It is a fantastic idea to have John Stewart host the Academy Awards. He has a sharp wit, has a great team of writers, is fast on feet and easily skewers those in power. Who better to spend 5 hours of television with? To me, the Awards are a cross between the entertainment super bowl […]
I have not listened to a George Bush speech, even the State of the Union address, for a long time now for 2 reasons. The first is that he uses Orwellian double speak (passing legislation called the “Clear Skies Initiative” that allows for more pollution) which really makes me distrust most of what he says. […]
After the jump, read about how it looks as if Viacom, after dealing with lots of pressure from various Catholic groups, has banned Comedy Central from showing a repeat of a South Park episode. Yep. Censored like they were opposing the Tzar. Thanks go Monty for the title – I think it’s my longest ever. […]
…from the good folks at Google. Yes, I know it makes no sense to put braile on a flat surface computer screen but man how I love that logo treatment. Via Phyll
Lots of things have been really cute lately. There is a baby panda at the National Zoo and the world has gone ga-ga over him. You can watch him all day long on the pandacam if you want – he was just sleeping when I checked. Jessie is in total love and actually has a […]
”It’s so interesting to me that people talk about late-night comedy being cynical. ‘What’s more cynical than forming an ideological news network like Fox and calling it ‘fair and balanced’? What we do, I almost think, is adorable in its idealism. It’s quaint.” – Jon Stewart, on his program “The Daily Show.”
In type Jets fashion, they even made a mess of things when they won a game. Justin Miller, at the most inopportune time possible, ran back a kickoff to produce a come-from-behind victory which left the J-E-T-S with the 4th pick in next year’s draft. If they lost, they would have drafted 3rd. Why couldn’t […]
Here’s to a year where hopefully we’ll see (in chronological order): Health, happiness and prosperity for all my friends, family and their various entourages The end of all spam (spam, comment spam, splogs, etc) Something actually getting built at Ground Zero A clear policy introduced and implemented on how to bring our men and women […]
I learned 2 very interesting stats during the recent transit strike. The NYC mass transit system moves 7 million people a day. To put that number into perspective, it is greater than: The total populations of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana and Wyoming combined. The total populations of Los Angeles and Chicago combined. […]
Mr. Long Island Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start The Fire,” has been put into a flash movie (with appropriate images appearing in sync with the tune) by Ye Li, who I assume based on the movie URL is or was a student at the University of Chicago. I like how she included the lyrics […]