“Hi, I’m Richard Gere, and I’m speaking for the entire world. Luxembourg? Barely even a country.” “Hi, I’m Richard Gere, and I’m speaking for the entire world. Try the grilled swordfish with cilantro-lime butter. Trust us on this.” “Hi, I’m Richard Gere, and I’m speaking for the entire world. Dr. T & the Women has never gotten the critical respect it so richly deserves. I mean, it’s Robert Altman, for
January 2005
January 5, 2005
Balk like an Egyptian
From UPI: The State Department said Tuesday it will discuss with the U.N. nuclear agency reports Egypt may have violated non-proliferation treaties. Reports quoting the International Atomic Energy Agency said earlier Tuesday Egypt might have conducted secret nuclear experiments. Such experiments would have violated international non-proliferation treaties. “We’ve seen the press reports. We don’t have anything definitive or authoritative from the IAEA. I expect we’ll be discussing these press reports
January 5, 2005
protein wisdom presents….
“My Life as a Nanobot,” episode 2. For future episodes, I’ve set up a clickable banner over on the left. And if you have a site and are interested in carrying the strip, email me for the display code, or else right click to copy the banner, post it on your site, and link it back to the following URL: https://www.proteinwisdom.com/index.php?/weblog/mlnano/
January 4, 2005
practical relativism
Well, it turns out uber-terrorist Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi maybe wasn’t captured after all—but on the plus side, I did manage to brave a minor Colorado snowstorm this morning to pick up my copy of Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. So it appears we have what the bookies call a push.
January 4, 2005
Thirty-third in a series of real-time empirical observations
In the time it takes you to read this, Andaman and Nicobar archipelago tribesmen will have reloaded their bows and slingshots and flung another volley of sharpened tree branches and rocks at the Indian coastguard helicopters bringing food and water aid to the remote island cluster. Meanwhile, half a world away, Michael Moore—in what he calls his “homage” to the UN relief efforts—sets up an army surplus tent in his
January 4, 2005
Talking back to imperative verbs, 1
No, you run. Me, I’m going to stay right here and finish my french fries like a man.
Former teen idol Leif Garrett comments on new threats by the Islamic Army to attack the US from within in 2005
Garrett: “Wait, so New Year’s resolutions don’t have to be, like, introspectivey…? Because if that’s the case, screw losing fifteen pounds and landing a sitcom. I’d rather just see that Ryan Seacrest jaggoff suffer like a Biblical Hebrew.”* **** (h/t Command Post)