You know what would make an awesome t-shirt?  ‘Happiness is a plateful of cold liver’ spelled out in tiny paw prints below a picture of a tabby kitten in a cute li’l chef’s hat and apron!  Could sell millions of those, I bet! Christ, do I ever need an agent…

From the AP: For years, disposable cameras have been a magnet for last-minute photographic whimsy, encouraging all manner of embarrassing pictures from weddings and other social events. Watch out: There’s now a disposable video camera. The $29.99 pocket-sized digital video cameras are able to capture up to 20 minutes of video and sound. CVS Corp. stores, which has exclusive rights to sell them, will process the camera for $12.99 and

Is there anything in the world better than Anne Murray?  No.  No there most certainly is not! **** cross-posted at sda.

“Jimmy bought a handful of shallots which, having first crushed them with the heavy wooden sole of a Dutch clog he’d salvaged from an Amsterdam cathouse, he cut into pulpy lines and snorted through the hollowed-out wren femur he kept on his person for just such an occasion.”

Admittedly not as big a deal as a few isolated instances of Qu’ran desecration, but nevertheless a timely reminder that not all of the villains in the War on Terror are U.S. servicemen and their crusading, bloodthirsty overlords in the Bushco power cabal.  From FOXNews: A father and a son are among four men who have been detained in a terrorism investigation in Northern California. The son allegedly received terrorist

From the San Francisco Chronicle: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, unapologetic in the face of recent criticism that he has been too tough on his political opposition, said in San Francisco this week that Republicans “all behave the same, and they all look the same. … It’s pretty much a white Christian party.” “We’re more welcoming to different folks, because that’s the kind of people we are,’’ Dean said

The great Anne Bancroft, dead of cancer at 73. If you haven’t yet seen The Graduate, you owe it to yourself to stop what you’re doing and remedy that right now.  One of the greatest American films ever made. Rest in peace, Ms Bancroft. 

From Join Together.org: As the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws don’t protect medical-marijuana users from federal drug prosecution, a U.S. House member said he would reintroduce legislation to prevent federal law-enforcement action against medical users of the drug. The Hill reported June 7 that Rep. Maurice Hinchey (R-N.Y.) plans to introduce legislation barring the Justice Department from spending money to arrest and prosecute medical-marijuana users. The measure would

Don’t tell me Smirky McHitlerburton and the rest of his anti-Muslim, pork-eating Bushco oil thugs didn’t know about this. Imperialist bastards.

Hannity:  “You’re sure these grey highlights make me look seasoned, right?  And distinguished?  Because my wife, she worries that I’m starting to look a little too Bea Arthur…”’