Archive for April, 2008
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Normally, the phrase “MTV reality show” gives me a mental image that could be likened to the vile screeching of a thousand nails on a thousand chalkboards. If you were looking for three words to sum up the most vapid, irritating, cancerous qualities of popular culture, those would probably be the ones. If you’re looking […]
The gas tax holiday: So dumb, even Tom Friedman thinks it’s stupid
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Yep.
In other news, Friedman still writes at the New York Times? Up until he got hit in the face with that pie last week, I had kind of forgotten that he existed.
They all become Italian dreams
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008It’s going to pain Dylan to hear this, but the more I listen to tracks from Scarlett Johansson’s album of Tom Waits covers, the more I’m convinced that it’s going to suck. Not just be “eh,” but actually be genuinely awful. Which, when you’ve got a discography like Waits’s to work off of, is pretty […]
The most dangerous game: Orangutang Lobster
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008New Olde English sketches can never come frequently enough, and this new one is hilarious:
Classic. Bonus points: I make a brief cameo in the hidden sketch! Go to their main page and try to find it!
By the way, I just finished editing that film I was doing with people over the weekend. Once we hear […]
Let’s just ban the word “denounce,” okay?
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Seriously. I don’t want to hear that word in any context ever again. Andrew Sullivan, taking a break from shamelessly shilling for Obama to focus on going after Obama in the most trivial way possible, provides a pretty good example of why.
I reiterate that I think Obama has to make clear again that he vehemently […]
The Fearsome Republican Attack Machine: Still Broken
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The Republican Party provides a pretty good object lesson in how to not respond to an attack ad. To paraphrase:
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
They used to be good at the whole negative campaigning thing, like, four years ago. But apparently things get really confusing when it’s the Democrats who are on the attack. Or maybe McCain’s just such a […]
This week in nightmare verbs
Monday, April 28th, 2008Hannidate.
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His Hagelness
Monday, April 28th, 2008Just a quick reminder - if you’ve got questions you’d like me to ask Chuck Hagel, you’ve got until 6 PM tonight to submit them. If there’s one I really like in there, I’ll try to get a word in at the Q&A part.
As for the Cohen-Nunn dialogue thing … I think I’m going to […]
The pure hysterical awesomeness of Leningrad Cowboys
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Today I was busy filming a short piece co-written and co-starring me and my good friend/Cracked article collaborator Peter for this film contest (with a cameo by Alex). Editing is going to be happening later, but I’m pretty pumped. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an awesome show, and if FX greenlit that, I think […]
Jokes I’m too mature to make
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Via TRex’s blog, there’s a story about a bunch of Republican bigwigs (including Ted “the muckmonster” Stevens, Dick Cheney and Ed “probably not related to Henry” Rollins) gathering together to dine on … uh …
Former senator Paul Laxalt’s all male, annual lamb fry dinner at the Georgetown Club tends not to be an especially raucous […]