Fun With International Politics 3

However silly Congress gets, I don’t think it can beat this Czech Health Minister Sissy-boy Slap Party. Although it’d certainly be amusing to see them try.

24 Finale Thoughts

I think just two hours of the clip played here on a loop would have been a lot more satisfying and entertaining than that crap-ass finale. I mean granted, given the corner they wrote themselves into, there wasn’t a ton they could do with it. But wow, they really didn’t even try. I think this ...

Marketing Question 1

How did a casino get named the Morongo Casino Resort? I mean, I realize it is operated by the Morongo Indians, and they’re happy to have a symbol of tribal pride… But I can’t be the only person who parses the casino name as the “Moron, Go” Casino Resort. Didn’t anyone notice that in the ...

Nerd Alert!

I think I just figured out what I’m doing Saturday. Someone cue up “She Blinded Me With Science”.

Go, Hippies

This is a bit weird. My boss’s assistant’s boyfriend’s roommate is one of the winners of this edition of The Amazing Race. He’s the wee dark-haired hippie, not the gangly red-haired hippie. I haven’t met the hippies, but I do find the connection quite strange, given how huge a fan of the Race I’ve been ...

A Modest Proposal

A lunch run to Beverly Hills that had me pulling my hair out at the incompetence of people who drive astoundingly expensive cars gave me a thought: I think if you’re going to purchase a car that costs more than $100,000, you should have to take a driving test before they let you take it ...

Dispatch From The Japanese Bureau

Dispatch From The Japanese Bureau
My friend Miyuki on her most recent trip to visit her parents in Japan: click to enlarge Here’s her description of the building: Me: the picture of you in front of that store is great Miyuki: btw, the White Trash Charms is in the most expensive building in Tokyo Miyuki: that’s where friggin’ billionaires live ...

Attack Of The ’80s 1

In honor of Mother’s Day, I present the following, which was dug up by the folks at Vidiotbox: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo] Click here to watch this on YouTube I don’t think I’ve ever been as glad, for the sake of humanity’s collective vision, that the 80s are over. My retinas…they burn.

I Am A Goddess Of Car Stereo Installation 1

I Am A Goddess Of Car Stereo Installation
It only took two bike rides (to a hardware store for a wee tiny screwdriver and to a music shop for a mini to RCA patch cord) and two calls to Crutchfield (one to figure out how to get my car into low gear when it’s not running so I could get the stereo out ...

Ego Stultus Sum*

I’ve wanted to replace the head unit in my car for a while, but I recently actually went into the process of pricing things out. While doing so, I got convinced by Crutchfield that, with their spiffy instructions, I could do it myself. Seemed like a good idea, since nobody in my area sold the ...