Archive for November, 2006

Whatever happened to… Gay Sex Scandals edition

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 by Aabra

* Remember back in 2003 when Prince Charles was allegedly caught kissing a servant? The accuser died last year, after making some rather odd claims, including that he was raped by Prince Charles’ lover. * What about John Travolta kissing another man? That was only a few months ago. I guess you have to have [...]

YouTubesday: Sing MSTie for me!

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 by Aabra

Jeebus, there’s a bazillion MST3K songs on YouTube! * The bots and Mike in drag for “Where, O, Werewolf“, from an episode featuring a Michael Landon flick, believe it or don’t. * “The Canada Song“. “Just where the hell does Canada get off sharing a border with countries far superior to it??” * “The Sidehackers [...]

RIP Betty Comden

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 by Aabra

RIP Betty Comden. We won’t forget your words any time soon:

Vote for the 2006 Word of the Year

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 by Aabra

Did you remember to vote for Merriam Webster’s 2006 Word of the Year? Deadline is Dec. 4th. Mom says there can be only one word of the year: truthiness. Which was introduced in 2005. And was named 2005 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. Oh well, there’s still “podcast”, “vlog”, “biodiesel”, “outsource”, [...]

A tram by any other name still costs $60M

Sunday, November 26th, 2006 by Aabra

City Commissioner Sam Adams is calling for tram car names on his blog. As my fellow Portlanders know, the installation of these flying twinkies involved ripping up a historic neighborhood, installing two of the ugliest towers you’ll ever see, and spending nearly $60M (that’s four times the estimate.) Deadline is 5pm next Thursday, November 30th. [...]

But will “Levi Ziegelsteinschicht” fit on a business card?

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 by Aabra

My recent mockery of Matt’s heritage inspired his mum to come clean about their family background. Matt did indeed have Irish ancestors (American is 12% Irish– it’s hard to avoid that green blood!), and he might also be just a smidge Jewish! I’ve been jokingly calling him Levi for years, but far out– I guess [...]

WWPD?

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 by Aabra

Harry Potter fan site The Leaky Cauldron‘s been overwhelmed since the release of those OotP pics we mentioned. Look at this screencap from this afternoon– I think they defaulted to some weird presets. Or they’re bloggin’ from the Summer of Love. Matt says this is a common error from Microsoft databases. Why 1969, I wonder? [...]

Art projects for syllogomaniacs

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 by Aabra

I am a notorious collector of corks. But what to do with them when their number reach the hundreds? Here’s some ideas: * Cork wreaths, which you can buy on Amazon. What the hell?? * Cork baseboards, the only wall lining that doubles as a mouse bulletin board. * If you have several 1,000 corks, [...]

“I will not break rules”?? WTF??

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 by Aabra

* Dems: Bring back the draft. * Israel to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, like in Mass., South Africa, and Canada. * Right on Sparky: * Anne Hathaway cast as 99. Humana humana! * ‘Did not know that Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov wrote a surreal, scifi-like novel set in a place called Antiterra. You can [...]

Lemony Snicket’s personal photographer

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 by Aabra

Surely ParkeHarrison is Lemony Snicket’s personal photographer. Thanks to PBS’ Art Closeup for introducing me to these. Wow. ———————————————————————— * Theory: could Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry have become psychotically anti-homosexual because his son is gay? Wait… you’d think that’d make him empathetic. * Bush appoints anti-abortion, abstinence-only zealot to oversee Office of Family Planning. [...]


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