The New Yorker cover was Wrong!

Turns out, he’s actually Jewish: 

Counting Sheep

  When you’re as big and as ugly as I am, it comes as a surprise to some people that I actually sleep in a bed. (Of course, I only sleep for 2 hours and 17 minutes every 26.5 hours, but still.)   Anyway, if you’re like me – and I am not for one minute suggesting […]

Time Suck of the Week

Now, I’m not saying that this is the right time suck for you. (Yes, you. You know who you are.) But I will say it’s worth your time, to have a few of your moments sucked up by reading an on-line magazine (see, you don’t even have to get up!) called Abyss & Apex.  I found […]

On the topic of magazine covers, or, Oh Bama Lama Ding Dong

This weeks’ _The New Yorker_ cover, and stop me if you’ve heard this one before, has a cartoon of Barak and Michelle Obama.   Yep, that’s the one.  There’s been a lot of talk about it on both sides of the punditry, and reactions from both campaigns.  Obama told Larry King, “It’s a cartoon … and that’s […]

Headline Roundup With The Big Ugly Man Doll, or, the Darwin Awards Get Local

This past Friday the Washington Nationals, currently in the cellar, managed to lose two MORE fans in what can only be called the worst doubleheader ever.  These two fans, possibly having seen M. Night Shamalamadingdong’s The Happening once too often, decided to stand up while riding on the open top of a National’s-sponsored tour bus […]