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January 2007

a haiku that, for no reason whatsoever, imagines Winston Churchill as a refreshingly pragmatic elderly Jewish woman with a sluggish colon

“It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to drink prune juice.”

Shallow Thoughts, by CraigC

Everybody thinks that sixty-nine is all cool and stuff, but I’ll bet they can’t do it either.  I mean, how can you concentrate on what you’re supposed to be doing?

Chimpy McHitlerburton’s smirky rodeo ride through history, 23: civil war / homegrown insurgency edition [UPDATED—and UPDATED AGAIN]

From the New York Sun (I know, may as well have been written by Bill Kristol on a sheet of two-ply toilet paper and edited by the ghost of Jeanne Kirkpatrick) comes this rather lengthy op-ed from Nibras Kazimi, ominously titled (if you happen to be, say, Barack Obama) “Turnaround in Baghdad”.  Allow me to excerpt at length: There has been a flurry of press reports recently about insurgents battling

Scenes from the Culture Wars, 29

Overheard in the parking lot of the Good Times Hamburgers off exit 229 in Brighton, 12:24 PM First guy in Chevron hat: ”Two double guacamole burgers?  And large fries?  That’s like a major coronary wrapped in wax paper, big guy.” Second guy in Chevron hat: “Maybe so.  But at least when they do the autopsy they won’t find any kind of pita and alfalfa sprout wrap in my stomach.” Second

It’s a Shaman [Dan Collins]

Scott Burgess seems to have mislaid a portion of his soul, and requires your help to reunite him with it. This chick’s site is excellent.  She comments here from time to time.

The Unbearable Blightness of Being (Bill Moyers)

I found the following bit from the Weekly Standard’s “Scrapbook” on the impending end to Ken Tomlinson’s tenure as chairman of the Board of Broadcasting Governors nearly perfectly on point, so I’ll reproduce it here, with minimal interpolation: Last week, with neither hype nor headlines, Ken Tomlinson asked the president not to resubmit his name for another term as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (though he will serve

Wallace Stevening, All Last Evening [Dan Collins; now fortified with more poetical offerings]

The Prince of Moon-Pies Call the slapper of bismol bards, The muscular one, and bid him lash In pasty posts their putrescent words. Let the lurkers dawdle in such dark As they are used to wear, and let them all Make comments on today’s hot topic. Let trolls once be seen for their lies: The jackass complete is the Prince of Moon-Pies. Shovel the pile of crap, Written by Sadly,

There are no cultural boundaries . . . [Dan Collins]

I lived for a year in Mexico City, helping establish a business down there.  Many millions of people densely packed into the plain encompassed by mountains on three sides, the only place in the country, then, where you could count, somewhat, on the American-style amenities that enable complex business transactions.  A city of refugees from the countryside, hoping to improve their lot, and often suffering worse on their arrival.  Families

Shallow Thoughts, by CraigC

When I was a boy, I wanted to be like Dash Riprock.  When I found out that he was just a made-up character, and was really Jethro, I cried and cried.

Talking back to stripper music 6, fat fetish edition 2 (cranky-d)

“Left along with big fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny, heap big woman, you made a fat boy out of me.” Whatever floats your boat, neighbor.  Anyway, I thought you were, you know, gay.  NTTAWWT. Answer ghosted here->“Fat Bottomed Girls,” Queen