…Christ, I love the GOP. And steak. I love steak, too. But not near as much as I love the GOP…
June 2005
June 17, 2005
Samuel Beckett, the lost plays: “Waiting for Vladimir and Estragon” (1954)
A country road. A tree. Evening. Godot, sitting on a low mound, smokes a cigarette and checks his watch. GODOT: “…Stupid tramps…” GODOT: … GODOT: … GODOT: “…You know what? Fuck this. I’m going for a cheesesteak…” ~finis~
June 17, 2005
The greatest love of all
If I’m reading him correctly, retired Navy Seal Matthew Heidt is less than thrilled with Democratic Senator Dick Durbin’s recent rhetorical flourishes on the floor of the Senate: I want Durbin’s job, and I want it now. I’ll be damned if a US Senator is going to get away with comparing my comrades to the Gestapo, or Stalin’s thugs. To the people of the Great State of Illinois, none of
June 16, 2005
A poem for “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” on the occasion of its 23rd birthday (written in the style of Stephen Crane)
A man says to the universe, “Doesn’t anybody fucking knock anymore?” “Undoubtedly so,” replies the universe, “But that doesn’t mean you can ignore the overwhelming odds s/he may not.”
June 16, 2005
Another brave “thought experiment”
I’m not saying that it’s so, mind you, but what if—what if— the torture committed by US military personnel on those freedom fighters being held illegally at Guantanamo Bay really is “equally as bad” as the torture committed by Saddam? Isn’t it intellectually brave to ask such questions—even if, deep down, we already know the answers? I mean, don’t high-traffic leftwing blogs like the Daily Kos have an obligation to
June 16, 2005
Tax-funded German TV show seen by 7 million depicts 9/11 as Bush plot
From the Washington Times: Sunday night’s episode of “Tatort,” a popular murder mystery that has been running on state-run ARD-German television for 35 years, revolved around a German woman and a man who was killed in her apartment. According to the plot, which was seen by approximately 7 million Germans, the dead man had been trained to be one of the September 11 pilots but was left behind, only to
June 15, 2005
My twentieth brief conversation with a McIntosh apple
me: “So, why did the apple cross the road…?” apple: me: “Give up? Because it’d been eaten by the chicken.” apple: me: “…who, y’know, then himself crossed the road, presumably…” apple: me: “…the chicken, that is.” apple: me: “Heh.” apple: me: “..You don’t get it, do you?” apple: “Oh, I get it. It’s figuring out how a dork like you managed to nab a mate and procreate that’s got me
June 15, 2005
“The yin and yang of intimate interpersonal relationships post, 13” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
yin: “You know what I find really sexy? Hands. Hands and forearms.” yang: “Me too. Just so long as they’re shaped like breasts and sport wristwatches that look just like Elle McPherson.”
June 15, 2005
Chimpy McHitlerburton’s smirky rodeo ride through history: Fight the Future
From UPI: A former Bush team member during his first administration is now voicing serious doubts about the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9-11. Former chief economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush’s first term Morgan Reynolds comments that the official story about the collapse of the WTC is “bogus” and that it is more likely that a controlled demolition destroyed the Twin Towers