A crackdown on prostitution windows in Amsterdam!
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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Democrat candidate #1
Tom Vilsack becomes the first Democrat to officially declare his presidential candidacy today.
Story here.
To this I say, Tom who?
File under: election 2008, Tom Vilsack
Story here.
To this I say, Tom who?
File under: election 2008, Tom Vilsack
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Jack Black & Adam Sandler - hotties?
I like Jack Black. He's a funny guy.
It's seems lately I haven't been able to escape advertisements for his new movie The Holiday, also starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law. Just when I had finally thought I'd escaped....I wind up watching a talkshow that Jude Law is on promoting the film. Argh.
Like I said, I like Jack Black. But when would a babe like Kate Winselt ever end up with a sloppy bastard like Jack Black? This is one of the things I hate most about big Hollywood movies. Again I ask when would someone like Jack Black get a Kate Winslet? Only in the same alternate universe where Adam Sandler gets Kate Beckinsale (as in Click).
File under: crappy Hollywood movies, Jack Black, Kate Winslet, The Holiday movie
It's seems lately I haven't been able to escape advertisements for his new movie The Holiday, also starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law. Just when I had finally thought I'd escaped....I wind up watching a talkshow that Jude Law is on promoting the film. Argh.
Like I said, I like Jack Black. But when would a babe like Kate Winselt ever end up with a sloppy bastard like Jack Black? This is one of the things I hate most about big Hollywood movies. Again I ask when would someone like Jack Black get a Kate Winslet? Only in the same alternate universe where Adam Sandler gets Kate Beckinsale (as in Click).
File under: crappy Hollywood movies, Jack Black, Kate Winslet, The Holiday movie
Monday, November 20, 2006
Thank you Captain Obvious
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on the upcoming Regan Books title from O.J. Simpson, If I Did It. A tell-all of a different variety, the book, which was to be Simpson's outline of how he might have committed the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, was scheduled for release on November 30 and was to be accompanied by a two-part TV interview to air on Fox on November 27 and 29.
After the book was condemned by booksellers (many of whom said they would donate proceeds to the victims' families), media critics and even pundits from Fox News, News Corp. announced in a terse statement that the book and TV special have been dropped. Murdoch said: “I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project. We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”
Wow. Did they really not know this was a bad idea to begin with? Rupert Murdoch hasn't made all that money by being an idiot.
File under: OJ Simpson
Friday, November 17, 2006
America - land of the prudes, where flight attendants are scared of boobies
In the movie Eurotrip when one of the characters exclaims that America was founded by prudes, he wasn't just whistling dixie...a woman in Vermont was actually kicked off a plane for breast-feeding her baby. She was seated by the window in the second to last row and her husband was on the other side of her. Full story on MSN.
As I was reading the article I kept waiting to get to the part that explained to me why she was really kicked off the plane. I mean, surely she did something - went to the bathroom with a boob out for all to see, gave her husband a taste...something like that...but no. All she was doing was feeding the baby discreetly, but apparently that was enough to get the flight attendant all up in a tizzy. What's the big deal and why did a glimpse of a boobie bother the flight attendant so much?
File under: boobie fiasco
As I was reading the article I kept waiting to get to the part that explained to me why she was really kicked off the plane. I mean, surely she did something - went to the bathroom with a boob out for all to see, gave her husband a taste...something like that...but no. All she was doing was feeding the baby discreetly, but apparently that was enough to get the flight attendant all up in a tizzy. What's the big deal and why did a glimpse of a boobie bother the flight attendant so much?
File under: boobie fiasco
Monday, November 13, 2006
What happened to the progress? Gays & lesbians lose again.
I'm a bit more than disturbed to see that the UK is deporting a Ugandan woman, who faces persecution in her home country merely because of her sexual orientation. The UK was making strides in equality for gays and lesbians, yet now they are knowingly going to send this woman back to endure only god knows what because she is gay?!?
The article mentions that she will get sent back if the judge rules that it is safe for her to return to her country of origin. Surely they will not send her to a place where the country's President actually called for the arrest of all homosexuals and then modified it to wishing to go to a time when gays and lesbians were either"ignored or speared by their parents." SPEARED?!? This seems to me like the epitome of unsafe.
I cannot wait until the day I am afforded the same rights as my heterosexual counterparts.
File under: gay rights equality
The article mentions that she will get sent back if the judge rules that it is safe for her to return to her country of origin. Surely they will not send her to a place where the country's President actually called for the arrest of all homosexuals and then modified it to wishing to go to a time when gays and lesbians were either"ignored or speared by their parents." SPEARED?!? This seems to me like the epitome of unsafe.
I cannot wait until the day I am afforded the same rights as my heterosexual counterparts.
File under: gay rights equality
President Obama? Will the U.S. elect a black man to the presidency?
It's impossible to deny the popularity of senator Barack Obama. He's been on a whirlwind book tour with his The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. A recent appearance at a book festival in Austin, Texas saw him selling a whopping 1,000 copies of said book, breaking a previous record set by President Bill Clinton. There has been a lot of talk about the possibility of Obama becoming a U.S. president, possibly the next president, with Obama himself saying he would consider a 2008 campaign.
In an article in the Washington Post, there is some speculation on whether or not he could make it in a presidential race. While I think the man should strike while he is clearly hot, I also do not think that this country would elect a black man to the presidency, and that is sad. Harold Ford Jr. couldn't even pull off a senate seat in the recent election in Tennessee, which would have made him the first black senator since the Reconstruction.
While I do not think Obama could successfully reclaim the presidency for the Democrats, I do think he would be the best candidate for vice president. I'd love to see a Clinton-Obama ticket on my ballot in 2008. And yes, I think the U.S. would elect a white woman president before a black man.
File under: Barack Obama election 2008 politics Hillary Clinton Tennessee sucks
In an article in the Washington Post, there is some speculation on whether or not he could make it in a presidential race. While I think the man should strike while he is clearly hot, I also do not think that this country would elect a black man to the presidency, and that is sad. Harold Ford Jr. couldn't even pull off a senate seat in the recent election in Tennessee, which would have made him the first black senator since the Reconstruction.
While I do not think Obama could successfully reclaim the presidency for the Democrats, I do think he would be the best candidate for vice president. I'd love to see a Clinton-Obama ticket on my ballot in 2008. And yes, I think the U.S. would elect a white woman president before a black man.
File under: Barack Obama election 2008 politics Hillary Clinton Tennessee sucks
Does the average TV viewing American get Ugly Betty?
One of my favorite new shows of the season is Ugly Betty, which of course usually means the seal of doom for a show. Last season my favorite new show was Out of Practice. Right when it started gaining word of mouth viewers and winning its timeslot, CBS pulled it for a try at that new Jenna Elfman show. It did poorly, so Out of Practice was back...until they put The New Adventures of Old Christine on. A glance at the CBS lineup will show which show survived. I still swear that people were tuning in for Out of Practice and that is how The New Adventures of Old Christine got better ratings. Notwithstanding the fact that Out of Practice was a far superior show. I think maybe the humor was a bit too intelligent for the average beer-chugging, Cheetos-munching, Nascar-lovin' American television viewer. Of course, CBS also stupidly put it on after Two & a Half Men - hello idiots at CBS, different target audiences!
Another of my favorite shows last season, Sons & Daughters, was promptly cancelled. Teachers - cancelled! And the most devastating cancellation of a show occurred prior to last season with Wonderfalls. Damn those wankers at FOX. (Thankfully it came out on DVD - but Sons & Daughters will not due to expensive music licensing issues.)
But, back to Ugly Betty. Having watched some telenovelas on Telemundo (hooray Gitanas!), I find Ugly Betty's attempts to mock telenovelas rather hysterical. It's comedy at its best. And I doubted the average American's ability to see the humor in this show. I love it + I don't think most Americans will get it = it's doomed.
Imagine my surprise to read this article crowning Ugly Betty homecoming queen. Apparently Ugly Betty is the most watched new series on U.S. television this season. I still have to wonder if most people actually get it...and is it a coincidence that this article came out after Salma Hayek and her ta-ta's made their shirtless appearance on the show?
File under: Ugly Betty tv shows
Another of my favorite shows last season, Sons & Daughters, was promptly cancelled. Teachers - cancelled! And the most devastating cancellation of a show occurred prior to last season with Wonderfalls. Damn those wankers at FOX. (Thankfully it came out on DVD - but Sons & Daughters will not due to expensive music licensing issues.)
But, back to Ugly Betty. Having watched some telenovelas on Telemundo (hooray Gitanas!), I find Ugly Betty's attempts to mock telenovelas rather hysterical. It's comedy at its best. And I doubted the average American's ability to see the humor in this show. I love it + I don't think most Americans will get it = it's doomed.
Imagine my surprise to read this article crowning Ugly Betty homecoming queen. Apparently Ugly Betty is the most watched new series on U.S. television this season. I still have to wonder if most people actually get it...and is it a coincidence that this article came out after Salma Hayek and her ta-ta's made their shirtless appearance on the show?
File under: Ugly Betty tv shows
Friday, November 10, 2006
This is rich
My girlfriend works at a company that bills Medicare for nursing homes, I don't know how she has put up with this job for almost 2 years...she just sent me this nugget describing her morning....
I am oh so tired of these people, of this job, of people’s stupidity and their need to bully someone to feel better about their pathetic lives and small pebble brains. I am oh so tired of their stupid phone calls. Example: (and this is a real call that just happened. These are quotes. I’m not paraphrasing.)
I am oh so tired of these people, of this job, of people’s stupidity and their need to bully someone to feel better about their pathetic lives and small pebble brains. I am oh so tired of their stupid phone calls. Example: (and this is a real call that just happened. These are quotes. I’m not paraphrasing.)
I got your papers you faxed yesterday saying that you haven’t received these confirmations.
Mm hm.
Well I’ve got news for you. I faxed them back on the first.
Okay.
You didn’t get them?
No. (‘obviously’ is the parenthetical here)
Well, I’ve got the transmission result right here saying that it went through. Is your fax number 771-0062?
That’s one of them.
Well that’s what I faxed it to and it went through. It took 44 seconds to transmit.
Okay.
What’s going on over there?
I don’t know.
Someone’s buzzing me. Well, I’m going to fax them again, but it has to be on your end.
Okay.
Mexico - surging ahead of the U.S. in equality
I was not even aware that civil unions were up for discussion in Mexico, until I read this article stating how an overwhelming majority of lawmakers in Mexico City voted to legalize civil unions.
Mexico City's assembly on Thursday voted for the first time in the country's history to legally recognize gay civil unions, a measure that will provide same-sex couples with benefits similar to those of married couples. The mayor was expected to sign the measure into law. Mexico City is a federal district with its own legislature, and the law will apply only to residents of the capital, with a population of 8.7 million. This is the first time any state legislature has approved such a law anywhere in Mexico.
Mexico!?! Mexico is progressing at a faster rate than the U.S.!?! That is amazing - now when is the U.S. going to catch up with the rest of the world? If the huge Catholic population in Mexico can legalize civil unions, then surely the bible thumpers here can do the same.
File under: gay marriage Mexico
Mexico City's assembly on Thursday voted for the first time in the country's history to legally recognize gay civil unions, a measure that will provide same-sex couples with benefits similar to those of married couples. The mayor was expected to sign the measure into law. Mexico City is a federal district with its own legislature, and the law will apply only to residents of the capital, with a population of 8.7 million. This is the first time any state legislature has approved such a law anywhere in Mexico.
Mexico!?! Mexico is progressing at a faster rate than the U.S.!?! That is amazing - now when is the U.S. going to catch up with the rest of the world? If the huge Catholic population in Mexico can legalize civil unions, then surely the bible thumpers here can do the same.
File under: gay marriage Mexico
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
the hobbit is a republican
Travis the Hobbit asked me a "trivia" question of which Ronald Reagan was the answer. I replied, "That's unfortunate."
Travis the Hobbit says I am the only person he's ever met that did not like Reagan. I told him not to worry, for we are among him.
Travis the Hobbit is a genius. He noted that we probably did not vote the same yesterday.
File under: travis the hobbit
Travis the Hobbit says I am the only person he's ever met that did not like Reagan. I told him not to worry, for we are among him.
Travis the Hobbit is a genius. He noted that we probably did not vote the same yesterday.
File under: travis the hobbit
Tennessee - where homophobia is thriving
According to an article in the Nashville Tennessean, an Associated Press exit poll showed that the marriage amendment had the strongest support among married women with children, small-town residents, weekly churchgoers and conservatives.
I feel so sorry for those children of those 'married women with children' as statistically a crop of them are going to be gay.
The same article also quotes the following sage:
Paula Donald, 41, said she voted Tuesday because she is against same-sex relationships.
"A lot of people don't realize that's damnation to their soul," said Donald, who voted in Lebanon.
Let's just for argument's sake say that this sage is correct...why does she care about the damnation of other people's souls? If people stopped getting up in other people's business things would be a lot better all around.
Other states with voters suffering from the Gladys Kravits syndrome...Idaho, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Colorado, South Dakota and Arizona were too close to call.
and now...off to find my girlfriend and see what we can do about destroying the sanctity of marriage...
file under: gay marriage backwards thinking Tennessee
I feel so sorry for those children of those 'married women with children' as statistically a crop of them are going to be gay.
The same article also quotes the following sage:
Paula Donald, 41, said she voted Tuesday because she is against same-sex relationships.
"A lot of people don't realize that's damnation to their soul," said Donald, who voted in Lebanon.
Let's just for argument's sake say that this sage is correct...why does she care about the damnation of other people's souls? If people stopped getting up in other people's business things would be a lot better all around.
Other states with voters suffering from the Gladys Kravits syndrome...Idaho, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Colorado, South Dakota and Arizona were too close to call.
and now...off to find my girlfriend and see what we can do about destroying the sanctity of marriage...
file under: gay marriage backwards thinking Tennessee
a mouthy hobbit sits beside me at work
I enjoy the slacker pasttime of getting paid to do nothing. What's even better is getting paid to play online or do my homework for my MBA classes.
Travis the Hobbit likes to interrupt me while I am trying to partake in these activities. He sits in the cubicle beside me. He likes to talk. A lot. About nothing. Even when no one is listening. He also likes to repeat the same stories every day.
Travis the Hobbit enjoys bacon from the cafeteria downstairs for breakfast. He likes to show up for work late and scour the office for free food.
Travis the Hobbit likes to sneak up behind me when I am deeply focused on a particularly enticing bit of g/g slash fan fiction. Travis the Hobbit moves with the stealth of a ninja at these moments.
Travis the Hobbit tells me daily about the 5 mile run he does with his 'group' (AA? Dungeons & Dragons? who knows?) every Saturday. Travis the Hobbit has a pot belly. He also tells me he has bad knees. And a step-dog.
Travis the Hobbit hates this job as much as I do. He tells me about it every day. Several times.
file under: office annoyances Travis the Hobbit
Travis the Hobbit likes to interrupt me while I am trying to partake in these activities. He sits in the cubicle beside me. He likes to talk. A lot. About nothing. Even when no one is listening. He also likes to repeat the same stories every day.
Travis the Hobbit enjoys bacon from the cafeteria downstairs for breakfast. He likes to show up for work late and scour the office for free food.
Travis the Hobbit likes to sneak up behind me when I am deeply focused on a particularly enticing bit of g/g slash fan fiction. Travis the Hobbit moves with the stealth of a ninja at these moments.
Travis the Hobbit tells me daily about the 5 mile run he does with his 'group' (AA? Dungeons & Dragons? who knows?) every Saturday. Travis the Hobbit has a pot belly. He also tells me he has bad knees. And a step-dog.
Travis the Hobbit hates this job as much as I do. He tells me about it every day. Several times.
file under: office annoyances Travis the Hobbit
more on Faith Hill
"The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me," Hill said in a statement. "For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving Female Vocalist of The Year."
So, let's be naïve for a moment and say Faith Hill was just joking around, as was mentioned in a previous statement by her peeps. The second statement released by her posse what an actual statement from her, as posted above, where she mentions that the focus should not be on her but on the talent, blah, blah.... Yet, by doing a goofy dance and joking upset tantrum, doesn't that put the focus on her and not on the talent? So, either way, she seems to get what she wants - focus on her. If she was joking - it puts the focus on her. If she was mad - the focus is on her. Can't she just say "I'm needy and need the focus to be on me" and let it be?
File under: Faith Hill
So, let's be naïve for a moment and say Faith Hill was just joking around, as was mentioned in a previous statement by her peeps. The second statement released by her posse what an actual statement from her, as posted above, where she mentions that the focus should not be on her but on the talent, blah, blah.... Yet, by doing a goofy dance and joking upset tantrum, doesn't that put the focus on her and not on the talent? So, either way, she seems to get what she wants - focus on her. If she was joking - it puts the focus on her. If she was mad - the focus is on her. Can't she just say "I'm needy and need the focus to be on me" and let it be?
File under: Faith Hill
Faith Hill: spoiled & angry
Faith Hill, caught with the proverbial foot-in-mouth, stated that she was joking around and that she is not upset about Carrie Underwood's win at the CMA's. A choir of do-gooders (aka those with a financial stake in Faith's career) have testified to the character of Faith and how she would never be mean like that. Having met Faith Hill and attended industry functions honoring her and her career, I know she's too stupid to have realized the camera was on her when she threw her hissy fit.
People backstage at the CMA's seem to be echoing my thoughts. Word around Nashville is that nice, sweet lil' ole Faith was a bit, shall we say 'pissy ' about not getting a standing ovation when Martina McBride did. Yet, her spirit wasn't dampened due to the thoughts of taking home that trophy. So, when she didn't win, the pissy went mega-pissy. The end.
Local news in Nashville featured interviews with fans around town and their thoughts on Faith's playful upset/angry roar. One woman stated that she knew Faith wasn't being mean because she is "a real classy lady." Well, clearly this woman wasn't paying attention back when Faith first got with Tim McGraw...she was engaged at the time to her producer, Scott Hendricks. She cheated on him with Tim, and then promptly dumped him. If that's not class, then I don't know what is.
File under: Faith Hill
People backstage at the CMA's seem to be echoing my thoughts. Word around Nashville is that nice, sweet lil' ole Faith was a bit, shall we say 'pissy ' about not getting a standing ovation when Martina McBride did. Yet, her spirit wasn't dampened due to the thoughts of taking home that trophy. So, when she didn't win, the pissy went mega-pissy. The end.
Local news in Nashville featured interviews with fans around town and their thoughts on Faith's playful upset/angry roar. One woman stated that she knew Faith wasn't being mean because she is "a real classy lady." Well, clearly this woman wasn't paying attention back when Faith first got with Tim McGraw...she was engaged at the time to her producer, Scott Hendricks. She cheated on him with Tim, and then promptly dumped him. If that's not class, then I don't know what is.
File under: Faith Hill
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