I don’t know about you all, but the mere thought of all that grated parmesan goodness gets me salivating like Michael Jackson at a kindergarten open house. And just look at that pudgy li’l Italian stereotype, forever commemorated in porecelain! So adorable! I shall call him Vittorio. Vittorio the Parmesan-burdened Wop. Molto Buono, Vittorio!
January 2005
January 23, 2005
If instead of acting like a tired old blog heading toward history’s dustbin, protein wisdom were to do something NEW and FRESH and EXCITING, like, say, CAT BLOGGING—only instead of a CAT, protein wisdom were to use a stock photo of PARMESAN CHEESE!
Is there anything on earth cuter than a wedge of parmesan lounging on a stump with its good friend the celery stalk? No. Of course there isn’t.
January 22, 2005
Another moment of unabashed pragmatism
Nobody says you have to post when you’re this hung over, guy. I mean, it’s not like you’re getting paid or anything.
January 21, 2005
Has Jonathan Klein ever won a Silver Star?
Not likely. So yeah. I got your pajamas right here, bitch.* Reached for comment, lame-duck CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather was quick to point out that “stuffing a turkey with hamburger don’t make it a Texas longhorn”—though I’m pretty sure he was high on Ketamine at the time. **** (h/t Eric Akawie)
January 21, 2005
A.C.L.U. Will Consider Disciplining 2 Officials
From the New York Times: The American Civil Liberties Union, which since its inception has fought to protect free speech rights, is scheduled to begin a debate today over whether to discipline – or potentially move to oust – two board members for speaking to reporters. The executive committee of the A.C.L.U. board will discuss whether Wendy Kaminer and Michael Meyers have acted inappropriately as board members. The two have
January 21, 2005
protein wisdom’s 40 favorite periodic table elements / yiddish words over the past 3 months*
Nitrogen Neon Oxygen Silicon kakameyme Lithium Helium Boron gelt (T) Cobalt / sheygets Chromium meshugine Phosphorus farblondzhet mishpokhe shpilkes Titanium Germanium nosh Germanium pupik Manganese tokhes shmuz Yttrium Rhodium Krypton Molybdenum Barium megile shtik Dysprosium Promethium Iodine Tantalum kvel nudnik Radon Argon shlemazl *inspired by this post.
January 21, 2005
9 “must-see” highlights from Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy’s groundbreaking cable access show, “Capitol Perspective”
On the December 29 “Holiday Special,” guest John Edward “crosses over” and “speaks” to Mary Jo Kopechne, who exonerates a visibly-shaken Kennedy of any wrongdoing in her 1969 vehicular drowning death. “Michael Moore v. Ted Kennedy: The Devil Dog Eat Off” (December 2, 2004) December 18, 2004: The Senator slips and calls Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski “Madame Dyke Face” In what Boston Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert called “ground-breaking conceptual