Karl Rove is accusing the Democrats of "playing politics" with the Bush administration's purge of US attorneys.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!
Good one.
Speaking of finding life funny…
I'm Gonna Live Forever!
Because there are more pictures of me laughing than doing just about anything else:
Adults who have a sense of humor outlive those who don't find life funny … says Sven Svebak of the medical school at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
He released his study of about 54,000 Norwegians, tracked for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting here.
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations and how important a humorous perspective was.
The greater a role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances of surviving the seven years, Svebak says. Adults who scored in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive than those in the bottom quarter, he says.
In a subgroup of 2,015 who had a cancer diagnosis at the start, a great sense of humor cut someone's chances of death by about 70% compared with adults with a poor sense of humor, Svebak says.
To long life then!
And I'm taking all you bitchez with me!
Wheeeeeee
Attention Democratic Candidates: Get ready for more of this.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was evacuated Wednesday after a staff member opened a letter containing white powder, a campaign official said.Death threats, death threats, death threats! It's SOP for the Right! I'm sure if the bozo that sent this to Edwards HQ is caught (and if the substance does indeed prove to be harmless), we'll hear the "it was just a joke" excuse trotted out for one final shaking. And as Steve points out, "The Party that Polices Its Own" is showing some of that good old-fashioned "Compassionate" Conservatism.
"The health and safety of our staff and volunteers is obviously our paramount concern, so we contacted the authorities," said Jonathan Prince, deputy campaign manager. "The authorities have asked us to evacuate while they run tests on the substance, and we have done so."
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said the female campaign worker who opened the legal-sized envelope containing the powder has been interviewed by health officials and has shown no health problems.
Has the Silky Pony's make-up kit been checked for spillage?Not to mention images like:
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If it was in the Edwards HQ, it was probably talcum powder for the "silky pony" himself.
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On second look it turned out to be the Senator's blush.
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So that's what the Breck boy has been sniffing.
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Just the breck girl's hair care. Back to work all.
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Did Johnny drop his compact and spill some powder?
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From the girlie-man's compact!!
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ROTF! Revlon sending the Breck Girl free samples....
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Residue from Aqua Net!
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Maybe it was silk pony pixie dust.
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Before the authorities arrived they were probably trying to hide the Breck Girls tampax.
No, wait, you don't.
This is what we get to look forward to until the election: Death threats, and "Democrats are fags." It's good to see such dignified discourse from the Right. But hey, at least they're not saying "fuck," huh?
Eugh
Nico @ Think Progress:
A bad day for Jean Schmidt. Today on the Hill, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) was seen "making a spectacle of herself when the unlucky lawmaker slipped and fell in what we're told was vomit, in a bathroom in Cannon … 'She made THE biggest scene in the hallway,' says a staffer who escaped the, um, regurgitation. 'It's literally all down her back.'"Oh no. I hope she didn't ruin the patriotic sweater she wore while calling veteran and Congressional Democrat Rep. Jack Murtha a coward from the floor of the House.
March Madness on the Straight Talk Express
Everybody all aboard the Straight Talk Express! Beep beep!
January 2000: "The end of legalized gambling on amateur sports may be near, as the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved the Amateur Sports Integrity Act last Thursday. … One of the main proponents of this bill is Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) [whose support of the bill] has been one of the main reasons why it has moved through the Commerce Committee so quickly."
April 2001: "U.S. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) want federal legislation to outlaw gambling on popular college sporting events like the Final Four, the Rose Bowl and the College World Series. … Last year, similar legislation was introduced and gained overwhelming support from the committee, however never made it to the Senate floor."
March 2002: "As millions of fans across the country prepare for today's NCAA men's basketball Final Four to see how they fared in office pools, legislators and lobbyists are weighing the odds of banning gambling on college sports. The issue pits the powerful Nevada casino lobby against the NCAA and its congressional allies such as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who say the legal betting on amateur sports at hundreds of Nevada casinos feeds illegal betting on campuses and on the Internet, leads to corruption of college athletes and sets students on the path to becoming problem gamblers."
May 2003: "Continuing his effort to curtail gambling on amateur sports, Sen. John McCain, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced legislation that would make it illegal to gamble on Olympic, college, or high school sports."
Et cetera.
Today at John McCain's website:
I really don't want to view McCain's "bracket," thank you.
Now here's the reason that McCain isn't a hypocrite: He wouldn't make NCAA pools illegal, because "they are zero-sum games, not for-profit enterprises." So...apparently it's not gambling he hates, as much as profit, which is certainly a curious position for a Republican presidential candidate.
Beep beep!
[The hat tip goes to KO, who mentioned it on Countdown last night.]
More Gonzogate
Paul Kiel: "Murray Waas, over at National Journal, adds to Alberto Gonzales' woes. It's another one of those complicated simple stories, and the gist is this: Gonzales knew that an internal Justice Department investigation would likely end up focusing on him, nevertheless, he went to Bush and got him to shut it down."
The investigation focused on the administration's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program. Read Waas' piece here.
Wow, That's a Big Tent
Separate, but related, to this. Holy shit.
In a March 11 entry to his weblog (note: I removed the link to this entry; it's on the MM link, if you want to see it. I won't drive traffic to this guy. -PtS), columnist and film critic Steve Sailer -- who has written that African-Americans "tend to possess poorer native judgment than members of better-educated groups" -- posted excerpts of an article about Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) that Sailer claimed will be published in full in the March 26 edition of The American Conservative, a magazine co-founded by MSNBC political analyst Patrick J. Buchanan in 2002. Sailer has launched race-based attacks on Obama in the past and has drawn criticism for racist claims about African-Americans in general. The excerpts of Sailer's piece for The American Conservative are rife with baseless allegations, name-calling, and racial stereotypes.More of Sailer's thoughtful writing:
Sailer, whose columns appear on VDARE.com, wrote (again, link removed, see MM piece for link- PtS) on January 2: "The brutal truth: Obama is a 'wigger'. He's a remarkably exotic variety of the faux African-American, but a wigger nonetheless." Sailer's column linked to a Wikipedia entry on the word "wigger," which, at the time (as well as currently) read: "Wigger (alternatively spelled wigga or whigger or whigga) is a slang term that refers to a white person who emulates mannerisms, slangs and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African Americans; especially in relation to hip hop culture."
Following the Hurricane Katrina disaster, Sailer wrote in a September 3, 2005, VDARE.com column that the "unofficial state motto" of Lousiana, "Let the good times roll," is "an especially risky message for African-Americans," adding: "The plain fact is that they tend to possess poorer native judgment than members of better-educated groups. Thus they need stricter moral guidance from society." Sailer also wrote that "there was only minimal looting after the horrendous 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan -- because, when you get down to it, Japanese aren't blacks." Later, he stated: "Poor black people seldom cooperate well with each other because they don't trust other blacks much, for the perfectly rational reason that they commit large numbers of crimes against each other."I expect he'll be a guest on Hannity and Colmes the very day this article is printed.
International Disgrace
Bush dining through Latin America:
MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — Is anyone feeding the president?I literally could write an entire post on just that statement, but suffice it to say that a guy who so deeply adores clearing brush and hauling lettuce is probably better suited for a different type of job than PRESIDENT OF THE FUCKING UNITED STATES.
At every stop on his seven-day, five-country Latin American trip, including here on Tuesday, President Bush has been fixated on food.
It began with Bush's first event in his first country, when he and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrated a new ethanol alliance. "I appreciate the fact that you're about to buy me lunch," Bush told Silva. "I'm kind of hungry. Looking forward to eating some of that good Brazilian food."
In Uruguay, at a news conference with President Tabare Vazquez, Bush said he couldn't wait to dig into some Uruguayan beef — something the tiny nation wants to sell more of to the United States. "You've told me all along how good it is, and after we answer a few questions, we're about to find out," Bush told his host, later praising the country's abundant blueberries, too.
In Colombia, part of Bush's agenda included time with locals growing crops as alternatives to the illegal coca from which cocaine is made. The vendors' stalls were filled with honey, chocolate and coffee.
Next came Guatemala, where Bush hauled some lettuce onto a truck — something he later called "one of the great experiences of my presidency."
"I'm looking forward to the dinner that you're hosting for Laura and me," Bush told Guatemalan President Oscar Berger in another news conference. "I'm not going to talk too long because I might get too hungry." Later, Bush's stomach was either really growling — or it was a ruse to end the questioning. He signaled an end to the joint appearance by asking Berger what was on tap for dinner. "We have tortillas with guacamole and beans," Berger assured him.Okay, I'm going to stop there, although the article goes on for two more pages.
Could he be any more embarrassing? And it's not like this was a one-off. Remember his disastrous couple of days with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last summer? The day they were to have a pig roast, he couldn't stop babbling about it.
At the beginning of their 30-minute joint news conference: "I'm looking forward to the feast you're going to have tonight. I understand I may have the honour of slicing the pig."
A few minutes later: "Thank you for having me. Looking forward to that pig tonight."
A few minutes after that, "out of the blue": "I haven't seen that pig yet." (This prompted Merkel to say she had "seen television pictures of the boar and could verify it was dead, adding she hoped it was on the spit and ready in time for dinner.")
At the end of the news conference, in response to a question about the Middle East: "I thought you were going to ask about the pig." When the reporter said "he was indeed curious about that too," Bush replied: "The pig? I'll tell you tomorrow after I eat it."
Who behaves like that? What an idiot.
On Tuesday, Fred Kaplan wrote a piece in Slate about Bush's obsession with ungrateful foreigners (which I recommend), which is just all kinds of hilarious considering his continual rudeness and boobery. Blasts from the past: Bush grabs Chinese President Hu Jintao like an errant toddler; Bush accuses all of Europe of forgetting 9/11; Bush calls Chancellor Merkel "Angela"; Bush calls Austrian Chancellor Schüssel "Wolfgang" and President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso "José."
There are many reasons I can't wait for a new president, but restoring some semblance of our dignity around the world is at the top of the list.
H/T Matt @ After School Snack.
More FOX Snubs
It looks like the Democrats aren't the only people waking up and realizing that FOX news might not have their best interests in mind. The Congressional Black Caucus institute, planning two debates, has decided to go with CNN instead of FOX news.
This just might be why.
Keep in mind that these are national clips being shown. As I'm sure many of you have seen for yourself, local coverage of African American issues and people isn't exactly glowing, either.
Black online activists — led by ColorOfChange.org — partnered with Robert Greenwald’s Fox Attacks to call on the CBC Institute to reject Fox as a partner for their presidential debates. A letter from Color Of Change to activists:Good for the CBC. It's time to stop allowing FOX and their unctuous personalities to frame national debate and news.“Fox News is not a ‘fair and balanced’ source of information or political debate, and it has repeatedly proven itself hostile to the interests of Black Americans… Fox on-air personalities and regular guests consistently marginalize Black leaders, culture, and institutions.”The efforts appear to have paid off. A new release from CNN says it “will partner with the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute (CBC Institute) to host a presidential debate among Democratic candidates.”
Are you feeling distracted yet?
Dutifully chasing after any ball thrown to them by the Bush administration, the media is breathlessly reporting that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has "confessed" to masterminding the 9/11 attacks. See, here's the thing, as pointed out so expertly by Kevin Hayden: this is what we call old news.
Mohammed made his confession at a military tribunal in Guantánamo Bay on Saturday, "according to a transcript released by the Pentagon yesterday"—a transcript we have to trust entirely, since no reporters were allowed inside the courtroom. Mohammed "acknowledged full or partial responsibility for more than 30 other terror attacks or plots," detailing his participation in "a panoply of global terror activities, ranging from plans to bomb landmarks in New York City and London to assassination plots against former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II," some of which "had not previously been publicly disclosed," but many of which have been reported before, at other times when—someone more cynical than I might suggest—the administration needed to steal the headlines. And although he "indicated in the transcript that some of his earlier statements to CIA interrogators were the result of torture," this time, this confession, this statement "were not made under duress or pressure."
No, of course not. Especially because five years of torture doesn't have any cumulative effect or anything. As long as no one had shoved anything under his fingernails or up his ass that day, he was making a confession of his own free will.
It's probably because he just wants to clear the air after his moving change of heart. This evil al-Qaeda fuck, who masterminded 9/11 and didn't give a rat's ass about taking out civilians, now feels terrible about it. "I'm not happy that 3,000 been killed in America. I feel sorry even. I don't like to kill children and the kids." Better yet, he totally understands why he's been held for five years and tortured: "His actions, he said, were like those of other revolutionaries. Had the British arrested George Washington during the Revolutionary War, Mr. Mohammed said, 'for sure they would consider him enemy combatant'." Wow, what an understanding fella.
The reality is, as so succinctly put by Maha: "Given the nature of the, um, inducements to the confessions, we have no way to know how much is true and how much is I’ll tell you anything you want to hear. All we know for certain is that the Bush Administration is, once again, waving the bloody shirt of 9/11 to distract us from its political problems."
Exactly right. And, while that totally ticks me off, what ticks me off even more is that for me, and lots of other Americans, and most of the rest of the world, there will never be the satisfaction of seeing any real justice in the case of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. The Bush administration, with their secret prisons and extraordinary rendition and enemy combatant exclusions and "extreme interrogation" techniques and military tribunals, have undermined any and all possibility for real justice. Whatever happens now to Mohammed will be viewed as irreparably tainted by the Bush administration's contempt for the law. Worst of all, they have turned Mohammed, who is no doubt a man with murder in his heart, into a sympathetic character whose confession—which surely includes many truths—forces those of us who actually care about how it was evoked to think about what was done to him in our names.
And the truth is, I don't want to have to think about what was done to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed—and if he'd been subjected only to the same rule of law that any criminal in America would/should be, or any prisoner of war, I wouldn't have to think about it. It is the Bush administration who has forced me to take into consideration the mistreatment of a bloody terrorist, while all their mindless, ends-justify-the-means supporters laugh and point at me and go on about what a bleeding heart terrorist sympathizer I am.
Even though my sympathy is not with Mohammed, but with the law. With real justice.
I nearly can't stand it anymore. I nearly can't stand the irony of the Bush administration distracting the nation with this story in particular, to pull our eyes away from the misdoings of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the man who authored the Presidential Order which authorized the use of military tribunals to try terrorist suspects, the man who argued before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right of habeas corpus, the man who said of the war on terror that "this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions."
It's almost too much for me to bear.
Profiles in the precise opposite of courage
In the wake of General Peter Pace's moralizing on homosexuals and morality, we have this courageous stance by Presidential candidate Democratic Senator Barack Obama:
On Wednesday, Newsday repeatedly asked Obama if same-sex relationships were immoral."I think traditionally the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman has restricted his public comments to military matters," said Obama, leaving Capitol Hill. "That's probably a good tradition to follow."
He turned the conversation to opposition to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy: "I think the question here is whether somebody is willing to sacrifice for their country."
Later, an Obama spokesman said the senator, in fact, disagrees with Pace.
Identical fortitude was displayed by presidential candidate Democratic Senator Hilary Clinton:
That sequence was remarkably similar to Clinton's responses Tuesday. When an ABC reporter asked her about the issue, she replied, "Well, I am going to leave that to others to conclude."Later, a Clinton spokesman said the senator, in fact, also disagrees with Pace.
At least their spokesmen seem to have some stones, eh?
As The Heretik would doubtless say: damn Dems.
In contrast, we have decidedly non-presidential candidate former Republican Senator Alan Simpson:
Since 1993, I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that 'gay' is an artificial category when it comes to measuring a man or woman's on-the-job performance or commitment to shared goals. It says little about the person.
Maybe you can afford to be more of a statesman when you're retired, or at least not aspiring for higher office. Maybe the Democratic candidates are just gutless panderers at heart. You decide.
Makes one wonder what John Edwards - or his spokesman - has to say on the subject.
Addendum: No need to wonder about Edwards when we have his exchange with Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room:
BLITZER: Let's talk about General Peter Pace, the chairman of the joint chiefs. He suggested today, his own personal opinion, homosexuality, he said, was immoral. As a result, don't change the don't ask, don't tell policy.First of all, in your opinion, is homosexuality immoral?
EDWARDS: I don't -- don't share that view. And I would go -- go further than that, Wolf. I think the don't ask, don't tell is not working. And as president of the United States I would change that policy.
BLITZER: Is the don't ask, don't tell policy immoral?
EDWARDS: I think the don't ask, don't tell policy is wrong. It's not working. I think what it's done, effectively, is kept us from having some of the most talented people we could have in our military. It's caused -- caused more problems than it's solved. And it ought to be changed.
BLITZER: I know you've wrestled, because you've said it on several occasions, with the issue of gay marriage.
Tell our viewers whether or not you've come to some sort of firm conclusion whether you support the notion of gay marriage.
EDWARDS: I don't personally support it. But I very strongly support the idea of ending discrimination, of civil unions, of having substantive rights for partners. I think those rights are, in fact, civil rights, and I also might add, I don't think it's the -- it's the role of the government, the federal government, to tell churches what -- what marriages they should bless.
BLITZER: Well, what about in civil ceremonies? What's wrong, in other words -- why are you wrestling with the issue of gay marriage?
EDWARDS: Oh, just because of my own personal life and the culture and the place in which I grew up. It's -- I feel internal conflict about it. And to be perfectly candid about it, it's an issue that I continue to struggle with.
And I -- I think I am like a lot of Americans. I don't -- I want to end discrimination in this country. I want gay and lesbian couples to be treated fairly and with respect and with -- and with dignity.
And -- and I am very troubled about the idea that any president would impose their personal cultural beliefs on the country.
Edwards got there, and without a spokesman. Good for him.
(Cross-posted.)
Question of the Day
Let's assume that within mere days, Alberto Gonzales will either resign or be fired. With whom would you replace him?
Be serious, or be silly...
one upgraded ticket to hell, please
I found this poor man's story amusing, mostly in the "beetle" description:
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 91-year-old German sparked a rescue operation when he slipped mending his roof and got stuck fast in tar "like a beetle on its back," police said on Tuesday.So, yes, I get my already gold ticket to hell upgraded again for laughing. I emailed Melissa to tell her about this and this is what she got when she read it:
Passers-by were so shocked to see the elderly handyman working on the roof they first thought he was planning to commit suicide, according to police in the eastern city of Magdeburg.
"In fact he was just re-coating the roofing with bitumen. But then he slipped," said a spokesman for police.
"When we got there, he was like a beetle on its back, with his arms and legs sprawled out and completely glued to the roof," he added.
(Click image to enlarge.)
She said: "I don't even know what those people are supposed to be (zombies?!), but next to that story, you can't think they're anything but old dudez covered in tar!"
So.Funny.
The Ballad of Rudy Lobby
Giuliani Law Firm Lobbies in Texas for Chavez-Controlled Citgo: "Rudolph Giuliani's law firm lobbies for Citgo Petroleum Corp., a unit of the state-owned oil company controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez… The question, [Linda Fowler, a professor of government at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire] said, "is how Rudy reconciles his heroic role as mayor of a devastated New York with the less appealing image of the corporate shill." LOL.
This story strikes me as one of those things about which the rightwing would go absolutely apeshit were it about a Democratic contender, but something tells me they won't care too much since it's about their guy. I don't really care all that much about it, to be honest, aside from finding it passingly amusing, as it just reaffirms that Giuliani is a hypocritical, integrity-challenged corporate whore, which I already knew, as those are the precise qualities which have made him the leading GOP presidential candidate.
Kerik
Hang this sinking stone around Giuliani's neck: "Federal investigators offered to end their criminal investigation of Bernard B. Kerik, the city’s former police and correction commissioner, in exchange for his pleading guilty to charges that he engaged in federal tax fraud and wiretap conspiracy, but he refused, according to Mr. Kerik’s lawyer and a person briefed on the case. … Federal investigators in recent months have explored a range of allegations about Mr. Kerik, a leading official under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, including accusations he conspired to help the former Westchester County district attorney, Jeanine F. Pirro, plant listening devices to catch her husband in an extramarital affair."
This was the jackass Bush once nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security, who withdrew himself from consideration after all sorts of dirt was unearthed on him. And, as Atrios pointed out at the time, "the vetting process was handled by Alberto Gonzalez, whose contribution to justice and competence are legendary."
Round and round and round the nincompoopery goes…
Irony!
Former Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.) said Tuesday that White House political adviser Karl Rove told him in the spring of 2001 that he should limit his choice for U.S. attorney in Chicago to someone from Illinois.Perfect.
According to Fitzgerald, who was determined to bring in a prosecutor from outside the state, Rove "just said we don't want you going outside the state. We don't want to be moving U.S. attorneys around."
Fitzgerald said he believes Rove was trying to influence the selection in reaction to pressure from Rep. Dennis Hastert, then speaker of the House, and allies of then-Gov. George Ryan, who knew Fitzgerald was seeking someone from outside Illinois to attack political corruption.
Fitzgerald said he announced his choice, Patrick Fitzgerald (no relation), a New Yorker, on May 13, a Mother's Day Sunday, to pre-empt any opposition.
And thusly should any lingering doubt, anywhere across the land, as to why the Bush administration was keen to replace independent-minded prosecutors with partisan patsies, be utterly obliterated.
H/T Think Progress.
"Good luck with your Fucktologists."
Yesterday, Mannion wrote a post about how his dreams are boring, and about one specific boring dream in which he spent a little time with Robert Redford. Mannion and I have spoken about dreams before, because I have crazy ones. Vivid, elaborate, uncanny, crazy dreams. Not at all like his potato peeling dreams. As it happens, I had a rather strange one last night…
I dreamt I had started a new "religion" as a joke. There was a whole background sequence in which it was developed as a facetious competitor to Scientology, but that's neither here nor there. All you really need to know is that it was called Fucktology, and its adherents worshipped Keanu Reeves.
Then a long time passed, during which I completely lost interest in Fucktology, because the joke was so over, but then I realized people had started taking it seriously, and they'd forgotten that it had been started as a joke. Point Break was now considered a good movie, full of hidden meaning. The Fucktologists were fighting over interpretations of various scenes in The Matrix trilogy. It was totally out of control, and I didn't know what to do.
Then Jesus appeared and he said, "You think you've got it bad? Check out the shit I have to deal with."
I said, "Totally, I know." We watched a bunch of Fucktologists screaming at each other for a minute, and then I said, "Hey, so, are you like really the son of God and stuff?"
Jesus said, "Dude, I was just a guy trying to tell people to be groovy and shit, you know? God doesn't even exist. There's no afterlife, no heaven—I'm just a figment of your subconscious now."
"Oh," I said.
Jesus nodded and then clapped me on the shoulder. "Right, I'm outta here. Good luck with your Fucktologists," he said.
"Thanks," I said. "Seeya."
"Later."
That was the end of the dream. Oh, and Jesus looked like Naveen Andrews. I loved how he called me "dude."
I've got a package for a Mr. Crotchwatcher…
Mr. Crotchwatcher, please come to the front desk.
A new study on website design and eyetracking (where readers' eyes tend to travel when they are presented with text or images) reveals that men (and not specifically gay men) have a much greater inclination to check out the package than do women, based on their study of an image of baseball player George Brett:
"When photos do contain people related to the task at hand, or the content users are exploring, they do get fixations. However, gender makes a distinct difference on what parts of the photo are stared at the longest. Although both men and women look at the image of George Brett when directed to find out information about his sport and position, men tend to focus on private anatomy as well as the face. For the women, the face is the only place they viewed. Coyne adds that this difference doesn’t just occur with images of people. Men tend to fixate more on areas of private anatomy on animals as well, as evidenced when users were directed to browse the American Kennel Club site."LOL, eww! Boys are such grody pervs!
Just kidding. You know I love ya, doodz!
