eg. “Sei pimpante?” “Si, sono pimpante.” *agg. lively; full of beans [idiom.]
May 21, 2004
May 21, 2004
Words that just sound funny (special Italian edition): “pimpante"*
eg. “Sei pimpante?” “Si, sono pimpante.” *agg. lively; full of beans [idiom.]
May 21, 2004
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 9
Deadbeat neighbor: “You catch the Rockies game last night?” Me: “No.” Deadbeat neighbor: “Vinnie Castilla hit another homerun. That’s, like, 12 for him already.” Me: “Good.” Deadbeat neighbor: “Yeah, we still lost, though.” Me: “Well, what are you gonna do…” Deadbeat neighbor: “Hey, you know what ‘Castilla‘ means in English?” Me: “Not a clue.” Deadbeat neighbor: “It means ‘baby bull’.” Me: “No it doesn’t.” Deadbeat neighbor: “Oh. Well. It should,
May 21, 2004
Nancy Pelosi’s Top 37 Power Pant Suit!™ Colors
Marron Red Modore Red Aubusson Roi Red Provins Red Tanagara Red Cardinal Red Brick Red Basic Red Crimson Devil’s Door Red Coral Wine Red Holiday Red Strawberry Cupid’s Red Midnight Rose Red Burgandy Cranapple Red Gonorrhea Red Indian Red Red Puccoon Sanguinariat Radish Red Scarlet Red Ochre Red Oxide Cherry Pie traditional Fire Engine Red Midland Red Blood Red Diaper Rash Red Bristol Red Fire Ant Red Candy Apple Red
May 21, 2004
Nancy Pelosi’s Top 37 Power Pant Suit!™ Colors
Marron Red Modore Red Aubusson Roi Red Provins Red Tanagara Red Cardinal Red Brick Red Basic Red Crimson Devil’s Door Red Coral Wine Red Holiday Red Strawberry Cupid’s Red Midnight Rose Red Burgandy Cranapple Red Gonorrhea Red Indian Red Red Puccoon Sanguinariat Radish Red Scarlet Red Ochre Red Oxide Cherry Pie traditional Fire Engine Red Midland Red Blood Red Diaper Rash Red Bristol Red Fire Ant Red Candy Apple Red
May 21, 2004
A word to the wise
Sure, he’s an unconscionable ideologue despoiling the memory of his publically beheaded son. But don’t you dare call him unpatriotic… **** More. And etc.
May 21, 2004
A Poem from 1968, Revised by the Ghost of Richard Brautigan, 2004 (sixth in a series)
The Flowerburgers Albatrossburgers Part 4 Baudelaire Michael Moore opened up a hamburger stand in San Francisco Flint, Michigan but he put flowers albatross filets between the buns. People would come in and say, “Give me a hamburger with plenty of onions on it.” Baudelaire Michael Moore would give them a[n] flowerburger albatrossburger instead and the people would say, “What kind of hamburger stand is this rhino-hipped asshole are you, anyway?”
May 21, 2004
Iran. Iran so far away (I couldn’t get away)
My Chalabi has a first name, it’s t-r-a-i-t-o-r… My Chalabi has a second name, it’s l-i-t-t-l-e b-a-c-k-s-t-a-b-b-i-n-g-b-i-t-c-h… **** h/t Florida Cracker. More here.
May 21, 2004
Iran. Iran so far away (I couldn’t get away)
My Chalabi has a first name, it’s t-r-a-i-t-o-r… My Chalabi has a second name, it’s l-i-t-t-l-e b-a-c-k-s-t-a-b-b-i-n-g-b-i-t-c-h… **** h/t Florida Cracker. More here.
May 21, 2004
Film reviews in 5 words or less, #3
In the Cut (2003) Directed by Jane Campion. Stars Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Five words or less review: Yes, that’s Meg Ryan’s vagina.*