We’ve definitely hit hard times when even the super villains need bailout money. By the way, if you don’t immediately recognize the actor under the bald pate, that’s John Hamm,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

(HT: Christine at Memories of a Catholic Wife and Mother, whose mention of food blogs directed me to some new reading material!) Discovering Organic and Thrifty couldn't have come at a better time, as I really needed to clean out my fridge and I really need to do a better job o...

Avedon Carol is sick of sycophancy. I just want to say that I'm really sick of getting constant announcements that I can now buy an Obama trinket of some kind, a T-shirt or a coffee mug or god-all-knows-what. I don't support Obama , I support the advancement of policies that will make the Un...

In lieu of posting recipes, cat pictures, and craft tips, I'm just giving you some bullet points of doom. I would post something substantive, but that would require...well... 1. Jelly (okay, just one comment about the new cat, I promise!) is hilarious. She's tiny, spunky, and she's completely won ov...

The practice of predicting the future in ads has always been dicey. But in 1993, AT&T got damn near everything right! Present-day dreamers Microsoft would kill for this record of adverfuturism accuracy: AT&T's correct predictions in 1993: EZ Pass, GPS, text messages, Ticketmaster.com, webcams, video...

  Apologies to our gay readers, but despite what the above photo may lead you to believe, Amazing Race champion Eric Sanchez is involved in a purely naked, purely hetero webcam photo leak... Sanchez, who partnered with Danielle Turner to take home the million-dollar prize in The Amazing Race: A...

News broadcasts just love to talk about Jesus. In a quirky, mocking way! Mostly their coverage is limited to people who find Jesus (and sometimes Mary) in various items. Sandwiches, cats, lampposts, etc. A compilation: Note that these segments always seem to come at the end of the broadcast, when pe...

Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

I have been feeling sad. And lonely. And angry. And not very happy. And so I have been trying very hard to adjust my attitude, and not wallow. And as U2 sang, some days are better than others......

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