I'd like to think that the wheels are falling off of the bus ... but just our luck Bush will remained unscathed through all of this ...

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Any major article released the 4th of July week that ends with the quote, "the Founding Fathers would be shocked by what they've done" is good reading.

Check out the New Yorker article on David Addington - Dick Cheney's chief of staff.

Man, these guys are dirty fuckers.

Wow, so did you see this?

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So I was at Wal- Mart yesterday (I know, I know, but it was the only store open) and I bought more of those M&M Pirate Pearls - the White Chocolate M&Ms.

I've got to say, I'm a huge fan of the White Chocolate. But I just don't understand in the least how this product is related to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The ... what do you ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, just wanted to wish you a very happy Canada Day, eh!


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It must have been a slow news day on Monday, because I heard the same question posed on both the local Maine sports radio show as well as on ESPN, "How is Pedro Martinez going to be received in Boston this week ( Read more... )

One of the stupidest things I'm going to miss at work is getting all of the catalogs. I get a dozen each day. Literally.

And, because of a program last spring where I needed to buy a hundred-something shirts, we have three accounts with Victoria's Secret. All with my name on them. So each time a new one comes out, I get three catalogs ( Read more... )

So the weather here in Southern Maine has been totally nuts lately. Last week was wall-to-wall thunderstorms. We even had a microburst in Bridgton last Tuesday. I had never even heard of one, and here we have it ( Read more... )

So I just got back from a weekend down in Hull, Massamachusetts, where my college roommate and all-around swell fellow James got married.

The weather was so-so, and I started the weekend with a rough run-in with Google Maps' directions (which were beyond horrible). But a bunch of my California kids were there (seeing Ochs two weekends in a row, ( Read more... )

Wow, I've been waiting for this for a long time! It's odd, though, with Cartoon Network playing "Saved by the Bell" and "Pee Wees Playhouse", I guess Comedy Central is now the best place for cartoons on cable.

Whatever. That works for me!

"Futurama" gets new life on Comedy Central ( Read more... )