Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Rot in Hell, Idi Amin. I am sure Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, and some gun control enthusiasts are upset, but the rest of the world will look at your cold, lifeless carcass with profound glee. My only regret is that your death was from natural causes, rather than the result of due process. I guess you will have to get yours in the afterlife.
I can’t access hotmail- is this due to the blackout?
Michele wants some answers to some basic questions:
1. If you were a tree, what kind of dog would piss on you?
Who cares? I just wish the birds would stop crapping on me.
2. Do these pants make my ass look fat?
Why don’t you take them off so I can compare?
3. What’s your stance on sporks?
I prefer to stir my vodka tonics with a straw, but in a pinch a spork will do.
4. You’re the presidential candidate for a viable third political party. What’s it called and who’s your running mate?
“I’ll be honest- We are going to lie to you” and my veep would be PJ O’Rourke.
5. Why do birds suddenly appear?
To eat the worms that fattened up on Karen Carpenter.
I saw this Hockenberry piece about Dean Kamen’s IBOT tonight on NBC (I remember it being on MSNBC a while back), and it is just as amazing the second time around.
Just a reminder, have your Blog Awards submissions in by 18 August. The original post is here with rules and categories, and I have also included it below for your ease.
Everyone head over to Kesher Talk and say congratulations on their Blogiversary. Kesher Talk, IMHO, is one of the more under-rated websites in the blogosphere, and I really need to start linking to them more often. They do great work, so make sure you go and tell them.
It is August, and other than some flatulence from Al Gore and some chaos in California, news is slow. Thus we are going to have some Blogger Awards. You, my friends, get to participate. All you have to do is cut and paste the awards into an email to me, [email protected], send it to me by Monday, 18 August, and I will tally them and put them up. Please include the url of the bloggers you are voting for in your email with “BLOG AWARDS” in the subject line, as well as your blog name (if you have one). Winners will be rewarded with permalinks for a month. If I don’t get 50 submissions, I am not going to bother tallying them. Here are the categories:
BLOG Categories
1.) Most Underrated Blog
2.) Snarkiest Blog
3.) Most Consistently Pessimistic Blog
4.) Most Consistently Optimistic Blog
5.) Best Original Source Blog (posts are predominantly his/her own material)
6.) Best Researching Blogger (posts are always thoroughly linked, explained, and well-reasoned)
7.) Best Essayist
8.) Angriest Blog (The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler is not allowed as a choice. He has perfected the form. All other entries will be tallied)
9.) Most Creative Link Whore
10.) The Atrios Memorial Award for Left-Winger Who Thinks Raving Bush Hate Is Justified (Eschaton votes will not be tallied)
11.) The Damn the Clenis