Archive for October, 2008

this election is making me THIRSTY!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

John Stewart last night made a great joke in reference to the shots of the amber waves of grain in the Obama infomercial, to paraphrase — “Finally, a candidate you want to make a beer with!”
And now the Beer Activist tells us about … wait for it… The Audacity of Hops –

‘08% ABV and full [...]

Fridayween!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

I lack the discipline to get into weekly theme posts like the “feel good Friday” thing, but Halloween on a Friday calls for some celebrating. Perhaps a double shot, even.
It’s just not Halloween without Danny Elfman:

Or that master songsmith of gothic macabre, Weird Al:

(Sorry I couldn’t find a version where the video didn’t sort of [...]

Once More, With Feeling

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Who I am: a radical left-libertarian, of a Georgist / geolibertarian bent in particular. I hold a strong distrust of The State, and a strong belief in the Hayekian principles regarding the virtues of spontaneous order and the intelligence of the invisible hand — yet I understand the differences between the system we have, and [...]

The Vet Who Did Not Vet

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Nicely done:

The (Un)Deciders

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Though I really do pretty much agree with Lesley, still David Sedaris brings the funny on The Undecided:

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she [...]

without comment

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Because the Sarah Palin Sex Doll has completely blown my juvenile joke receptors. Heh, blown.

trying to think like a Republican

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

The Opera last night was packed, so the fundamentals of the economy must be strong!

Almost painful to watch

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

You may or may not have already seen the video of McCain trying to tell his wingnut supporters to chill:

See — I think John McCain is a decent guy. I don’t think he’s especially bright, I think he’s wrong on a laundry list of issues, and I think he lacks the temperament and emotional discipline [...]

Comment of the Day

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I think it’s real, but only because I choose to accept uncritically anything that makes the candidate I oppose look bad. I think Sarah Palin would agree with my philosophy.

In reference to Palin’s alleged SAT scores

The Busch Economy

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Heehee:

If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49.00 left.
With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00.
With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.
But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all of the beer, then [...]