It turned out that the civilians are working on Friday so I actually had one extra day of work this week. I find out about my extra shift eight hours before I was to be at work so it wasn’t that bad of a deal. They were, apparently, unsure if I was going to show up and didn’t know what to do. Someone suggested that they call me – what a novel idea. My mind has been in vacation mode since I left work yesterday so I’ve just been goofing off – yep – goofing off. I’ve had some time to snag a couple of news snippets – the excerpts don’t tell the whole story but most are amusing enough to stand on their own.
The finale of a political convention is a little like a wedding: the bride is always radiant, and the nominee is always stirring. In an unusual turn, even Senator John McCain, the expected Republican nominee, felt compelled to pay tribute to Mr. Obama’s historic milestone with a television advertisement congratulating his opponent on “a job well done.” (No good ad goes unpunished: after Mr. McCain’s spot on CNN came a Mutual of Omaha commercial about retirement plans for the elderly, and another promising to reverse baldness.)
I love irony
John McCain’s campaign is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Gustav as it heads towards the Gulf Coast and Republicans begin the trek to St. Paul, Minnesota, to nominate McCain for president.
Gee – it would be a shame to have people correlate your nomination with Bush and the debacle that was Katrina. It’s no wonder you’re worried about the path of the storm.
With a day’s program that included music from Jennifer Hudson, Sheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder (“a personal highlight for me,” CNN’s Wolf Blitzer said), it was a bit of an Obamapalooza. Joe Biden showed up unannounced — to jam, as it were. Perhaps he just wanted to feel what it was like to address a crowd of 84,000.
Ouch – that’s just mean.
This time, like before, the argument is that labels would like to sell the albums as a unit instead of singles, and the new part is that some of them are beginning to bypass the iTunes behemoth distribution machine. Apple insists that labels can’t sell the whole album as a unit, and has also stuck, for the most part, to its 99 cent-per-song philosophy, which labels have fought against.
The music industry wants to get back to the selling 10-14 songs at a time while only giving you two songs you’ll actually like. Great business plan!
Eleven beheaded bodies were dumped close to a graveyard outside a sleepy southern city on Thursday in the latest shocking crime in Mexico’s vicious drug war.
I read the eleven beheaded bodies and thought – its gotta be drugs. You might as well call me Carnac the Magnificent.
Defense attorneys filed 95 letters in court Wednesday night as part of a bid to get Abramoff out of prison early. They describe him as a humbled, changed man whose family is suffering and nearly broke after his first 18 months in prison… …In prison, Abramoff has focused on studying Judaism and helping fellow inmates, friends said. He has taught classes entitled “Parenting from a Distance,” “Modern Marvels,” “Cinema Studies,” and “The Holocaust in Films,” his attorneys said. He is currently teaching a motion picture theory class.
Almost anyone trying to get out of jail early finds religion. I have a feeling Bush is going to give him a last minute pardon – its a shame – the guy deserves to spend his time in jail. They should give a fair trial to the West Memphis Three before they even think of dealing with this guys crap.
After Adrian Beltre’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday, the Mariners went completely nuts. Winning pitcher R.A. Dickey told The Seattle Times, “We celebrated just like we would have celebrated if we were in a pennant race.” Nothing like the manufactured excitement that comes from reducing a division lead to … 30 1/2 games
Our team is… what’s the word? Horrendous
The Lindsay Lohan sweating an athlete thing isn’t brand spanking earth shattering news. She’s already discussed, in a rather profane manner, how attractive she thinks Michael Phelps is, and the now, she may or may not be infatuated with a certain Chicago Bears quarterback. That’s right, Kyle Orton, you are pretty, pretty, pretty attractive. Also spied dancing with an attractive blonde at Crimson Lounge: new Bears quarterback Kyle Orton – dubbed ”super-hot” by Lohan, Ronson and Lauper, who all admired the NFL player’s dance-floor moves.
Last year he looked like a child molester with his molestache – this year he’s attractive?
“Gentlemen, I’m the last person to disagree with you on the chicken hawk, lying coward, sexist, racist, needs a face-lift, whore stuff, but you really need to re-cut this track,” Olbermann said addressing the Avengers last week on his MSNBC show “Countdown.” “Nobody’s life should be threatened, not even in the hyperbole of the moment. Beside, you are rappers. You have better ethics than Bill O’Reilly does. Live up to them. Don’t live down to him. Word to your mother.”
Way to go Olbermann
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