Check this from The Guardian: Ever felt you’re missing the point with some of our biggest cultural heroes? Admit it – everyone can name at least one hip, wildly praised band, album, film, TV show or author that they’ve never really rated. In this special issue, Guide writers get personal and demolish some of the greats they hate Now, as

I gotta be honest with you – the hair is wrong and my boobs are a little perkier in real life. But otherwise this is about right. The Oracle What was your job in a past life? (LOTS of results & Anime Pics) brought to you by Quizilla

The Sludge Report has a story posted that says the soldier who asked Rummy the Q about their inadequate armor situation was coached by Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Edward Lee Pitts. I have two immediate thoughts: 1: This is Matt Drudge we’re talking about, and the story uses this phrase: “Pitts claims in a purported email…” Right. So I’ll

subtlecynic comments on how these days parents have exalted their kids above all other things, including their spouses, borthers, sisters, etc., and points us to a column by John Rosemond that explains the impact this is having on kids’ ability to understand what a relationship is supposed to look like. He says, in part: Today’s all-too-typical child is prevented from

We could clear a lot of the ambiguity plaguing American life up by simply amending the Bill of Rights thusly: “The Bible is objective journalism.” _________________________ The Pit’s Boston Metro Desk Chief Deborah A. Levinson reporting: As far as I can tell, this is not a hoax. Among the wonderful tidbits on this site is this excerpt from a press

A new piece by Bill Adair, the St. Petersburg Times Washington Bureau Chief, urges the Dems to “steal the playbook.” Better bumper stickers instead of position papers. Better hardball – “attack early and keep it up.” Finger on the pulse – got to grok the God and NASCAR crowd. Talking points and party discipline – stay on message, even if

So, they’re doling a couple mil for a prexidential yacht, huh? A: I fully agree with Gov. Dean. This is just disgusting. B: I am not of the opinion, however, that Dems never waste money, so perhaps the moral ground isn’t as high as we’d like. My solution – nobody gets to buy a yacht, at least not until the

1: Wake finally got the whacking I’ve been waiting for. And the beatdown Illinois laid on them wasn’t a fluke, either. The Illini outplayed our guards badly, and we didn’t do a very good job at the one thing that seemed to offer some promise – pounding it to Williams. He got the ball, but not nearly enough – the

Trading Horror Stories, the new Paul Lewis CD, is on the way – Paul says it’s coming out in January, but you know how release dates can be, so we’ll wait and see. But I have now heard two tracks, and am getting awfully excited about this one. Of course, in the interest of full discosure, it should be noted

It took awhile, but I finally found a good beer store up here in WNY. There’s a place called Consumer’s Beverages in the Buffalo area (at least two stores in the Southtowns, maybe more elsewhere – thanks to Darrell Z for putting me onto the place) that has an excellent micro selection. Not only do they have some really nice

Barry “The Asterisk” Bonds says he didn’t know. No, seriously, that’s what he says. And maybe he’s telling the truth. You can not know just about anything if you really set your mind to it, and BB may have told his trainer in advance not to tell him what he was taking. In the world of politics and big money

Warning: these disclaimer stickers have not been approved by the US Dept. of Jesus. But you know, I’ve always been a little suspicious about gravity myself.

(Nicked from harmnone on .) Now, this is just silliness.

1: The Bonnies will be lucky to win a game this year. Well, I went to see St. Bonaventure play Marist last week, and let me tell you, there are high school teams that could give the Bonnies all they want this season. One of my colleagues here, Professor Paul Wieland, says this is the worst SBU team he’s seen

*CHOKE* *COUGH* *GASP* KIEV, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine’s election commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of a hotly contested presidential runoff, but U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell quickly dismissed the contest as marred by fraud. MORE