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It’s my 33rd birthday Tuesday. I’m not sure what to think of that. ———————————————————————— * Ze Frank: RIP, Mr. Habeas Corpus. * Again with the fall shooting trend! Weird. Does anyone really believe the Colorado shooter used MySpace to pick out his targets?? * Jack Abramoff met repeatedly with Rove? Ooh! Ooh! * A war [...]

Yes! Dudley the chav. Get that football hooligan a Burberry cap! Yes! Luna’s rocking radish earrings. Yes! Umbridge looks like a cross between Joan Crawford, Mary Poppins, and Nurse Ratched. No! That little bitch Nigel is back! And where are Lavender, Ernie and the Hufflepuffs, the other Ravenclaws, and the Creeveys?? Consolation prize: Dean is [...]

Wonderful news! After kicking my ass at chess, pinball, Simpsons Bowling, real bowling, and cribbage, we’ve finally found something Matt sucks at: golf! We went to a tacky little public course on Sunday, and it wasn’t pretty. Three balls in the pond, and Matt doing something reminiscent of Pete Townsend to get out of a [...]

Interesting factoids that emerged from the Montreal school shooting media coverage: 1) When a Quebec police force is involved in a shooting, a different police force investigates. We need this in gun-happy Portland! 2) You think of Montreal as pretty peaceful, but in the late ’80s a gunman opened fire on female University of Montreal [...]

I hope everyone had fun at Matt’s grad party. I promise there will be outdoor lights and a working back door before our next get-together. ———————————————————————— * Onion: NYC Unveils 9/11 Memorial Hole. * CIA: Bin Laden trail ran cold two years ago. Did he leave the planet? I mean… what the hell?? * What [...]

YouTube hits for “Tolkien”: * Leonard Nimoy sings the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, surrounded by girls in sweatshirts for some reason. * I Love Lucy mashup from Mars. This is about as sensical as that Canadian Fingertips montage I posted last year. * Trailer for Mr. Bliss, an animated film based on a Tolkien story. [...]

Is that… is that siding piled up next to my house?? Joy! They’re starting today!! ———————————————————————— * David Walker is leaving Willamette Week?? It’s official: I no longer have a reason to pick up the Willamette Week. What the hell do I do on Wednesdays now?? * Ted Rall explains why we all need to [...]