Free Irony Supplement Available at CVS
on Nov 4, 2009 in America? Life Words & Language advertising candy consumerism CVS diabetes grammar Halloween irony LA me You gotta admire CVS's self-sustaining marketing practices. Supply and demand is for amateurs -- these guys are rockin' some cause and effect. Check it out:...

The Denver Broncos: Winning Ugly
on Oct 21, 2009 in (in)humanity America? Denver Broncos Eddie Royal ESPN football NFL San Diego Chargers sports throwback uniforms The Denver Broncos soundly defeated the San Diego Chargers on this past Monday night to improve their record for the season to 6-0. However, they are certainly not undefeated, at least not in all senses: for the second consecutive week, the Broncos d...

Google Maps, Now Featuring… Property Lines?!?
on Oct 19, 2009 in The Web Words & Language geekiness Google Maps maps words I just noticed that the regular view of my area on Google Maps now shows property lines. If this doesn't blow your mind, maybe you'll get a kick out of the fact that it does blow mine. Check it out, I've got visuals...

Progress?
on Oct 18, 2009 in Fluff Life Words & Language cameraphone follies humor photos words wtf? That landlord up the street has another vacancy. While it apparently does not come with any of those cool walking closets, the sign still has a little problem.

Life, Liberty, and the Denial of Benefits
on Oct 16, 2009 in (in)humanity America? Political blogroll death panels health care Rick Herschlag Sarah Palin Scholars & Rogues socialized medicine Over at Scholars & Rogues, Rick Herschlag has spun out a post so good it gave me one of those moments of "damn, I wish I'd written that!" What's the word for that -- writeolization? Pen envy? I want to keep the health insurance I have—which...

Facebook Meme-esque Movie Quiz, Part II
on Oct 13, 2009 in Entertainment audio clips Brian De Palma Broadway Carrie Heathers Hollywood horror John Lithgow Magnolia Manhattan movies musicals Peter O'Toole photos Singin' in the Rain Terry Gross Twilight Zone videos Here it is, the thrilling conclusion of the quiz from Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule which I began in the post before this one.

It’s Like One of Those Facebook Questionnaire Things, Except Not on Facebook
on Oct 10, 2009 in Entertainment Lists actors digital video Hollywood movies the blogroll Twilight videos Last July, following his triumph of conceiving what may be my favorite name of a blog ever, cinephile Dennis Cozzalio devised this cinematic quiz-tionnaire for a post at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule. Though I am, as is often the case, way la...

Flying Off the Handle: [Bleep]ing Sports Videos
on Sep 23, 2009 in History Words & Language Darko Milicic Earl Weaver profanity Serena Williams sports videos Serena Williams' profane outburst at a judge that caused her ouster from the U.S. Open was not cool, to be sure. However, considered against the broader history of sports tirades it was small-fry stuff.

Bursting from the Blogroll: Darren Hutchinson Hits the Reset Button
on Sep 18, 2009 in America? Politics The Web Barack Obama bloggers blogroll Darren Hutchinson health care Jimmy Carter Maureen Dowd national miscourse news media political race racism Over at Dissenting Justice, Darren Hutchinson makes a clear-eyed case that the current charges racism in the political health care clusterfuck are acting as a smoke screen: I am a law professor who teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Race and t...

A 9/11 Thought: Foreign Attack vs. American Destruction
on Sep 11, 2009 in America? History 9/11 Abraham Lincoln pentagon photos At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow?