Forty of these? Really? Man. Guess we need to start planning for number 50.

Guest panelist Aaron Bleyart joins us to discuss our President-in-Chief appearing all over late night comedy programs of late. THERE ARE EVEN EMBEDDED VIDEOCLIPS, for your home-judging.

Wasted Words Show 40 - All Wheat, No Chaff

So, there it is. Listen away, chumps.

That's right, after a hiatus, The City Desk is sort of grinding back to life.

The Brothel Five Levels Below the Street

It's back because of a couple of conversations over the last month or so- one over email, one in person and this article from yesterday's Times that kind of made me feel a bit ashamed at dropping the thing ( Read more... )

Interesting article in today's Philadelphia Weekly about urban survivalist types here in our fair city.

These folks alternately fascinate me and creep me out a bit. On the first page, the main subject of the story is casually mentioned as a 911 Truther and various conspiracies (and zombies) are presented in a po-faced (to borrow a favorite term of calamityjon' ( Read more... )

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There is a new Wasted Words podcast: Show 37 - Party Man Bach and Jameel Bach.

In it, Tony "mrkevincostner" Zaret is very, very drunk; shekb, stephenl and I discuss things; and our "Ask the Bartender" bartender somehow steals a joke from manningkrull.

Truly, a whirlwind affair.

Hey! That new "Space Trek" movie is coming out this week, so the latest Wasted Words has a chance for you to win a very, very special prize!

Listen: Show 36 - Beam Me UpAlso, Olivia ditches us for a bit to watch tele-vision and we discuss the best indicator that a haircut is needed, why we drink on some holidays and not others, your favorite words ( Read more... )

Two things I have on the internet today-

1) The "Hipster Grifter" was arrested in Philadelphia. A guy in a band takes credit on the City Paper Web log and people get angry. I wade through the comments for your sins, over at Get Off The Internet2) Dateline: Silver Age is a very fun weblog that posts scans of insane newspaper headlines from insane ( Read more... )

:: So, hey- the Holy Trinity of DISASTERS WHICH FREAK RJ THE HECK OUT consists of 1) Tornadoes, 2) Nuclear War and 3) Global flu pandemic. DING ( Read more... )

Failing newspapers should take advantage of this awful Craigslist killer story while they can. For instance-

"The Daily Chronicle Classifieds - No one's been killed because of them since 1976."

"We'll sell your boat and no one will stab you- GUARANTEED. Craig's-List can't make that same promise."

"Alternative Weekly adult personals - Erotic ( Read more... )

:: I am not watching a lot of regular series tele-vision these days. But, of the things I am watching, 30 Rock is the only one where I just sit there, genuinely impressed week-in, week-out at the construction of the thing. Jumping between the A and B (and sometimes C) plots with ease, having them overlap where appropriate; the setups and payoffs; ( Read more... )