Friday, August 15, 2008
voting machines
"Someone is clearly doing their job horribly wrong."
06:00 AM CST [Link] [Confess]
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
like a velvet glove covered with Cheeto dust
Can Britney do justice to Varla?
The only answer, of course, is, "Hell no!"
Please let this be a lie, that Quentin Tarantino wants to remake "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" with Britney Spears.
08:53 PM CST [Link] [Confess]
but he's just a regular guy
AmericaBlog has some photos of one of non-elitist John McCain's houses.
But that's not a house. It's a mansion. And I would guess his other eight or nine "houses" are equally palatial. Because he and his millionaire heiress wife are filthy fucking rich. They have more houses than there are days of the week.
So let's just call it like it is -- John McCain owns almost a dozen mansions. He has so many mansions, he has no idea how many mansions he has. That's a lot of mansions! That's too many mansions, I'd say! Why, they oughta call him John McMansion!
But at least he doesn't eat arugula.
08:33 PM CST [Link] [Confess]
Monday, August 11, 2008
Goodreadin' with Rubbernun
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories by Miranda July
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Miranda July's book is a lot like her movie -- off-kilter vignettes peopled with desperate, damaged characters who are so fragile you want to hug them, and whose inappropriate behavior just makes you want to hug them more.
Occasionally the stories veer into grating quirkiness (I'm looking at you, "Ten True Things"), but most of July's oddball observations have a weird truth to them. ("One reason Helena and I would never be close friends is that I am about half as tall as she. People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.")
"This Person" struck me so forcefully that I read it twice in a row on the train ride home. I'm afraid I would totally be that person who sneaks out of a fantastical gathering of everybody I've ever known or loved, only to come home disappointed that I had no mail.
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06:45 PM CST [Link] [Confess]
bad motha...
Shaft on ukes
RIP, Isaac Hayes.
05:22 PM CST [Link] [Confess]
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Digby tells it like it is
Over at Hullabaloo:
If history judged Richard Nixon and George W. Bush based solely on their marital faithfulness, they would be considered among the best presidents we ever had. It's not a useful proxy for public behavior, never has been.
05:26 PM CST [Link] [Confess]
Thursday, August 7, 2008
muxin' it up
Tonight I went to the Handmade Nation preview and panel discussion. People, this movie is cool and good and you will dig it. We only got to see a 20-minute excerpt -- I can't wait until the full version comes out! And the book, which includes the Craftifesto what Cinnamon and I wrote. We will be famous!* And then our plan for world domination will be nearly complete.
Anyway, here's a muxtape of songs about people way more famous than we.
I spent so much time dreaming 'bout Eleanor Bron
In my room with the curtains drawn
Seein' her in the arms of Paul
Sayin' "I can say no more."
*Probably not.
08:21 PM CST [Link] [1 Confession]
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