"You want to be careful not to become just a blowhard."

--Ann Coulter to The Washington Post on October 16, 1998.

Hmmm.

The best part about this quote is where it appears in an Associated Press story about the 9/11 Commission criticizing Coulter.

In other news: Four days in a row with entries on Livejournal. I AM A MACHINE.

I had the idea this morning to start another blog revolving around the role of religion in the media, the exploration of my personal faith, and the relationship between the two. Nevertheless, this might be a tad ambitious to implement immediately. :-) So I'll start small with this LA Times op-ed about Bush and his handling of the gay marriage ( Read more... )

So I'm on the Forget Cassettes web site today--a very good band, by the way--and their new single, "The Catch," began playing. And there's this little guitar melody that occurs a couple of times after Beth, the lead singer, finishes a stanza of lyrics. It's just a handful of notes that slightly drone, and there's some effects that help shape its ( Read more... )

So you're winding down the evening of this beautiful day of 6/6/06, and you've noted that the day has not brought utter calamity and apocalyptic destruction and nefarious evil. It has, in fact, been pretty calm and (perhaps) generally uneventful. For instance, I walked on the trail with Kandace, fixed myself a good pasta dinner, and watched Last ( Read more... )

Courtesy of insipid_paragon....

( Music meme )

I would be doing an extreme disservice if I did not share with you what is already my favorite video of the year*:

First, pre-video context - the main story and interview underneath the pictures are sufficient.

Lordi - "Hard Rock Hallelujah"*Until I see DragonForce's video for "Through the Fire and Flames," which is on my to-do list for sometime ( Read more... )

Thievery of sarmoti's television meme...

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( A Friday Fiver, even though I'm post-Friday Fiver )

From the Questionable Content forums, regarding one listener's reaction to the might of DragonForce ( Read more... )

It's about time I felt like updating.

( Friday Fiver )