Ok, I was kidding about the rectum part. If you’ve seen Pulp Fiction, you know the story of the watch Christopher Walken smuggled in his anus. Well, not counting Walken’s ass vault, MSN has a list of 16 places where you should not
I found this really amusing. I was searching for the source of this quote, which I have seen attributed to both Alexander Fraser Tytler and Alexis de Tocqueville at various points.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse
About 17 years ago, or so, I went to a short and animated film festival. They had some really great work on display and I was particularly impressed with two films – Juke Bar and Balance. It has been nearly two decades since I first saw them, and I had not seen either
The Washington Post today has a (far too) long piece about Meghan McCain and her blog. The piece is fairly unremarkable in its writing, and the blog, from what I’ve seen is fairly unremarkable with the exception of the angle.
There is, however, one passage that jumped out
Mrs. Quip is heading out on a trip and decides to download a couple of movies from iTunes. She’s got her iPod all set, purchases a couple of rentals and starts the download at midnight. Her flight is at 6:00 AM, so she’ll grab the laptop on the way out the door, transfer
After I posted my last note on this, and was getting ready for bed, I had another thought. We have actually now set a more dangerous precedent than I originally realized.
When politicians screw up and bang interns under a desk, for instance, we give them a free pass and say, “It’s his private life.
Matt Lewis has a good post up at Townhall on the Soren Dayton flap. He takes McCain to task for his overreaction (which is fair). He also takes McCain to task for imposing limits on political combat.
Still, reprimanding him may cause
About 8 years ago, a company called Digital Convergence Corporation had the idea to place bar codes in magazine ads. When you scanned the bar code using a CueCat, your browser would automagically go to a website where you could get additional information. This was welcomed with a huge
A few years ago, I had never even been hunting. My wife’s family has a big annual hunting trip, and I was asked to go along. It seemed a good way to get to know her dad – who has never exactly warmed to the idea that I stole his daughter. So
By elevating the discussion of his relationship with Rev. Wright into a larger discussion of race relations, Obama runs a real risk. The speech today could change the frame so people begin to examine Wright’s words as those of a lone black man raging against the machine. On the other hand, they could