March 6th, 2008
Congratulations to 14-year-old McKay Hatch of South Pasadena who helped launch No Cussing Week this week, to which the folks currently celebrating National Procrastination Week replied, “Fuck it.”
0 commentsDefensive Intensity
March 6th, 2008
Courtesy of Lion in Oil:
Where did he learn to play defense like that? As a Philadelphia ’76er, of course.
0 commentsThe Truest Thing You've Ever Heard
March 5th, 2008
From Spengler:
0 commentsSpouses do not necessarily share their likes, but they must have their hatreds in common.
You Mess with the Bull . . .
March 5th, 2008
Will those crazy Israeli backpackers never learn? Two photos of a gentleman who thought it would be a good idea to taunt a 16-foot croc:
Brief Political Aside
March 5th, 2008
I’m watching CNN’s election coverage (in glorious high definition) and Wolf Blitzer was just showing Barack Obama with a giant, 18-point lead over Hillary Clinton. I was kind of surprised by that. He then showed the vote totals–436,064 votes for Obama and only 303,276 votes for Clinton with 1 percent reporting. He actually read the totals out and did some analysis on them. Apparently it never occurred to him that this might be some sort of technical glitch since, you know, Texas doesn’t have 73 million voters.
Blitzer! Get over here and sit on my shoulders while I do push-ups.
0 commentsURGENT GEEK NEWS
March 5th, 2008
CNN is reporting that Gary Gygax, the father of D&D, is dead.
It’s sad, sad news. Go home and throw a 20-sider for the holmes.
0 commentsThe Emo Eagles Fan Returns
March 4th, 2008
The best one ever?
0 commentsSame as it ever was. You think you have so much to offer someone – emotional support, intellectual stimulation, consideration for their needs, a big contract with lots of guaranteed money – and yet they return to easy crutch of the familiar. People can be weak. Change can be a minefield.
I know this to be true, as do my cherished Eagles. Last summer, Samantha was dropping hints that she and Mathias might be on the outs. Now was my chance to show her what I had to offer. I took her to a couple movies she was dying to see. Even went shopping with her, y’know, to show her how much I enjoyed her company. I spent hours listening to her detail the various problems her relationship was undergoing. All the stuff Mathias wouldn’t do for her. We didn’t get physical. There’s no way I could force her to cheat.
There was this one day in July, I was at a Phillies game and she had me on the phone the whole time. She was weeping, I mean, really bawling for hours on end. I don’t even remember what happened in the game, so intense was my concentration with what she had to say. I guess Mathias had really screwed up big. Flirted with some other girl really obviously right in front of her. Even bragged a little about how hot this other girl was. What a dick.
So Samantha says she doesn’t know why she kept falling for assholes like him and why she couldn’t ever settle for a nice guy like me. Then came the bombshell: she had something important to tell me if I’d meet her the next day for lunch.
So I arrived at the Cosi the next day, hoping for the best. Soon enough though, noon turned to 1 o’clock and she hadn’t shown. I called her cell a few times and it kept going straight to voicemail.
A few days went by and I hadn’t heard anything but until I ran into her friend outside the Tower Records (God, I miss it). She told me Samantha was out of town at Mathias’ family’s beach house for the next two weeks. Apparently he told her he was just kidding around about the other girl. He also told her about the beach house.
That’s when I knew I screwed up. If only I’d acted like I cared more during those calls, she’d’ve known I was the one. I mean, I did care. But I really should’ve poured it on. Whould it have killed me to shed a few tears myself?
I think the Eagles learned that lesson too.
BSG: The Last Supper
March 4th, 2008
Galley Friend B.W. sends us this amazing link:
