Saturday (Night) Video Roundup: manscaping
Probably my favorite ad on TV right now – I think it’s even better than the much-vaunted Old Spice campaign.
Read moreSaturday Video Roundup: the Bovine Boogie
Just because. Happy Saturday.
Read moreThe Colorado Crusading Rockies: why is the club’s religious mandate such a huge secret in its own hometown?
Here in a few weeks my company is taking all the employees to a Colorado Rockies game. All of us except me, that is – I’ll be begging off for reasons that I feel like I’ve hashed through a million times. I will no doubt be afforded several more chances to explain why I refuse to patronize the Rox as
Read moreLooking for work? Job ad of the day
Now this, this sounds like a great place to work. (I’ll post the entire text of the ad a) in case it disappears, and b) because it seems to be posted a number of places online.) TRUTH AND HONESTY WRITERS AND EDITORS (East Denver) Wanted – Editors/Writers To Sift Through 10 Years Of Our Truth And Honesty Writings Into Approximately
Read moreFound poetry Tuesday
Sometimes you write poetry. Other times you just find it laying around in the oddest places. Much fun this morning at The Agonist. Have a look.
Read moreSpoken Word: Sam Smith at Writing the Rockies
I spent the weekend up in Gunnison at the annual Writing the Rockies Conference, hosted by Western State College. While there, I got to enjoy weather that was staggeringly beautiful, great beer from the Gunnison Brewery and the Crested Butte Brewing Company (Gunnison’s GABF Gold Medal-winning Summertime 69 was righteous, by the way), outstanding readings and seminars from the likes
Read moreThe eye of the Tiger: does Woods have to choose between being a great golfer and a good human being?
Tiger Woods wrapped up the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews tied for 23rd and 13 strokes off the pace, “his worst finish at a major in which he completed 72 holes since a tie for 24th at the 2004 PGA.” You might remember that Woods had a little domestic dustup last November, and since then he hasn’t exactly been
Read moreThe letter that Steve Jobs ought to write to Apple customers
Tricky Dick. Slick Willie. Toyota. Now … Apple? What the heck is so hard about the truth, especially when it’s clear that we live in a world where it gets harder and harder to lie and get away with it by the day. I may have mentioned my friend John Cavanaugh’s biz site, The Tap Tap Tap. John is too
Read moreWhoopi Goldberg: defender of the indefensible?
So, I had been aggressively not following Mel Gibson’s latest spewfest. The truth is, I’ve known what I needed to know about him for some time, and worrying about the particulars of each new episode would be pointless celebrity-mongering. Then, of course, somebody insisted that I listen to the actual audio. I came away thinking, wait, did he just say
Read moreThe complex legacy of Darth Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner is dead. Let me begin by saying that I’m a Red Sox fan and a lifelong Yankee-hater who loathed Steinbrenner from shortly after I first heard his name. Let me further note that for the better part of the last three decades I have argued, passionately and to anyone who’d listen, that there were precisely three things wrong
Read moreNew LeBron commercials debut
Oh, dear. This is so wrong.
Read moreSaturday Video Roundup: “fixing” Firefly’s credits
Firefly fans rejoice – they finally got the opening credits right! Thx to Lara Amber for the link.
Read moreLeBron James: welcome to the Punk Hall of Fame
Let’s say you’re a guy and you’ve been involved with a woman. Long-term, committed, exclusive relationship. Several years together. You loved her dearly through the years and she’s simply gaga over you, for reasons none of your friends fully understand. But now, now you’ve realized that it isn’t going to work any longer. Maybe you have different priorities. Maybe you
Read moreMainstream media joins Climategate whitewash
Brian noted last week that a Penn State investigation had cleared Dr. Michael Mann of any wrongdoing in the “Climategate” noise-up, which involved as-yet-unidentified criminals stealing private property and attempting to turn it into evidence of a vast climate disruption conspiracy on the part of greedy liberal scientists. Apparently the conspiracy runs deeper than anyone could have imagined. Dozens, if
Read more“Teabagger Paradise” revisited: Colorado Springs begs for mercy
Back in February I authored a look at the implications of Colorado’s infamous Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) on the state, and in particular on the city of Colorado Springs, which has been forced to cut services that most would regard as essential in order to comply with one of the most foolish bits of legislation in the nation. Teabagger
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