I got a giggle out of this headline.
Check out Will Bunch on our stupid discourse.
Thoughts on Jesus and Joey Vento.
JCPenney fail.
Something to ponder.
Don’t let them turn Pennsylvania into Arizona.
I’m gonna be in NYC today, so behave yourselves.
Got any good links?
Your two links are coupled. The Sadly No! link needs fixing.
A new MAC, a trip to NYC. La dee da. Moving up in the world. Have a safe trip there and back.
Why did the headline about the Qurans make you giggle? They’re full of typos. The typos desecrate the WORD oF GOD! That’s what they believe. Imagine getting a bunch of cheap copies of the US constitution printed in China full of typos: the ‘founders’ are turning over in their graves: there’s a plot to destroy Xmas. Today is 1 September and the silly season has officially ended.
Quentin, I think Booman was referring to the fact that the whole world has outsourced its production capabilities to China and their product quality is poor at best. The statement “If you want it cheap and fast, it will not be good” comes to mind. You would think that Iran would have a top of the line publishing capabilities to print the Qurans in country, not in China. The irony of this is mind bending to me.
I have to say this line:
made me laugh. Out loud, no less.
Whatcha doin’?
(I’ve got a day off if you have some hang time.)
AG
I went internet free. We biked around Central Park and then got dinner at Katz’s and beat it on home. What a nice day!
Oh well. Maybe next time.
AG
I’d love to come see you play sometime. Where can I find your schedule?
Irregular, as far as really interesting music is concerned.. This week and next?
Friday (tomorrow, 9/2), Sunday (9/4), Wed. (9/7), Thurs.-Sat (9/8-9/11).
The rest of Sept.? Tues. 9/27. But it all changes from week to week. Email me for more info.
October? Good (interesting) gigs on 10/25, 10/27 + 10/31.
It all changes from day to day and week to week. Tell me when you’re coming and I’ll know more.
AG
I’m going to be in NYC on 9/17 to see an old friend. I don’t think I can get to New York on any other weekends in September. Further out, I can arrange something if you think it’s worthwhile.
So far, nothing on 9/17. But…that means that I am free to hang. If you have the time…I have the NYC hang places. I’ll take you in to hear the Village Vanguard Orchestra or some other great band. There’s always something happening in the Apple. Bet on it.
Also…two or three weeks in the life of a freelancer is like a year in the life of an office clone. As the great Harlem stride pianist Fats Waller so accurately noted;
Yup.
One never knows.
Do one?
That’s what keeps one alive.
Bet on it.
AG
Actually…I meant to embed this vid.
But then…one never knows, do one.
So it goes.
AG
SHIT!!!
YouTube’s fucked up.
This one.
This Joint Is Jump’in”
Like dat.
AG
Obama should announce that during the next Republican debate he’s going to have a fried chicken social on the front lawn of the white house. People can watch the debate on big tvs or talk about football.
Fried Chicken? That smacks of racism to me and believe me, I’m not very sensitive to that kind of thing. Will they be serving watermelon too?
I’m sure you didn’t mean that implication, but if someone so PC dense as me hears that ….
That was his (or her?) point lol.
Thanks, I missed the snark. It was too subtle for me.
Obama just made it easier to get your petition noticed:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WeThePeople?utm_source=email123&utm_medium=image&utm_campaign=weth
epeople
spread far and wide. I don’t want to see any complaints about this.
Looks like Obama really means business on jobs:
President Obama said today that he is not interested in “taking a wait-and-see approach” when it comes to job creation. “What I’m interested in is taking action right now to help businesses create jobs right now, in the near term,” the president said.
Oh, wait. Sorry. That report was from December 2009.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-jobs-summit-real-progress-pr-stunt/story?id=9232219
Obama acknowledged the skepticism that the summit would produce tangible results, but said he was confident there would be some progress from the discussions among the 135 leaders from every sector of the economy — government, labor, academia, non profits and business of all sizes — gathered at the White House today.
“I’m confident that people like you — who built thriving businesses or revolutionized industries or brought cities and communities together and changed the way we look at the world and innovated and created new products — that you can come up with some additional good ideas on how to create jobs,” he said.
Honestly, with leadership like that I don’t know how anyone can be skeptical about Obama’s next job proposal. Sure, nothing tangible came out of that December 2009 jobs summit – but the speeches were something to behold.
It’s clear that the only reason the Dems did so badly in November 2010 was that the professional left was so negative about Obama. It absolutely was NOT related in any way to the economy – just read the linked article about the jobs summit and you’ll see just how solidly Obama performed on that topic.
Still puzzling about that JCPenny T-Shirt. It said, for the record, “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.” I mean how random is that? a) selling only to homes in which the women have low self esteem, b) selling to homes in which the female child has a brother old enough to do her homework c) selling to homes in which the female child does not think her brother to be an annoying little beast.
This is a sliver of a demographic, to say the least. Fortunately, the shirt is now history.
Watching “Invention Of Lying” with Ricky Gervais. It’s actually a pretty smart and funny movie, but really sweet. Anyone else seen it?
After seeing the movie, you do just wonder what WOULD the world be like without lying?
I realize that I actually tell “lil” white lies or “lies of omission” more than I thought. Seriously, try it for one day, hell try it for one hour. It damn difficult…LOL.
yeah, it was pretty good – especially when compared to the usual brain-dead Jim Carrey treatment of this sort of idea.