Monday, August 10th, 2009
This Shakespeare insult generator spews delightful excerpts like:
Hence, horrible villain, or I’ll spurn thine eyes like balls before me; I’ll unhair thy head, Thou shalt be whipp’d with wire, and stew’d'in brine, smarting in lingering pickle. (from Antony and Cleopatra)
And (while it lasts; does Craigslist poof items after a bit?) please do read this gloriously hilarious posting from a Seattle bike shop.
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Walter Cronkite died last weekend. And the world is a bit poorer place for it. He exemplified honesty and trustworthiness and transparency — and it wasn’t for some PR campaign. I couldn’t stop myself from sneering as I saw current “news people” pay tribute, the worthless sods. Here’s a great interview (brief) from a few decades ago, and well worth the read to compare Walter then and news now.
Bureaucracy can be amusing. At least in the hands of these creative people who’ve provided a site to allow one to funnel those messy events like, er, liking someone, onto the proper form. No word if triplicates allowed.
Such a small thing — helps. I still don’t know the significance of the phrase “three cups of tea”; I supposed I’d need to read the book (which, happily, is at my local library). But it’s lovely to have found this group (which I did via Nicholas Kristof) which provides education in an area where it’s hard to get (Afghanistan, N. Pakistan) to a population who’s least likely to receive it (girls).
Ah, Ireland. goddammit. Oops! Would that land me in prison? A great write up on Ireland and — yes — a blasphemy law. It’s more interesting than you’d think. The convolutions, the weaving of threads …
Friday, March 6th, 2009
“If only I’d followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars, provided I’d started with a hundred million dollars.”
Since we’re strictly through-the-air TV now, we miss out on the pontifications of these “smart guys” — oh, please do watch. It’s cathartic.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
I really enjoyed this send-up of a classic soap-pitch from the folks at Reality, who are (rare heretofore) able to put ads on TV in answer to the deluge of deep-pocket ad campaigns I see from coal (eg: “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity”).
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