me: “Say, you wouldn’t happen to have a built-in Airport somewhere inside you, would you?” apple: me: apple: me: apple: “What, are you talking to me?” me: “Yeah. Nevermind. It was a longshot, anyway.”
February 2005
February 22, 2005
Former teen idol Leif Garrett comments on Seymour Hersh and Bill Moyers having been awarded the prestigious George Polk Award for excellence in journalism
Garrett: “Bill Moyers? Dude, that guy once tried to grab my joint backstage at a Quiet Riot concert. Totally freaked me out. “…Unless maybe I’m thinking of Dominick Dunne. But, y’know—whatever.”* (h/t Malkin)
February 22, 2005
Thirty-eighth in a series of real-time empirical observations
In the time it takes you to read this post, Mike Eruzione, having taken another satisfying bite from his breakfast burrito, will suddenly find himsef thinking, “America. Fuck yeah!”— this despite having not yet seen Team America, and though he’s not terribly happy with all the deficit spending and the poor performance of the dollar.* (h/t ASV)
February 21, 2005
COMPUTER GONE. STOP. SEND MONEY.
March 4th would have marked the one-year anniversary of protein wisdom’s return to the blogosphere. At that time, I was planning on holding my first-ever fundraiser. Hosting for protein wisdom is roughly $400 a year, but I’m not complaining: I honestly don’t mind paying for my own bandwidth. However, my HP laptop—which is less than one year old—is on its deathbed. In fact, I’m not even posting this; my wife
February 21, 2005
Breaking: Fox 31 News in Colorado is reporting that famed gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Found in his Woody Creek home. He was 67. Details to follow. Thompson was a brilliant writer and one of the counterculture’s most recognizable figures. And with his death, America has lost a fascinating bit of its living history. **** update: From the AP: Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counter-culture author of books such as “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen-area home,
February 21, 2005
I am not related to Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings.
But that doesn’t mean the filthy-rich dork shouldn’t buy me a new computer. And speaking of Social Security and the GOP push for partial privatization accounts, aWpTiMuS finds flaws in the online calculator Democrats are using to mislead that portion of the voting public still crazy enough to believe anything they have to say.
February 21, 2005
BREAKING: JEFF GORDON WINS DAYTONA 500
In a related story, AMERICAblog’s John Aravosis has begun scouring the web for any pictures of Jeff Gordon COCK the 3-time Daytona 500 champion may have posted under an assumed name. Because of the HYPOCRISY. Developing… **** update: Can Jeff Gordon account for the whereabouts of his COCK during the Valerie Plame leak scandal? As a CITIZEN JOURNALIST, I DEMAND AN ACCOUNTING! AND, OF COURSE, PIE!
February 20, 2005
Possible protein wisdom site outage
It appears my hard drive is crapping out, and Circuit City needs me to run some sort of system restore utility before their warranty kicks in. Only problem is, the system restore utility CD wasn’t included with the computer. So now I have to order it from HP. But the HP “store” isn’t open until Monday. After that, it will take 5 days to arrive. At which point it will
February 20, 2005
A question about last evening
Anybody know what happened after, say, 10:30? Hello?