Jonathan Last

I am Third
February 8th, 2005

Boy, is it quiet around here. My lame-O posts are stuck like krazy glue to the top of the page. And you’re probably wondering if you’ve ever read my stuff before. My better two-thirds, Jonathan and Vic, are away this week on The Weekly Standard cruise. Jonathan, however, is posting on weeklystandard.com with daily updates on his life at sea.

Day One

Day Two

Duane February 8, 2005 at 7:12 pm

Good to hear Last is simply away on the cruise. I was afraid he did something drastic after Philly’s humiliating loss. Glad to hear he’s ok. I’m sure the margaritas on the sun deck are helping.

Anonymous February 8, 2005 at 11:50 pm

and where is your time for fun in the sun?

Anonymous February 9, 2005 at 1:58 am

Now this is a good cruise….

Anonymous February 9, 2005 at 12:59 pm

Skinner, posts are not “Lame-O.” I’m just glad we still have a slave to keep us amused and informed. Also glad Jonathan is off cruising and not in an instituion, though open water probably looked pretty good after the Eagles lost. But something tells me that as a Philly fan even deep down he wasn’t surprised when the Eagles went down. Even Smarty Jones couldn’t make the last leg. It’s Philly.

Anonymous February 9, 2005 at 6:20 pm

Buder checking in fromt he SB….Well, what a weekend. Fans breakouit 80/20 in favor of the Birds, although Jax is NOT EQUIPPED for an event of this magnitude. Waiting 2 hours for a cab at 3AM is not my idea of fun. Throw in the fact that my new second most hated team beat the Eagles when realistically we had those suckers on the ropes, just…about….kills…me.Dang!

Anonymous February 10, 2005 at 8:59 pm

I have read your stuff before. You wrote something on Moulon Rouge that, as I recall, showed you didn’t know anything about musicals. I was very annoyed. But you may find this funny: Rupert was WrongCal

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