Ever see what happens to a diabetic armadillo when he wolfs down two bags of marshmallows and a King Size Twix bar? I had to cut the stupid fucker’s feet off. Poor thing’s just an ashtray with a soul now. Which, that’s just sad.
May 6, 2005
May 6, 2005
The first rule of Fight Club is that nobody must subpoena former Fight Club members to turn over boxes of evidence at odds with the claim of active Fight Club members that Fight Club doesn’t actually exist
From FOXNews: The integrity of the probe into the Oil-for-Food program is at stake and lives may be in jeopardy if sensitive information regarding details of the investigation is leaked, Paul Volcker said Friday. Volcker, the man picked by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to lead the investigation, publicly responded to recent congressional efforts to subpoena a former senior investigator on the Independent Inquiry Committee who thinks the panel has been
May 6, 2005
The Last Temptation of (the cartoon version of) Christ
From the June 2005 Reason: A Greek court has sentenced the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer to six months for blasphemy. Haderer’s comic book The Life of Jesus, which depicts Jesus as a hippie who surfs and is friends with Jimi Hendrix, is banned in Greece but has sold some 100,000 copies in the rest of Europe. Haderer faces imprisonment if he enters the country. And, if he never actually enters
May 6, 2005
An aging Gen-Xer obliquely laments his waning social relevance
Kids these days, with their silly pseudoephedrines. Like candy, that stuff. Whereas in my day it was all hardcore fentanyl analogues. Now those were some real designer drugs, jack.
May 6, 2005
Odds, Ends
1. Karol Sheinin reports that moderate muslims will be holding a march against terrorism in DC on May 14th. 2. Would you, could you, in a sock? Would you, could you, if you were to put, say, a double-layer of primo latex and maybe some decent, fruit-scented lubricant on your — 3. Red State’s Mike Krempasky wants to introduce you to Herman Obermayer, WWII vet, epistolary writer, spectator at the
May 6, 2005
Google to the world: “We’re billionnaires now. And as such, WE’LL determine what you should be reading, thank you very much.”
From Reuters: Web search leader Google Inc. has applied for U.S. and international patents on technology to rank stories on its news site based on the quality of the news source, according to patent applications obtained by Reuters on Thursday. Google’s search engine now automatically scours some 4,500 news sources and highlights stories, typically by popularity and timeliness, although Google does not disclose full details of its ranking system. Google
May 6, 2005
Former Orioles’ manager and Hall of Famer Earl Weaver discusses strategy on his “Manager’s Corner” post game show (vintage audio)
Weaver: “Now. Anything else you need to know about tomatoes, honey?”* Warning: not safe for work. Or mixed company.