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The (Hurricane) Name Game 27 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
It has been a blissfully quiet Hurricane season thus far. Weather conditions for development have been unfavorable, which is something I, uh, favor. It's been so slow on the storm front that I haven't...
Newspaper Readers are Notoriously Immune to Bullshit! 27 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
Which is good, because otherwise JESUS H. CHRIST IN A SALAD: You keep shrinking my newspaper and charging me more for it. What’s up with that? We’re changing some of our content to give it a sharper l...
In Defense of One Direction, Or Why Your Favorite Music Is Terrible 27 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am
Is there anything old people like more than hating on young people's taste in music? I mean it's like the Olympics for us: Magazines and television and advertisements tell teenage girls that they shou...
The troll meets the drummer 26 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm
Remember when I posted last month about a confrontation between malakatude hall of famer James O'Keefe and former US Attorney/amateur drummer Jim Letten? You don't? Here's a link to that post. The muc...
Today on Tommy T's Obsession with the Freeperati - strange bedfellows edition 26 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
Morning, all! Firstly, in The Endless Freepathon(tm) news, the usual trick of throwing subsciptions and pledges into the total at the last moment and declaring victory doesn't seem to be working so we...
GET IT BACK: The Newsroom Thread 26 Aug 2013 | 09:05 am
My fucking queen of everything. Quick takes: Oh, I just can't tonight. The last two minutes of that show ruined me forever and I may never get better. I may just run around tomorrow randomly yelling G...
A Lengthy Arrest Record Leads to Instant Wealth and Security 25 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
So let's criminalize homelessness, guys! City council members in Columbia, S.C., recently voted unanimously to criminalize homelessness. Concerned that Columbia has become a “magnet for homeless peopl...
Sunday Morning Video: Men at Work Live In Rio In 1997 25 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
I've always had a soft spot in my musical heart for Australian rock bands, especially Men at Work. Their front man Colin Hay is seriously underrated as both a singer and songwriter. Here's Colin and t...
Saturday Night Music: The El Paso Variations 25 Aug 2013 | 08:15 am
Between my friends Craig and Kim Giesecke's recent stay there and the fact that The Bridge is set there, I have El Paso on my mind. That, in turn, means that I have major earwormage. Here are three-co...
Weekend Question Thread 24 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
What's the silliest thing one of your pets has done? We nicknamed Bucky Cheddar Bob, because he's not the sharpest tool in the whole shed, and my favorite memory of him as a kit is his miscalculating ...
