Just wanted to post something substantive on the subject of nipples before I leave. Strike that one off of my list.

Back in 1902, a scientist examining the smooth, grapefruit-size brain of a manatee remarked that the organ’s unwrinkled surface resembled that of the brain of an idiot. Ever since then, manatees have generally been considered incapable of doing anything more complicated than chewing sea grass. But Hugh, a manatee in a tank at a Florida marine laboratory, doesn’t seem like a dimwit. When a buzzer sounds, the speed bump-shaped mammal

Kos: “The Keebler elves need to shut the fuck up. If they want a war, we premium select wafers will give them on.  And it won’t be a war those little cookie bitches can win.”

Shane, come back!

Not in Iraq; that’s been downgraded to a “situation.” But Kos has threatened war on James Carville, for supporting the ouster of his Dear Leader in favor of Harold Ford. Kos has only himself to blame. He has cut and run before. And it emboldened his enemies.

< Telephone rings > < ... > < Telephone rings again > < ... > Oh fuck.

I really have been jonesing for a good kerfuffle, since most of the good kerfuffling was pushed aside by coverage of the elections, so if you’ve got a hankering, I’ve got two. The first is about CNN making YouTube pull a segment posted by Avarosis of AMERICAblog in which Bill Maher, on Larry King, “outs” outgoing RNC Chair Ken Mehlman.  CNN subsequently whitewashes their transcript of the interview.  Hilariously, crooksandliars

“Bang bang?” That part of the lyrics has always made me laugh, even though I like the song. “The Warrior,” Scandal Note: as I said the first time, this is music lip-synched by drag-queens, not written or recorded by them.

Godamn.  This is not good.  Very not good.  Godamn.  Godamn.  This is awful.  It feels like I’m going to puke.  Or shit my pants.  Or both.  And those two bottles of wine last night are really not seeming like such a good idea right now. Shit. Shit. Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit. . . . I can’t believe this is happening to me. Please go down

Has anyone figured out what motivates a troll?  I have no idea, though I’ve been trying to understand.  I don’t try too hard, though, since I have the feeling that I would be wasting effort. One of my posts recently got a drive-by hit with a laundry list of grievances, real and imagined, and then 15 minutes later got a “Well, are you going to answer?” follow-up.  I guess I’m