Moe Lane brings important news: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is going to be a real book, and possibly a real movie! And once Joss Whedon gets ahold of it, possibly a new series!*
At this moment, one can only wish that Susan Sontag were here to tell us what it’s truly about. *sigh*
*Will somebody eat Mr. Collins’s brain? Please?
Speaking of brain eating, this gets headlines at NPR, because goodness knows there’s nothing going on around Murtha, or Dodd, or Rangel, or Schumer, or . . .
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 1:31 pm #
Zombies reminds me it’s almost lunch.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 2/12 @ 1:32 pm #
hf, don’t eat the clowns.
They taste funny.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 1:37 pm #
I was thinking a frittata. Or a calzone. Italian peasant food. I think this is a prudent time to review multi-ethnic peasant food.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 1:41 pm #
wow. The things you don’t know about peasants.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/12 @ 1:43 pm #
See, this is why it would be a bad thing not to prepare halal meals for battlefield detainees.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 1:44 pm #
oh. Good point. That’s thought-provoking, really.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/12 @ 1:45 pm #
Sorry, hf.
Comment by urthshu on 2/12 @ 1:47 pm #
Who knew peasants were so fkn elitist?
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 1:48 pm #
Yes. I need to get back to my report. I think it was due today. Interesting, if true.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 1:49 pm #
oh. Last thing then back to report. This is for urthshu from that same page…
Comment by urthshu on 2/12 @ 1:56 pm #
Oh? So if you’re reticent to try new foods, you’re probably a peasant. Or something. I’ll try that tack when offering people sweetbreads, maybe.
Comment by urthshu on 2/12 @ 1:58 pm #
And: “In my travels, I’ve noticed that most peasants are quick and gracious in offering their hospitality.”
So that explains why all the cultured folk I know keep chasing people away from their tables with a hearty “Away, peasants!” Its a class thing….
Comment by Rob Crawford on 2/12 @ 2:01 pm #
BS. Most peasant cuisine consists of anything they could grow or catch or steal without anyone complaining. Thus, haggis.
Comment by alppuccino on 2/12 @ 2:03 pm #
“Shit sandwich” is the nouvelle peasant cuisine this year.
Comment by SarahW on 2/12 @ 2:06 pm #
I’m unwilling to eat brains unless it will amaze the whole room.
Comment by Cowboy on 2/12 @ 2:10 pm #
Corned beef and sauerkraut for lunch, does that count?
Comment by Cowboy on 2/12 @ 2:11 pm #
‘Cause if not, I’ll just have a bowl of gruel for dinner tonight.
For teh AUTHENTICITY!
Comment by N. O'Brain on 2/12 @ 2:16 pm #
“Thus, haggis.”
Hey, I don’t know, the wild ones are not easy to catch.
Comment by Carin on 2/12 @ 2:22 pm #
Ok, no joke, but two of my favorite things are the (collected) novels of Jane A. and zombies. That they are going to be joined together … honestly, I’m afraid the reality of this will never live up to my expectation.
I’m disappointed already.
Hopefully, my disappointment will not eclipse that of the Hollywood versions of Emma and Pride … Gastly doesn’t even begin to describe.
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 2/12 @ 2:26 pm #
sweetbreads = various animal guts
What happened to World War Z?
I thought Brad Pitt bought it to produce. Had David Fincher all lined up.
WTF? No World War Z movie?
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 2/12 @ 2:30 pm #
Jane Austin… she wrote “Hello God, it’s me Margret,” right?
Man, that will be awesome with zombies.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/12 @ 2:31 pm #
“What do you make of our rustic entertainments?” I asked him. “Certainly not up to the standards of those you become accustomed to in Bath.”
“Brains,” he responded, and after a moment’s reflection queried, mournfully, “I can haz?”
Comment by Carin on 2/12 @ 2:34 pm #
LYBD … don’t make me smack you.
Comment by mcgruder on 2/12 @ 2:41 pm #
10-confirms a long held suspicion of mine: Peasants are sort of retarded. In a rustic, agreeable way, albeit.
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 2/12 @ 2:45 pm #
George Romero and Noam Chomsky kind of lost the war on the whole zombies = liberal critique on the American Capitalist Empire narrative.
Zombies went out and got popular.
I mostly blame “Shaun of the Dead.”
Comment by Log Cabin on 2/12 @ 2:52 pm #
Concerning the Chris Brown/Rhianna non-story:
Look for much more of this kind of “news” for the next for years.
You don’t expect newspapers and network news to devote their valuable staff and time on the vast institutional corruption that is going on with the benevolent regime that just seized power do you?
Given the choice between taxpayer funding of Acorn and Britney’s latest DUI, it’s obvious which is more interesting to the average voter.
Hey, what happened to our freedom?
Comment by urthshu on 2/12 @ 2:54 pm #
“BRAAAIIIINS!!!”
“I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a zombie. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere. I thank you again and again for the honour you have done me in your proposals, but to accept them is absolutely impossible. My feelings in every respect forbid it. Can I speak plainer? Do not consider me now as an elegant female, but as a rational creature, shooting towards your head.”
–Chapter 19
Yep. Gonna be a yawn-fest
Comment by LTC John on 2/12 @ 2:56 pm #
Thus, haggis.”
I made a face when told all we had was haggis for diner one night with the 1st Scots Battle Group. My favorite Lance Corporal looked over and said “Sir, now don’t be saying anything bad about the lovely haggis. Sir, smile and eat the lovely haggis.” As his 6′7″ Sargeant (Sgt John Knox – gee, I wonder how his parents decided on that name) was standing next to him and scowling at me….I ate the lovely haggis and smiled.
Comment by Jeffersonian on 2/12 @ 3:01 pm #
Hey, what happened to our freedom?
ACORN fraudsters wear panties. Mostly.
Comment by cranky-d on 2/12 @ 3:06 pm #
@22 I liked that one. Made me chuckle, it id.
Comment by cranky-d on 2/12 @ 3:06 pm #
id->did
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 2/12 @ 3:11 pm #
“Yep. Gonna be a yawn-fest.”
Carin is gonna smack you urthshu.
But really, Carin. It’s Jane Austin. Those broads wore like 10 layers. How are the zombies gonna bite thru all the petticoats and bustierre thingys and bodices and gay British actors and shit.
Is Hugh Jackman or Hugh Grant gonna get whacked in the film? With blood and stuff? They’re always in those Jane Austin movies. Look, I have man-crushes on those guys!
If that’s the case, you can just go ahead and whack me off too.
Comment by Barrack Milhouse Obama on 2/12 @ 3:21 pm #
Their unique cuisine gives them psychological reassurance that they are a special people.
Just like their guns and Bibles. Clinging to their guns, Bibles, and fried chicken legs, gotta remember that next time.
Comment by B Moe on 2/12 @ 3:25 pm #
I would like to try some haggis some day, according to Wiki it is similar to boudin or goetta, and I love both of those.
I have a new mission now, scour the local meat markets and delis until I finds me some haggis.
Comment by Old Texas Turkey on 2/12 @ 3:27 pm #
Just breaking : Judd Gregg withdraws from commerce secretary nom.
Barky has epic fail written all over him.
I am sure he realized with census taken from him, he would just be an empty seat.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 3:40 pm #
So are you clear on whether Gregg had irrevocably resigned his Senate seat or no, OTT?
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 3:42 pm #
ohnoes. Baracky sing a sad song just to turn it around I think.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 3:43 pm #
Answer.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 3:43 pm #
oh. I read the Greggster will be back in the Senate, and temporarily at least me and him, we cool.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 3:45 pm #
It also appears by inference that Pres. Obama will not yield to any suggestion that he not move the Census into the control of the White House, which is to say, himself, no matter who is nominally in control.
Comment by cranky-d on 2/12 @ 3:49 pm #
It was all about getting Gregg out of the senate anyway. I guess he’s a threat or sumthin.’ Yep.
Comment by B Moe on 2/12 @ 3:49 pm #
Will this affect the vote on the Trojan Pork bill?
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 3:51 pm #
Can’t see how it could B Moe. Only the defection of two of the three Spector, Collins and Snowe could do that.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 4:01 pm #
Or, *gasp*, a blue dog dimocrat or two remembered they are American, and not a Nancy-bot.
LOOK! Is that pie in the sky?!!
Comment by Rob Crawford on 2/12 @ 4:03 pm #
Wikipedia compared haggis to goetta?! Last I checked, goetta didn’t involve stomachs.
At least not in a recognizable format.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 4:05 pm #
You’re quite right lee, I didn’t give a thought to a few Senate Dems actually defecting and voting against cloture, but it is a possibility I guess. Which two or three would you have in mind, if any?
Comment by Kevin B on 2/12 @ 4:26 pm #
Terry Pratchett had the right take on peasant food. In the Discworld version of China the mandarins got the chicken and the peasants got the feet; the big-wigs got the bird’s eggs and the serfs got the bird’s nest.
Sure, when you visit them they say: “Have some lovely bird nest soup and fried chicken feet! Only ten dorrar!”
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 4:27 pm #
No, I didn’t have any in mind.
The more likely scenario would be for McCain and Graham to join Specter and the gals.
Comment by Log Cabin on 2/12 @ 4:30 pm #
Just breaking : Judd Gregg withdraws from commerce secretary nom.
The Kos kiddies are already vowing to target him for this. Freaking hilarious. Half the democrat members of congress will be running away from Obama a year from now. Bank on it.
Barky has epic fail written all over him.
Historical failure with fireworks on top. This guy may not even get a second term. Seems the Carter comparisons were on target.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 4:32 pm #
Off topic, but as long as we are sharing, Frank at IMAO has a good essay for Darwins birthday.
Comment by LTC John on 2/12 @ 4:33 pm #
#49 – Kos supporters targeting a Republican. Wow, there is some change! Heh.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 4:46 pm #
Come on. The Koz Kiddies are mad at a Republican?! Who’dve thunk it?
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 4:48 pm #
From many different points of failure, in nominees, on policy foreign and domestic, in his failure to persuade doubters of the rightness of his proposed solutions, nay, even the lack of any attempt to persuade, supplanted instead by dismissal with a wave of his hand, we are seeing Pres Obama playing out what many of us intuited about him long ago, namely that (unlike Lincoln for instance) he has not thought long and hard about America, it’s foundational philosophy, it’s ongoing problems, it’s particularity among nations. As a result, he shows himself uniquely unprepared to act, to judge rightly in the first instance, to lead, in other words. Worse is yet to come.
Comment by Mark A. Flacy on 2/12 @ 4:48 pm #
I don’t think Carin will do that. Thor maybe.
Comment by alppuccino on 2/12 @ 4:50 pm #
I think he just has a really bad case of Rahmrhoids.
Boy, Hillary is burning up the the newspapers isn’t she?
Comment by Log Cabin on 2/12 @ 4:57 pm #
Worse is yet to come.
The public is against the porkulus bill, O’s numbers are slipping, and lefty comedians are beginning to mock him.
And it’s so soon into the term! The phoney-in-chief and Mrs. Chewbacca are notoriously thin-skinned. This isn’t going to end well.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 5:00 pm #
Seems the Carter comparisons were optimistic if you ask me.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 5:03 pm #
Turns out that wisdom actually is something, whether we can adequately define it or no. Pres Obama doesn’t seem to have it in any measure.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 5:09 pm #
Nor, it seems, 62 million of our countrymen.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 5:20 pm #
The phoney-in-chief and Mrs. Chewbacca are notoriously thin-skinned. This isn’t going to end well.
You are sooooooooooooo going to burn for that one, Log Cabin. Bravo!
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/12 @ 5:38 pm #
Zombies are wasted on Congress. They’d starve to re-death there.
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Comment by Joe on 2/12 @ 5:40 pm #
Fast or slow zombies? I prefer my zombies slow.
Comment by Joe on 2/12 @ 5:40 pm #
”Life’s tough……it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.”
— John Wayne
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/12 @ 5:49 pm #
#40 Sdferr:
That is President Obama would be in titular (in title – not what you are thinking, you sickos!) control of the census. His keepers, through their head-keeper Rahm Emanual, would be in charge of the census. Think of it as pre-emptive Gerrymandering.
Now, the funny thing is Congress is set right now at 435 memebers in the house, and any manipulation of the census counts towards who keeps his seat, and which seats will go to which states. Expect the fur to fly – in some cases literally – with this plan. There are too many political careers involved in the house and in the various states for any hanky-panky to be done…quietly.
Expect a lot of ructions as the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the states involved start fighting, and expect the MSM to splinter as they protect ‘their people’ and the representation of ‘their’ markets.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 5:50 pm #
I love you guys…
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/12 @ 6:01 pm #
And expanding the number of members in the house? That could be done – but current members would be very upset if their influence was diluted to any great amount – and their potential campaign contributions.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/12 @ 6:04 pm #
lee:
That’s the old ‘you, your friend, and the bear joke’. You don’t have to outrun the bear…
Comment by N. O'Brain on 2/12 @ 6:05 pm #
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Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 5:00 pm #
Seems the Carter comparisons were on target.
Seems the Carter comparisons were optimistic if you ask me.”
Well, my prediction was that an Obama presidency would make us look back on the Carter years with nostalgia.
It’s hard being a Cassandra.
Comment by Carin on 2/12 @ 6:07 pm #
Joe, everyone knows that zombies start out fast, and then slow down. I prefer slow zombies too.
I read elsewhere that it was going to be a vampire thing, though. Which works for me too. Zombies, vampires. I think there is more story potential with vampires. Zombies are just a kind of slash and kill thing.
And, FTR, I’m not going to whack anyone. I went to the gym and calmed down.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 6:16 pm #
Carin – I think that they were thinking of the word “whack” in a different context than you … just sayin’
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 6:24 pm #
Perhaps, Mikey, things can work as you say. On the other hand, imagine a scenario where Pres. Obama says “I want this thing (x) done this way” and one of his staff, for argument’s sake, Emanuel says “Well, I disagree with doing (x) that way. I think we ought to do it another way instead.” And Pres Obama remains unpersuaded by hypothetical Emanuel and insists (x) be done his way, do you truly believe hypothetical Emanuel will refuse a direct order and rather than resign his position, will carry on in disobedience and actually undertake to do (x) on his own theory rather than the President’s? I can’t see that happening really. So I think in the end what the President wants, he gets. Buck stopping power. So in the final analysis, whatever is done is done in accord with his will, or decision, to put it more mildly.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/12 @ 6:25 pm #
True. He’s the Deciderwaffle.
Comment by Carin on 2/12 @ 6:40 pm #
I figgered that much, JD. I just like to play along.
And, honestly, the gym got me all fired up ’cause CNN was on, and they showed some stupid ass interview with Colin Powell. I muttered fucking asshole under my breath, but my neighbors may have heard me.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/12 @ 7:08 pm #
#72 Sdferr:
Fair enough. That is always the danger of putting a cipher into a position of authority – the cipher may start exercising the powers his authority give him, and POTUS is a lot of authority. Unless the cipher has hidden reserves of talent not previously revealed (see Prince Hal versus Henry V), the cipher is going to be directed by his handlers. And I do want to note that Prince Hal made an example out of Falstaff, thrusting him to the side as fast as he could without any regrets. Obama has tossed many under the bus, but he hasn’t cut his ties to Chicagoland yet.
Whether Obama shows hidden reserves remains to be seen. There is still time.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 7:27 pm #
I agree entirely with your 75 analysis Mikey. So long as any particular idea originates with a staffer and Pres. Obama goes along or agrees with it, it is fair for us, anyone really, to point to the origin of the idea and attribute Obama’s sign-off separately. In that sense, he can choose to act like a rubber stamp. It’s that authority thing though, that sits there quietly (or not so, depending) that will label the policy “his”. That can be a lonely sort of thing I’d reckon.
Comment by guinsPen on 2/12 @ 7:28 pm #
Poll-axed !!!
God bless you, Mr. Collins.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/12 @ 7:30 pm #
I’ve got to go get my eldest from his job, guys, so I’ll remove the troll droppings again when I get home.
Comment by parsnip on 2/12 @ 7:33 pm #
O! I’m slipping!
Even the right-leaning jellyfish has Obama’s numbers up for the week:
http://www.jellyfish.com
So does Gollum:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/gregg-was-pwned.html
What numbers were you talking about, dog?
The ones you get from Brigadoon?
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 7:35 pm #
How did that stock market do, parnsip?
“Hey, Darrell would you give me a parsnip?”
Comment by parsnip on 2/12 @ 7:39 pm #
NASDAQ was up, JD, Dow down a couple points
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 7:43 pm #
STFU, sniffles. Buh bye.
Comment by Mr. Pink on 2/12 @ 7:52 pm #
So if his numbers stay high he can pretty much murder people? Wow this so reminds me of the 90’s.
Comment by Makewi on 2/12 @ 7:58 pm #
I don’t think Dan should be deleting your comments parsnip. I think he should be changing them to help you say what you really mean to say.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 8:07 pm #
STFU, sniffles.
Hey Darrell could you give me a parsnip?
Comment by guinsPen on 2/12 @ 8:07 pm #
Zilch, ‘nip.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 8:08 pm #
You are far less important than you think you are, asshat. There is no chance that Dan would be doing that.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 8:12 pm #
Wow. That’s some first class narcissism right there.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 8:13 pm #
That’s weird to think there would be any endangering. It’s not even within the realm of possibility. That would never happen in real life ever ever.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/12 @ 8:18 pm #
No. That will not be interesting to determine. omg. I can’t help you.
Comment by Mr. Pink on 2/12 @ 8:21 pm #
94.
Hilarious.
Comment by alppuccino on 2/12 @ 8:25 pm #
I’m interested to see if he’s gonna waste all night
Did you hear that boom? parsnip just broke the irony barrier.
Comment by cranky-d on 2/12 @ 8:25 pm #
Hey Darrell, can you give me a parsnip?
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 8:26 pm #
STFU turnip.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 8:29 pm #
When a male deficates on a womans face then waits until it is dry and continues by forcing the fecal matter into the womans mouth and procedes to face fuck her leaving an oatmeal pie like substance in her mouth.
“Hey Darnell will you give me a parsnip”
Comment by Makewi on 2/12 @ 8:33 pm #
When a male deficates on a womans face then waits until it is dry and continues by forcing the fecal matter into the womans mouth and procedes to face fuck her leaving an oatmeal pie like substance in her mouth.
Two thoughts come to mind in regards to this. One, I bet this costs extra and two, I’m glad that I’m already married because I just have no confidence I could keep up with the kids these days.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 8:34 pm #
JD, please.
I think I’d rather read anything parsnip has posted over your #97.
And that’s saying something…
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 8:35 pm #
Makewi – After finding that on urbandictionary last night, I spend over 2 hours looking at some incredibly bizarre words and definitions, things that will likely scar me for life.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 8:36 pm #
Man, that can’t be any fun.
Comment by JD on 2/12 @ 8:37 pm #
Sorry, lee. That was a carryover from yesterday, when I looked up parsnip on urbandictionary, and found that.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/12 @ 8:40 pm #
I’m sorry to have to nuke parsnip, but he doesn’t ever say anything interesting, and I’ve determined that, as much as Jeff likes this to be an open site, he’s more of a drag than anything else. It’s not a public site. He hasn’t shown any desire to contribute. But the last straw was learning that he’s likely older than I am. When I thought he was a kid, I could put up with it, but I won’t, anymore.
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 8:41 pm #
I wouldn’t have quite this long I don’t think. I don’t like intentional liars for some reason.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 8:41 pm #
JD, yeah, I got that. Thing is, your tracking parsnip all over the carpet.
Now go wipe your feet!
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 2/12 @ 8:43 pm #
Rahm Emanuel said it is not “amateur hourâ€Â
According to Hunter S. Thompson (granted, a somewhat unreliable narrator), Lyndon Johnson once told his manager to spread the rumor that his opponent regularly enjoyed the sexual favors of his sows.
The manager protested, saying that no one would believe it.
“I know. But let’s make the sonofabitch deny it.”
Emmanuel is already reduced to denying that the Blowbama Circus isn’t amateur hour.
Next on the denial agenda: pigfucking.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 2/12 @ 8:44 pm #
Jeff banned him anyway, Dan. He’s been told to leave by the site owner before, which makes him a common trespasser.
Comment by lee on 2/12 @ 8:50 pm #
Besides, it’s funny to think of him beating his little gnarled hands on the keyboard and sobbing, unbearably frusterated because he can’t post the terribly clever repartee that oozes from his barren and polluted psyche.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 2/12 @ 8:54 pm #
If a woman is partial to a man’s BRAAAAAAAAINS, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must deliver a well-executed shotgun blast to her face. Drenching her with gasoline and setting her ablaze is also socially acceptable, except at the most formal soirees.
Comment by Makewi on 2/12 @ 9:02 pm #
I picture parsnip in a pink tutu, a diaper, and nipple clamps that he occasionally attaches to a car battery to help stop the “bad thoughts”. Because it pleases me to do so.
Comment by cranky-d on 2/12 @ 9:15 pm #
You know what gives snippy pleasure? Abuse. Big steaming piles of abuse.
Comment by Joe on 2/12 @ 9:27 pm #
Bravo.
Comment by RIP Ford on 2/12 @ 10:09 pm #
You’re a sad little individual parsnip.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 2/13 @ 7:48 am #
Comment by Sdferr on 2/12 @ 8:36 pm #
**Defending the White House in the wake of Sen. Judd Gregg’s withdrawal as Commerce Secretary, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said it is not “amateur hour†and that the Obama administration is still doing better than President Clinton was at this point.
When your explanation is that you aren’t doing as badly as others have done, then you know you are doing very, very badly. As in ‘crash-and-burn-and-explode-all-the-way-to-the-earth’s-core’ badly.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 2/13 @ 8:54 am #
Bravo, Dan. A good decision, indeed. Alphie’s just lonely. He should find attention in another venue.