls, and it took me to things that were very destructive for me.”
I'm a lucky man | PARADE Magazine
THIS JUST IN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SURREAL.
AH...ANOTHER SOLID MCSWEENEY'S LIST.
MCSWEENEY'S GOES TO CUBA.
SIMPLE, GRAPHIC, AND PRETTY DARNED DISTURBING.
August 22, 2007
ONE OF THE BEST WEBSITES I'VE SEEN IN SOME TIME.
"Since we are intelligent human beings living in the 21st century, we should take the time to look at some data. That is what we are doing when we ask, "Why won't God heal amputees?"
I'VE PROMISED SASQUATCH I'D KEEP THE ANIMAL POSTS TO A MINUMUM...
But, c'mon - how could I resist this?
August 21, 2007
GEE, WHAT A HANDY COINCIDENCE.
August 19, 2007
TODAY IN DARWIN.
I'M BETTING WE'LL HEAR FROM THIS GUY AGAIN SOMEDAY.
August 17, 2007
TAKE A TRIP WITH RICK.
"Even if it costs him clients and endorsements, travel guru Rick Steves has never been a shrinking violet when it comes to speaking his mind. He opposes the war in Iraq.
And, as he has seen done across Europe, he flies a peace flag outside his Edmonds headquarters despite the fact that, when it went up, an angry man approached sneering, "Boy! I bet if you realized how much that cost your business, you'd think twice!"
He wouldn't. It is Steves' deep, internationally informed opposition to this country's criminalizing of personal marijuana use that will send him to the Hempfest stage.
"I'm not going to sit at (Edmonds') Fifth and Main streets and smoke a joint," Steves told me. "But 800,000 people in the U.S. were arrested last year for marijuana while, in Berne (Switzerland) they're in public, smoking and playing backgammon and not bothering anyone. It (criminal prosecution) forces people into the street to deal with scary people. It's just so wrong."
Travel guru stands firm on war and weed
IT JUST GETS CLASSIER AND CLASSIER.
"Korean War veteran Nyles Reed, 75, opened an envelope last week to learn a Purple Heart had been approved for injuries he sustained as a Marine on June 22, 1952. But there was no medal. Just a certificate and a form stating that the medal was "out of stock." "I can imagine, of course, with what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, there's a big shortage," Reed said. "At least, I would imagine so." The form letter from the Navy Personnel Command told Reed he could wait 90 days and resubmit an application, or buy his own medal. After waiting 55 years, however, Reed decided to pay $42 for his own Purple Heart and accompanying ribbon — plus state sales taxes — at a military surplus store."
Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, "WHAT WOULD JIZZLE CHRIZIZZLE DIZZLE?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?
I KNOW WHICH 'COUPLE OF PEOPLE' I'M ROOTING FOR...
August 16, 2007
THE CIA LOVES THEM SOME WEB TWO DOT OH.
"An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in editing entries."
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'
FACEBOOK GETS YOUNGER ALL THE TIME.
HOW CAN PINELLA NOT BE ON THIS LIST?
August 15, 2007
R.I.P. MERV.
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
NOT AS FARFETCHED AS WE MIGHT HOPE.
"HEY I KNOW - LET'S JUST USE THE TERRORIST LABEL FOR ANYONE, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING."
"The US is preparing to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards force as a foreign terrorist unit, officials say. If confirmed, this will be the first time official armed units of a sovereign state are included in the list of banned terrorist groups."
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iran Guards 'join US terror list'
August 14, 2007
KELLOGG'S GOES THERE.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW YEARS MAKES...
I mean, since this is from the 1994.
August 11, 2007
KINDA LIKE THE CURRENT GOUGE IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
TODAY IN "JUDGE NOT."
"A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service, said his sister, Kathleen Wright. But after his obituary listed his life partner as one of his survivors, she said, it was called off. "It's a slap in the face. It's like, 'Oh, we're sorry he died, but he's gay so we can't help you,'" she said Friday."
Church Cancels Memorial for Gay Navy Vet - The Huffington Post
IT'S ON.
"Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday."
Bush War Adviser Says Draft Worth a Look - The Huffington Post
INSERT YOUR OWN "BIG LOVE IN IOWA" JOKE HERE.
"At last count, 96 members of the Romney clan, a veritable army, have arrived here over the last few days to help out at Saturday’s Republican straw poll, bolstering what is already a huge ground operation for the event that far outstrips the efforts of any other campaign."
Scores of Relatives Aid Romney - New York Times
August 09, 2007
PUT IT ATOP YOUR SHOPPING LIST.
August 07, 2007
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE OF US IN SEATTLE - WE SEEM TO BE DOING JUST FINE.
THE MARINERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS NO MATTER WHAT.
And if that means using our mascot to take out the other team's players - well, let the outfielders fall where they may.
August 06, 2007
THE PITFALLS OF RESEARCH. YOU KNOW, THEIR MEDIA BUYING HABITS WOULD SUGGEST OTHERWISE.
August 05, 2007
NO WORD IF THE BEAR WAS SIMPLY TAWNY KITAEN IN A COSTUME.
August 04, 2007
STRANGELY DIFFICULT.
MCSWEENEY'S DOES HARPERS.
August 02, 2007
OJ WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS NOW.
COULD BE A ROUGH TOURISM SEASON.
Citizen Rain: Seattle mayor: Take a vacation
If you're wondering how bad traffic is going to be on northbound I-5 through the downtown area beginning on Aug. 10th, just listen to Mayor Nickel's advice:
"If you've got vacation, take it."
August 01, 2007
DE NIRO COULD DO WITHOUT YOUR DIRECTION.
