Telling anyone who’s been paying attention to John Mellencamp’s since he still used “Cougar” as his middle stage name the news he’s “as left-wing as you can get” ain’t no new news here. However, his recent interview with Salon does give me as good a time as any to re-publish what I originally posted [...]
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It’s that time again…when I reread last summer’s list and wince over how I blew it. But, in the spirit of turning the page… Mine this year is a mix of conservative thought, silent film star bios, and fodder for this fall’s writing classes 5 On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature – C. S. [...] The Writer’s Guild tossed a little list out this past week, trying to get attention (meow). They pronounced 101 shows to be TV’s “best written” of all time. Time to sock it to the Harper Valley WGA. Name your own. 5. Scrubs: Bill Lawrence took up where Larry Gelbart left off. It’s “MASH: The Early Civilian Years”. 4. Sex & [...] Edited to add: The Television Without Pity moderator deleted the part of the post I mention here. Guy’s still an asshole, though. Most of my (non-online) friends are libs, but none of them has ever sunk to the depths of this scary idiot. You don’t have to go further than his opening paragraph. It’s [...] Salon posted an excerpt from this book by Melissa Mohr a few days ago: The 18th and 19th centuries’ embrace of linguistic delicacy and extreme avoidance of taboo bestowed great power on those words that broached taboo topics directly, freely revealing what middle-class society was trying so desperately to conceal. Under these conditions of [...] In memory of George Jones, whose most famous hit is the saddest of ‘em all. 5. A Bad Goodbye (Clint Black & Wynonna Judd): A lovely duet that’s all about divorce. As so many sad country songs are. 4. You Don’t Love Me Anymore (Eddie Rabbitt): Told ya. 3. Crying (Roy Orbison): Wonderful. And yet, [...] It’s time to play the music/it’s time to light the lights… Tootsie is on TCM; the second Doctor Who special (about the 2nd Dr Who) is on BBCAmerica; Desperately Seeking Susan is on LOGO; and this week’s General Hospital episodes are screening on SoapNet. These are all things I would rather be watching. *sigh* [...] Eh, I’m with Ace. I can’t bear to listen. So I rely on others to do it for me: David Burge @iowahawkblog If this was a high school assembly, I’d already be sitting in detention for making arm-crook fart noises. #SOTU Or maybe not. Bring along the best reactions to the evening. Or, if you actually sat [...] There’s been over a hundred Fives since the Five began back in the late 50s. You’ve thrown out all manner & matter of opinions, arguments, and ridiculous-yet-charming theories. But now it’s time for something completely different. Or at least, scarily similar. Starting this weekend I’ll be (occasionally) posting other people’s 5s/10s/50s, so instead of thinking [...] It’s been a terribly sad & grief-stricken 24 hours. I’ve put aside my Five thoughts for today, and ask instead that we share our favorite hymns and songs of inspiration and consolation… How Great Thou Art: I’ve always thought of this as the most powerful — and the toughest! — hymn to get through. Elvis [...] This garden gnome parody is not far from actual size. The magnificent mocking mind of David Stein, at it again. This time, a certain former height-challenged acquaintance of mine feels Dave’s ridicule. “For too long, our country has allowed the reckless accumulation of acquaintances,” Costas said. “Anyone can just go out and get an [...] Nobody here pushed me over the edge to finally making this Cheezburger.com poster, but the point still needed to be made somewhere besides my Facebook page/wall/timeline/whatever. Whose Who’s your daddy, Johnny Mellencamp? Share on Facebook I just watched Mitt Romney deliver his concession speech, and it was typical of the man: gracious, elegant, forgiving, wise. Wow, have I come to respect and admire and, dare I say, love my party’s nominee. He was never my choice, but the more I learned about him, the more convinced I became that [...] How’s about a little 3D advice? Give it, get it, request it. Me, I want to know: those 5 Hour Energy shots don’t do squat for me (I admit to only trying once), and this time of year, when it’s me and 87 pounds of papers to grade — on very little sleep! — I [...] The Governor of New Jersey? or Carnack? Chris predicted it, all in the face of both teams lowering expectations. And now it’s schadenfreude time. Here’s a Weekday Five: what were your favorite moments/tweets/responses from last night’s debate? 5. DrewM: My guess is about 75% of MSNBC’s audience tonight is conservatives ODing on schadenfreude. 4. Herminator: That [...] A little language for a late Saturday evening…here’s literally a nice post from The Atlantic about the epidemic — and let me be clear — it is an epidemic of crutch words in our English language. Whatever. Last week Joe Biden’s excessive use of the word literally in his speech at the DNC had [...] I guess they are pretty dumb. Greg Gutfeld takes apart the parade of actresses that spoke at last week’s DNC. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The thing he doesn’t point out about what Eva said is when she worked at Wendy’s unless she was the manager, she probably didn’t pay a dime in [...] Meet one of the Tampa elephants! Google the city project that inspired this — pretty cool! Share on Facebook (tumblr photo from the Hey Girl It’s Paul Ryan site) Because I love a man who’s The Smartest Guy in the Room, but doesn’t rub it in. Because ”…starts with AC/DC & ends with Zeppelin” was one of the best lines of the night. Because, really, I can’t choose his best line — he had more [...] |
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