I went with Jill and saw The Passion of the Christ last night. I really wanted and fully expected to like it, but it just wasn’t very good. James Caviezel plays Jesus completely without charisma. In fact, he comes off as a bit of a whack job. The film is devoid of character development, plot …
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Grey Tuesday.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been listening (near-obsessively) to The Grey Album, DJ Danger Mouse‘s absolutely inspired mash-up of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and The Beatles The White Album. I will be surprised if The Grey Album proves to be anything less than the greatest album of 2004. Because this album is entirely …
The best team money can buy.
The Yankees bought A-Rod from the BoSox. Bastards.
But it’s a clean stank.
The good news: Microwaving a sponge will kill its germs. The bad news: Sweet Lord almighty, what a stink. Oh, the humanity. I’ve got to open a window.
Merlin’s 5ives.
This site just has a series of lists of five things. It’s really quite funny. Five great reasons to buy a Hummer You’ve been wanting to buy much wider groceries (but have been stymied by the timid width of your Escalade) You and your make-believe wife were thinking of having 11 or 12 imaginary kids …
Bishop Allen on tour.
One of my favorite bands, Bishop Allen, has just started a nationwide tour, and, with 66 stops they’re almost certainly coming to a club near you. They’re rather difficult to describe beyond some meaningless label like “sweet pop songs by people smarter than you and me,” so you can check out a few tracks on …
A time comes when silence is betrayal.
Remember that today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. A reading is in order, as it is every year. Your assignment is to read aloud Letter from Birmingham Jail. It will take you about half an hour to read. “Never before have I written so long a letter. I’m afraid it is much too …
Obliterating animal carcasses with explosives.
USDA Forest Service Publication #9523-2315, “Obliterating Animal Carcasses with Explosives,” by Jim Tour and Mike Knodel, helpfully says: The following examples illustrate partial obliteration (dispersion) for a horse that weighs about 1,100 pounds (453.6 kilograms). In the first example, urgency is not a factor. Perhaps a few days are expected before the public is to …
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Shep’s the Commish.
Shep is now the Deputy Commissioner of Tailgating. That’s actually kind of cool.
Press release issued today.
One Dr. Thomas Hansen paid good money to have this press release sent out on the wire. DECLARATION OF COSMIC COOPERATION CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, Jan. 17 -/E-Wire/– Because of the course of events on Earth, it has become necessary for we humans to declare our desire to join with peaceful civilizations throughout the Universe to save …