Archive for May, 2007

Bedtime for Bonzo

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Shrubbo’s losin’ it.
Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated “I am the president!” He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of “our country’s destiny.”[ThinkProgress]

Tom Waits and the Dalai Lama

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Tom Waits, Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet, and the Dalai Lama all appear on Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation, to be released in July.[Pitchfork]
I’ll be making a note to check this one out. Looks interesting!
Waits had the following to say about his participation in the event: “I’m no fool. It’s a [...]

TB Patient’s Father Works at CDC

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

In the TB division:
…one curious aspect of Speaker’s case is that his father-in-law is a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and he works on tuberculosis bacteria in his laboratory.[NPR]
Coincidence? If so, it would be a pretty surprising one, IMO.

Unofficial McCain ad….

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

“Six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.”

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

How about SIXTY FUCKING YEARS?
President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea.[Reuters]

Yoko Ono Eats Corgi. Seriously.

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

OK, the story’s not really about Yoko, but she made the headline better, right? And she was nearby, and decided to partake of the canine repast. I mean, who wouldn’t have??
A British artist has eaten chunks of a corgi dog, the breed favored by Queen Elizabeth II, live on radio to protest the [...]

Dennis Hopper for Ameriprise Financial

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

So, I’m not the only one who found this recent role for Hopper a little ridiculous. Good.
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that when I first saw Frank Booth dry hump, humiliate, and otherwise violently sexually assault Isabella Rossellini while calling her Mommy, I couldn’t help but think stability, tranquility, and, most of [...]

Video: photography lens manufacture

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

This 10-minute video is really cool. Kinda reminds me of the Sesame Street vids I used to watch when I was a munchkin. Also, it got rid of any last bit of buyer’s remorse I had for buying the Nikkor 85/1.4. Heh….well, actually the first 10 or so images I got from the [...]

“Breast Cancer Awareness” camera

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Yes, Polaroid is peddling a “Breast Cancer Awareness” camera, and yes, it’s pink.
If your first thought at this revelation was “Holy Jeebus, that’s the most retarded thing I’ve seen all week,” then great. If, on the other hand, your thoughts were more like “Hey, gee, what a cute pink camera, and how benevolent [...]

Human Organs as Gameshow Prizes

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

“A Dutch reality television show in which a terminally ill woman is to select one of three contestants to receive her kidneys when she dies is to air this week despite criticism that it pushes the boundaries of the format too far.“[Guardian]
(Sent in by Laurie)
Winner gets to live, losers go home with a year’s supply [...]

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