Practically shunned by the children of Yahweh, and completely shunned by Barking Moonbat Early Warning System, protein wisdom has decided to fight back and host its own Best Humor Blog Award for 2004. Best of luck, contestants!
January 24, 2005
January 24, 2005
hubris: the haiku series
You can’t really doubt my superiority, can you? Please. Get real. **** It’s not that I can’t hear you, buddy. It’s that I choose to ignore you. **** AS A CITIZEN JOURNALIST, I DEMAND YOU BRING ME ONION RINGS! **** related: “The Quite Specific Humility Poem”
January 24, 2005
I heard the news today, oh boy….
From Dexter Filkins, in today’s New York Times: With the Shiites on the brink of capturing power here for the first time, their political leaders say they have decided to put a secular face on the new Iraqi government they plan to form, relegating Islam to a supporting role. The senior leaders of the United Iraqi Alliance, the coalition of mostly Shiite groups that is poised to capture the most
January 24, 2005
Conservatives Criticize National ‘No Name-Calling’ Week
From TheIndyChannel.com Middle schools across the United States will observe “No Name-Calling Week” starting Monday. The program, now in its second year, takes aim at insults of all kinds, whether they are based on a child’s appearance, background or behavior. It has the backing of the Girl Scouts of America and Amnesty International, but a handful of conservative critics have zeroed in on references to harassment based on sexual orientation.
January 24, 2005
Film reviews in five words or less, #19
The Ice Storm (1997) Directed by Ang Lee. Stars Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd, David Krumholtz, and Katie Holmes. Five words or less review: Always wife-swap in summer.
January 24, 2005
Senior Zarqawi aide captured
From Reuters: Iraq has announced the capture of a senior aide to leading militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, hours after Zarqawi claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb near the offices of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. The seizure of Abu Omar al-Kurdi, accused of masterminding some of the worst car bombings in Iraq, appeared to be a major breakthrough for the authorities ahead of next Sunday’s historic election, which Zarqawi and
January 24, 2005
Odds, ends
1. A very sincere thank you to Mark Curtin, who surprised me with the DVD of Soylent Green. Which, of course, is people. 2. Yes, my birthday is approaching (February 1). No, you don’t have to send my anything—especially not from my Amazon wishlist over there on the left. That’s just for show. Like those little bright-colored soap balls people keep in baskets in their bathrooms. 3. All you need
January 24, 2005
If instead of 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, #5!
Like a cheese mountain, this one. Blessed. Blessed be the enormous cheese.