Today is a Day of Sweat.
Farmer’s Market. Dunkin Donuts. Home Depot. Folks’ house. Hair Salon. Weed, mow, mulch and barbecue. I mean, I know I’m supposed to hate these things. But I’ve never been good at hating what I’m supposed to.
Brett Kimberlin Really Should Not Have Poked That Hive
In prompting Stacy McCain to (legitimately) wave the bloody shirt, Certified Super-Genius Brett Kimberlin has cause the whole Right-o-Sphere to pay attention to him. Instapundit and Michelle Malkin are aggregating. There’s a Kimberlin-related iceberg sitting atop Memeorandum. Satisfying as this all is, we should remember why this matters. Brett Kimberlin isn’t just a scumbag, isn’t… Read More Brett Kimberlin Really Should Not Have Poked That Hive
Jim Parsons and the Gayness of Geeks
Finding out that Jim Parsons, who plays uber-geek Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, bats for the rainbow team is a surprise, and it is not a surprise. We aren’t talking about Liberace, and we aren’t talking about Rock Hudson, either. So the obvious response is neither “Duh,” nor “No way!” but “Huh.” Which… Read More Jim Parsons and the Gayness of Geeks
Why “Cocoon” is the Most Over-Used Political Trope
A cocoon is a developmental stage in the life of certain insects. A caterpillar spins a cocoon to protect itself while it pupates. It does not stay there. So what Michael Barone describes in his article (h/t: Insty) — Americans of either ideological camp living ideologically-cleansed communities — bears small resemblance to cocoons. Cocoons end.… Read More Why “Cocoon” is the Most Over-Used Political Trope
My New Look.
Thus far, this blog has been everything I could have hoped for. I’ve gotten more hits, more comments, more followers, the whole deal. The only thing I wasn’t happy with was the look and feel of it. So I’ve made some changes. First of all, no more blogroll. Based on my stats, no one was… Read More My New Look.
Bill Clinton Gives Several Celebs a Taste of A Normal Saturday Night
By which we mean, standing in line for hours to enter a dank underground pub and barely hear the featured performer. mpphillips Marie Phillips WORST. PARTY. EVER. The queue was the highlight. Unbelievable. About one day ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply
Lileks on Gatsby
I’ve always rather liked The Great Gatsby, because I find Fitzgerald’s prose far better than any of the other Greats of the Roaring Twenties, especially Hemingway, who reads the way sawdust tastes, and Faulkner, who seemed to think that Henry James wasn’t quite loquacious enough. F. Scott never forgot that writing serves the story. However,… Read More Lileks on Gatsby
Sandra Fluke Objectified in Hustler!
No, just kidding. It was only some right-wing whore who deserves it. (h/t: Ace) Shall I troll about the internet looking for the outrage of the feminist establishment? Or would that be a waste of time?
Alan Simpson is Awesome
Or, the Benefits of Political Retirement Ex-Senator Alan Simpson sent a letter to the California Alliance of Retired Americans, in which he roundly told them to pull their decrepit heads from their aging sphincters and try reading the Simspon-Bowles Act before mumbling about how their Metamucil costs more than it used to and young people… Read More Alan Simpson is Awesome
Is the Filibuster Un-Constitutional?
If you stretch the meaning of “unconstitutional” past the point of all usefulness, sure. I should like this argument more than I actually do. It’s originalist at root, and the guy has damning quotes from Hamilton and Madison about the evils of super-majorities. In terms of reforming or ending the filibuster, he makes a solid… Read More Is the Filibuster Un-Constitutional?
Content Blues 