According to a new Pew study — the internet has overtaken traditional papers as American’s primary news source. Which means… there’s now a ton of really, really badly informed Americans out there. Just remember everyone: don’t believe everything you read. Especially if it’s about reptilian shape-shifters.
SNL meets John Carpenter
Monday, November 17, 2008
This is pretty high quality stuff. One of the funniest and strangest sketches they’ve done in a long while.
Sarah Palin and George Orwell
Friday, September 26, 2008
As George Orwell points out in “Politics and the English Language,” one need not take on the responsibility of thinking when composing sentences:
You can shirk it by simply throwing your mind open and letting the ready-made phrases come crowding in. They will construct your sentences for you — even think your thoughts for you, to a certain extent — and at need they will perform the important service of partially concealing your meaning even from yourself. It is at this point that the special connexion between politics and the debasement of language becomes clear.
Please read the whole post.
Help me find a new laptop bag
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
So I’m seriously in the market for a new bag, but I’m having pretty much zero luck. Of course, like everything I want, my needs are complicated and probably expensive. What I’m trying to get away from is the nylon, black, every-man business laptop bag. They’re ugly. Terribly terribly ugly. I need something with style that isn’t eurotrash ultra-modern (please, no colored stripes or “minimal” design), something rugged, something with a really nice spot for the laptop (like an actual pocket with padding / hard sides), and something that has a few other storage spaces (one or two of decent size). It doesn’t need to be super techy, but some inside pockets wouldn’t hurt.
Let me offer some quick guidance:
No.
No.
Hell no.




