The second image accompanying this article is a painting by Adolph Hitler, they are calling "Deserted Farmyard", and I... really like it.

Of course, I still think he was an evil bastard.  But I find my old joke about how his rise to becoming an evil dictator might have been averted had art critics been more appreciative somehow, suddenly, less ( Read more... )

...there is still no White House puppy.  If you'll recall, in his election night victory speech, Obama told his two young daughters that they would be getting a puppy.  In little girl time, the time that has elapsed since that speech is an eternity.  So, why the hold-up?  And can we really trust a man who taunts his young children with the prospect ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&feature=player_embedded

I was reading an article about Sir Ian McKellen and learned that one of his current projects is an updated version of the 1960's cult hit show "The Prisoner", which starred Patrick McGoohan as an ex-secret agent who is trapped on an eerily cheery and "comfortable" prison island where his mysterious captors alternate between torture and treachery in ( Read more... )

Have you ever sat in a seat immediately after another person and discovered that it is still warm from their body heat?  I think how you feel about that warmth is a pretty good indication of how you feel about that person.  If you think, "Ewww, residual body heat.  Gross!" then you don't like that person very much.  But if you think, "Aaahhhhh, ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon these rare color photos from the 1940's and it amazes me how hard it is for my brain to reconcile that they are real people.  I can't look at a color photo of that era without feeling like I'm looking at a movie still.  I remember a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where Calvin's dad explains that the world really was black and white until ( Read more... )

My plan is to make my blog entries increasingly controversial until someone admits to being offended.

http://amberopines.blogspot.com/

I started a new blog a few weeks back.  It's basically a soap box for me to rant.  Please read it and comment.  I'm itching for an argument, so please disagree with me.

http://amberopines.blogspot.com/

The recent scandal surrounding 13-year old British father Alfie (or potential father, given the appearance of other contenders) made me remember having heard long ago that the youngest female ever to give birth was six years old.  I decided to investigate the claim.  Snopes.com yielded some pretty compelling support for the claim that a 5 year old ( Read more... )

...ate her own shit ( Read more... )