FBI Agent Fox Mulder: “Where, Mexico? Bullshit. First off, alien beings can’t speak Spanish — can’t roll the ‘r’s,’ it so happens. And secondly, every paranormal investigator worth his salt will tell you that extraterrestrials absolutely hate spicy foods. Something about the chili pepper just, y’know, turns them off. It’s weird.” **** update: Which reminds me, I wonder what Rand makes of this…?
May 12, 2004
He’s the youngest Marx Brother, right?
In an excellent Weekly Standard feature article, Christopher Caldwell argues that “Spain’s problem with terrorism is Europe’s” problem, namely, that “it does not want to defend itself”: […] Spain’s entire sense of its safety rests on the idea that March 11 was condign punishment for its participation in the Iraq war. If Spaniards stopped believing that, they would fall into a panic, and they are fighting against a great deal
May 12, 2004
He’s the youngest Marx Brother, right?
In an excellent Weekly Standard feature article, Christopher Caldwell argues that “Spain’s problem with terrorism is Europe’s” problem, namely, that “it does not want to defend itself”: […] Spain’s entire sense of its safety rests on the idea that March 11 was condign punishment for its participation in the Iraq war. If Spaniards stopped believing that, they would fall into a panic, and they are fighting against a great deal
May 12, 2004
Gauntlet
Blogging will resume when I get the respect I damn well deserve. And not a moment sooner. Period. I hope I’ve made myself clear. **** update: Ooh, muffins, thanks! But wait, no milk…? update 2: When I said “respect,” what I really meant was muffins. Muffins. That is all.
May 12, 2004
Words that just sound funny, #90: “rectum”
eg. “Is that your rectum?” “Yes, that rectum belongs to me.”
May 12, 2004
Words that just sound funny, #90: “rectum”
eg. “Is that your rectum?” “Yes, that rectum belongs to me.”
May 12, 2004
Know your enemies
A very loose* paraphrase of a jaw-dropping exchange between Oliver North and Alan Colmes on “Hannity and Colmes” moments ago: North: “These masked terrorists took a long knife and sawed the head off of this young American civilian contractor, then held his severed head aloft in front of the camera while yelling ‘God is great.’ Yes, what happened in Abu Ghraib prison was terrible and should never be condoned. But
May 11, 2004
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[Post deleted because I hated it and because it’s my site.]
May 11, 2004
Fightin’ words to the cineaste
Overrated: Antonioni’s Blowup (1966). Underrated: Shelton’s Tin Cup (1996). Discuss.