Archive for May, 2007
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007New York has successfully banned cigarettes in bars and trans fats in restaurants. Little did the governing board of the Metropolitan Transit Authority realize what kind of shitstorm they’d create when they tried to ban alcohol sales on commuter trains. In the face of an overwhelmingly negative reaction to their plans to strip one of [...]
Musical Doubleheader – Damien’s Hall of Horrors, and a Jeter Who Delivers the Winning Run
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Friday night was a musical endurance marathon, featuring an early Damien Rice show at DAR Constitution Hall followed by a late night Jeter gig at Bistro Europa. I don’t lay claim to being a huge Rice fan, but I really enjoyed his album “O”. Accompanied by the lovely Michelle, I was unpleasantly shocked to discover [...]
Dick the Butcher was right…
Friday, May 25th, 2007…when he said, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”. Keith Kantack, a shyster from my relative (physical, though not metaphysical) neck o’ the woods in Tupelo, MS, has filed suit in the death of St. Louis Cardinals reliever Joshua Hancock. Yes, that Joshua Hancock…the one who ran into the back of [...]
The Food Stamp Challenge
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Don’t know how many of you saw this story, but I’d recommend checking it out. Several members of Congress took the “Food Stamp Challenge”, living on $3 of food per day. The challenge was the brainchild of Representatives Jim McGovern and Jo Ann Emerson. You can read about all the representatives taking the challenge here. [...]
Harry Reid is a rock star
Monday, May 21st, 2007Kudos to the Daily Kos for first posting a link to this story….Harry Reid will convene mini “pro forma” sessions of Congress over the traditional August recess period to prevent King George II from foisting his bullshit recess appointments on the American people and the international community.
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