07/30/2008
Exceptionally funny parody site (in thoughts on life)
It's not The Onion; it's Not The LA Times. Pet real estate prices in doghouse The pet real estate bubble has burst: In Laguna Beach, two goldfish were evicted from an aquarium castle last week after a bank foreclosed on the building. ... Read More
Who answers those spam e-mails about phony college degrees? (in thoughts on life)
Lots of people, apparently. From the Spokane Spokesman Review: Hundreds of people working in the military, government and education are on a list of almost 10,000 people who spent $7.3 million buying phony and counterfeit high school and c ... Read More
07/21/2008
What to do with an RC car and a lot of empty beer bottles (in music & sound)
The Mario Bros. theme, if you haven't heard it enough times already. And you need someone with good pitch to fill the beer bottles. Mario Theme Played with RC Car and Bottles - Watch more free videos Thanks to David C. Read More
07/18/2008
An ethical conundrum (now with comments, sort-of) (in copyright)
Obviously, I'm familiar with many of the fair use rationales available regarding sampling in the sake of art, cultural commentary, editorial commentary, etc. This is usually a situation where an artist has appropriated cultural information or sy ... Read More
07/17/2008
How to become an outside agitator (in politics)
I just finished reading a new book by David Sirota called The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington. Now, I'm not too sure that I agree with the title. While I found a lot of the political mo ... Read More
07/16/2008
Behind the curve, as usual (in Films)
They say If you buy the premise, you'll buy the joke. I bought the premise, Doubtless everyone in the world except me knows about this. Apparently it didn't do well. The LeBron James joke at the end of the trailer makes me laugh. Read More
The G. W. Bush Memorial Library: a shelf of comics, a shelf of tracts, and film clips of lobbyists selling Administration face time to build the joint. (in politics)
London's Sunday Times ran an undercover expose of exactly how paying for access to the President/Administration officials works: Read More
Ben Stokes rocks the drummers (in music & sound)
Mr. Stokes & Co. provide the visuals you may have seen recently behind the DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist Hard Sell Tour. Read More
United States motto changing from "E Pluribus Unum" to "I Can't Recall." (in politics)
Over and above the mysteriously vanishing e-mails from the White House covering the period that Cheney was orchestrating the outing of Valerie Plame; over and above the picture of Alberto Gonzales, the former Attorney General and all-round sleaz ... Read More
07/10/2008
A people's History Of The American Empire (video) (in politics)
Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn. A preview of Zinn's new book, history in comic book form. Narrated by Viggo Mortensen. Art by Mike Konopacki. Video editing by Eric Wo ... Read More