this blog is taunting me

there is no doubt in my mind that the best way to wake up, or at th very least, have as part of your morning commute, is to have a wife who gets you a warm plate of bacon from Whole Foods while she’s inside there getting milk.  it is, of course, completely inappropriate for my diet, but as far as i am concerned, the diet doesn’t really being until 10 am when i have my morning snack.  anything and everything that happens before then totally does not count at all. not bacon, not donuts; nothing.

I’m not the only one who thought Roger Daltry looked like an old, British lesbian-slash-cat-lady last night at the Superbowl, right? I mean, he may as well have put a shawl on, and sat down for a nice cuppa in front of the tube, wishing for the days of yore, when he met that nice girl who worked at the pub, who all the guys thought was a tomboy, but Roger knew better and..

ahem.

Also, nice call, getting Garth Algar to play drums. Good to see him get work.

Omegle conversation log 2010-02-03

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You: good witch or bad witch?

Stranger: good witch

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You: good witches are also less likely to have houses dropped on them

Stranger: oh shi-

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if you had Stanford in the pool of “which marching band will form Michael Jackson grabbing his crotch”, you must be dissapointed today. Twas Bethune-Cookman University, at the Pro Bowl of all things.

…but if you need an undefeatable supermajority to make your policy come to fruition, maybe you should rethink whether or not it’s any good.

and i say this as a generally left-leaning voter, mind you. but the whole concept of supermajorities run counter to the intent, i believe, of the senatorial system. whereas, granted, the filibuster is oft-used as a way to curb debate on an issue, you cannot tell me that cancelling filibusters isn’t the same exact thing.

we were promised bi-partisan politics – and neither side is delivering. Legislation will surely die because of this – but isn’t that the fate of all legislation that refuses to compromise?

via ComicsAlliance.com

but really, what is love *but* being thrown into an insane asylum?

via CNN.com.

Early in his career, without protection for his ears, the loud noise began to follow Ulrich off-stage.

“It’s this constant ringing in the ears,” Ulrich said. “It never sort of goes away. It never just stops.”

I know this is going to sound crazy, but just hear me out: in a Post-Townshend World, if you are in a band that may be, oh, a little loud, you may want to think about ear protection. I mean, i’m no rocket scientist, but it seems to make sense to me.

also, bravo on the front page placement for this article, cnn: because this is news that cannot be stopped! the people must know the dangers of metallica!

(also, we would have accepted “Napster’s Revenge” as a suitable disease name.

you know what i would like to invest in? a chicken parm sub that isn’t messy. if you could somehow invent a cutlet delivery system that didn’t leave you smelling like an italian whore for weeks, i’d buy it

plus, you’d save napkins. some people think deforestation is caused exclusively thanks to the needs for so many fucking napkins from chicken parm subs.

via Deadspin.

Everyone has handled the Brett Favre comeback differently. Some weep, some curse … and some paint a live goat purple and gold, shave a “4″ on it and then drive it 150 miles to cut its throat before the gods of football. Whatever gets you through the night.

Wow. Greg Brady has really gone off the deep end.

Also: count your lucky stars that *that* is the “goat” image I used.

via US News – FOXNews.com.

Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is dying of cancer, sources told the New York Post.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.