I’m posting this on my Crackberry from Jasper Park Lodge. It’s gorgeous but chilly here. Lots of possible Carp fans here, too, if you catch my drift. No BayStars fans, though; they’d be to ashamed to show their faces in public. On the drive up my daughter alternated between excitement and grumpiness, and as we [...]
Everyone’s favourite probably-already-dead commie dictator, Fidel Castro, is taking the high road in the case of the ref-kicking taekwondo competitor. Just kidding. He accused everyone of taking bribes and admonished the rest of the world for stealing Cuban athletes: HAVANA – Fidel Castro on Monday defended the Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked a referee in [...]
Jeff Lebowski (in)action figure!
I’m on a (forced) vacation, so posting will be heavier than usual. This does not in any way absolve you comment-monkeys from doing your damn jobs, alright? What am I paying you people for, anyway?
He overlooked the obvious choice and picked some other guy. Best of luck to them both, I guess, but now I’m stuck trying to fulfil all of the patronage appointment promises I made. Thanks a lot, Barry. I’m still reluctantly endorsing the Obama/Other Guy ticket, for the usual reasons. Be warned, however: if the Other [...]
When a ventriloquist makes you the centrepiece of his act, you’ve failed. Hard.
Various items on interest flit across my RSS feed this morning: Shaquille O’Neal, the grt cmmuntikater: “I dnt no who the [expletive] u think u dealin wit u will neva be heard from one phone call is I gotta make now try me. Sho me.” I think the “[expletive]” in question is likely “fsck” (little [...]
Is it just me, or did Usain Bolt’s little victory celebration at the end of the 100M sprint seem eerily reminiscent of Ben Johnson pulling out a big “I’m #1″ foam finger and waving it around in 1988? I seem to recall that the ol’ Anabolic Man also refused to shake hands with the other [...]
It ain’t pretty. How is it possible to make Mr. T seem boring? Campy, yes. Obnoxious, yes. But boring? T? Stars Wayne Gretzky as the World’s Whitest White Guy™. Groundbreaking. Even Vanilla Ice thought that was embarrasing.