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Archive for February, 2007

The GOP Is A Cancer: ‘Nucular’ Proliferation Edition

So it turns out that the reason the North Koreans have nukes is because the GOPresident pulled out of the “Agreed Framework” for a reason that turns out to have been total and complete bullshit.

PLAY BALL!

At long last, the dark winter comes to an end. As I post, I am listening to the first Boston Red Sox spring training game of the year.

About Those Tram Problems…

For the record, I will laugh like Hell if the problem with the haul rope experienced today by PHART turns out to be related to the incessant and routine rattling of Tootie’s cables that has been occurring regularly and without attention for the past several weeks, and about which I’ve been posting here since it began.

Hack Writers Of Hollywood Unite!

Out of curiosity, is Hollywood really full of hack writers bent on rewarding their fellow hack writers? I can’t come up with another adequate explanation for Best Original Screenplay going to a script that was little more than dialogue and stage direction (in other words, a sit-com script) rather than to examples which involved, you know, actual writing.

Sharpton/Thurmond

“In a revelation that will stun the nation, the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of America’s most powerful black leaders, has unearthed a shattering family secret,” reports the New York Daily News. “[H]is ancestors were slaves owned by relatives of the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond.”

The Den

The Den

Fadeley Flawed

Anyone remember former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Edward N. Fadeley? The guy who despite his profession hadn’t a clue about blogs, libel, slander, and related matters? The one who (if you click some of the links in that earlier post) seems to not only have trouble understanding the law, but following the rules? He just got slammed by the Oregon Supreme Court.

‘Here Are Some Notes Of My Sperm Count’

Remember Volodymyr Golovan, the accused forger who worked for Lucinda Tate and ‘Lie Boyles? Apparently this month, according to the Trib, the criminal case against him just got even more bizarre.

Serenity’s End

Tonight is the last chance to catch Serenity at the Laurelhurst. As far as I know, this is the last chance to catch it on the big screen at all until our charity screening in June. Showtime tonight is at 9:50 PM.

Tootie Update

Weeks since they began, Tootie continues to produce her now-familiar squeaks and rattles.