SUPPORT THE WRITER'S STRIKE

Stories from the front line.

"We will overcome!"



BTW, if you don't understand what the writers are fighting for, here's a good primer:

SIMPLY EXQUISITE

sent to me from my friend Steffen, a critic in Prague.

THE U.S. MAKES THE HIGHEST QUALITY RUBBER VOMIT

It's true. Accept no imitations. Read about it here.

(This one's for you, Jeff)

SOMETIMES COMMERCIALS ARE... WELL, COOL

Okay, I'm a sucker for this JC Penny commercial. What can I say? It speaks to the misfit nerd in me.




Now, this Honda commercial totally rocks. I know they did it with CGI but it's just cool imagining that someone spent the time setting up this contraption.

ATTACK OF THE PARASITES!

Wonderful mash up of government health films. Brilliant!

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

I saw these first two a couple of years back and oh-so loved them. The third is a British take and equally brilliant. During this season of sales remember, all these festively decorated stores care about is your money.




Sorry about the resolution. I couldn't find a better copy on YouTube.




Feel the rush. Cure the rash.

PICKLE SURPRISE

Sent to me by my best buddy Jeff. I don't know if I'm more tickled or disturbed by this bizarre commercial. All I know is that not enough commercials employ transvestities.

SAUDI ARABIA AND OIL

The Kingdom was a Jamie Foxx war/action thriller released this past August. I was not a fan. You can read my review here. Nevertheless, the film's opening credits featured a boffo animated retelling of Saudi Arabia's oil history. Plus the music is terrific. It's concise, fascinating stuff.

Click on the YouTube video below and you can skip the tiresome 2 hours that follow.

THE BEATLES DO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

...in that oh-so Beatle-esque way. Probably one of the best music/video mashups I've ever seen.

QUICK VIDEO LINKS WORTH SEEING

1. Keith Olbermann lays an incredible smackdown on the Bush Administration's stance on
torture. Necessary viewing!

2. Obama kept Stephen Colbert off North Carolina's presidential ballot?

3. Eight-limbed girl undergoes surgery.

THE EMO HAIKU GENERATOR

darkness surrounds me

God hates me, I hate god back.

Tell me why I tried.

Express yourself here.

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

The stuff of nightmares...

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

Ah, if only I had a supportive family like this.

Question Of The Day: Did God give you a nice juicy tushy?

Garrison Keillor:

Folksy Mark Twain wannabe or Prince of Darkness?

You make the call...

-Dan Savage has some choice words for Keillor's view of marriage... which he no doubt fashioned from years of failure and infidelity.

-Keillor takes on a sweet-faced Ho. More here.

-Keillor goes after the Republican party... then offers an apology.

-Keillor: healthcare and the war.

-The hatemongers perspective.

-Slate HEARTS Garrison.

-Keillor's terrific essay: The Poetry Judge.

Please feel free to weigh in in the comment section.

OUR BOOMER PARENTS DID ALL THE DRUGS, HAD ALL THE SEX AND SHOPPED AT JC PENNY'S WHEN IT WAS COOL

and all we got was AIDS, Nancy "Just Say No" Reagan and stores filled with Cabbage Patch Kids. Gee, thanks Mom and Pop.

See more grooviness here.

TODAY'S SCARY NEWS STORY:
REFUSE TO TEACH CREATIONISM, GET FIRED!

"I'm just a little bit shocked myself that a college in good standing would back up students who insist that people who have been through college and have a master's degree, a couple actually, have to teach that there were such things as talking snakes or lose their job," Bitterman said.

Read about it here.

OUR BASTARD COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO
FROM THEIR BASTARD

Say what you will about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (and much of it is well deserved), at least the guy has the balls to take questions from a hostile audience. When you consider that 'ol George Bush refused to let anyone that wasn't a die-hard Republican attend one of his town hall meetings or campaign speeches you begin to realize what an arrogant, insecure pussy our commander-in-chief really is.

I mean, his cult... er... supporters actually escorted people out if they had bumper stickers on their car that didn't jibe with BushCo politics. Can you even imagine Georgie Boy allowing himself to listen to a comment like: "Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator"?

All that aside, it was good to see Ahmadinejad and his caveman view of the world put up to ridicule. Read about it here.

Best quote:

"In Iran we don't have homosexuals like you do in your country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you that we have it."

WHAT DOES THE POOL BOY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRST FAMILY?

Read here.

BUT DID YOU EVER THINK THAT MAYBE

ALIENS ARE JUST PLAIN ANTI-SEMITIC?

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=103787@wcbs.dayport.com

I LIKE THIS. A LOT.