Archive for March, 2008

Something to agree on »

This Flight of the Conchords video contains one of the best sight gags you’ll ever see on YouTube. If you don’t think this is funny, I’ll see you in the comments section.
Like Shoo, I’ll be at the St. Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow. Maybe next year Spfldbloggers can get their own float. I’m envisioning a giant [...]

Fantasy Election 2008: Barack vs. Bill »

I posted a form of this question in the comments section, but I believe it’s intriguing enough to merit its own post.
It’s mid January, 2008. Hillary Clinton is apprehended by aliens while campaigning in Storm Lake, Iowa. The Supreme Court rules that in cases of spousal abduction by extraterrestrial beings, former presidents who have already [...]

Honey, I Swallowed My Lips »

Apparently part of the price an elected official pays for betraying the public trust is that news photographers will click away until they capture these fallen fellows (they’re almost men) at their goofiest. And thus, Eliot Spitzer looking every bit like the unholy offspring of Gabby Johnson and a sock puppet.
 
One thing that caught my [...]

Ginn, Chicks, and HUMZOO »

I’m relapsing back into my pre-fatherhood years. For the second weekend in a row, we went out to see live music. Saturday night found us at the Stagger Inn in Edwardsville to see the Ginn Sisters (that’s a hard G, like in gangsta) from Austin. Sisters Tiffani and Brit came in billed as "The Hottest [...]

NAFTA and the Pandering Candidates »

There are certain issues that keep me in the middle as opposed to being a stalwart for either of the two major parties. For example, I can’t get behind the Republicans on such things as sanctity of marriage acts or mandatory moments of silence in school. The Democrats lose me when they flirt with socialism [...]