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Finnish Idol

Bummed out now that America’s Got Talent is over? Wishing and hoping for the return of American Idol? Fear not! We have the hit talent contest from Finland to tide you over. Here’s last year’s winner doing their rendition of the Village People classic “YMCA”.

The Newest Citizen in Mac Nation

Well, I fought it as long as I could. I was first exposed to Apple via an Apple ][ back in grade school (yes, I lived in a good neighborhood and we had computers in school during the stone age. I won’t apologize for that, but it does explain why I am such a

Double Standards

Do you think, for even one minute, that had Bob Filner been a Republican member of Congress, this story would have glossed over his party affiliation? The only mention of Filner’s party alignment is the tiny “D” attached to his state. That’s how the mainstream media does it when the arrested/indicted/convicted

Bad Week for the GOP

With Pryce, Pickering and now Hastert announcing they will not be running for re-election next year, numbers that were already pretty bleak (232-202) are getting bleaker by the minute. The upside is there are a lot of shaky seats that Bush won in 04 that went D in 06. However, if our current

America’s Got Talent?

Ok, I tried to watch America’s Got Talent last year and couldn’t get into it. It was like watching a really long, tedious version of The Gong Show. It was too painful to become invested in. When it came on again this year, I didn’t start watching until much later,

Ames, You Are A Cruel Mistress

So it’s all over but the crying in Iowa. The straw poll has come and gone yet again and many a campaign is left to deal with the shattered dreams that are produced by a nonsensical, non-binding event that is nothing but a fundraiser.
Jon Stewart, in coverage for Comedy Central after the 1999 straw

New Look And Feel

I’ve been tinkering with a new design for The Quip and finally settled on something. It’s sort of a dramatic departure from the old site, and now I’m not sure that I like it. Before I start messing with it again, I thought I’d ask my three loyal readers what they think.