Tonight, Saturday Night Live is airing the first episode that George Carlin ever hosted. Thanks to
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Comedian George Carlin died of a heart attack yesterday at age 71.I don't know what to say. He's my countercultural-iconoclastic-comedic hero and I'm very sad to hear he's gone. I'm so glad I got to see him do a show several years ago ( Read more... )

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There's a cell gateway on sale this week at Target. It's one of those things that connects your mobile phone to a landline-connected device via Bluetooth. The claim on the box is that you'll never miss a call again ( Read more... )

Here are the hints for the current lyrics challenge. I've disabled comments so you'll have to answer at the original post; I like to keep all the answers together 'cause I'm just anal retentive like that.

2. What there is to be shrunken is first stretched out
What there is to be weakened is first made strong
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My informed and not-so-humble opinion is that "Tomorrow" is, to this day, the greatest song that U2 has ever done. I've given the matter a great deal of thought (oh, you know I have). The song never fails to move me. What a masterpiece. It makes a brilliant counterpart to "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," if you consider that each one is ( Read more... )

The rules: Don't be askin' for help from anybody, 'K? K. That includes search engines. Just tell me who did the song and what it's called.

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I meant to post hints for the ones that weren't answered, but I lost track of things, so here are the answers. Now that I look back on these, I think there were only three that nobody got, so a hints post might have been a waste of time anyway ( Read more... )

New York to recognize gay marriages

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov. David Paterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday ( Read more... )

Rest in Peace, beloved Mr. Pollack. I'm going to miss your intellectual wit, displayed to best effect in Tootsie. I hope your afterlife will be beautiful.