Month: October 2003 (Page 1 of 7)

Horoscope again

Life is a balancing act for you right now and if you aren’t careful, you’ll drop everything that you’ve been struggling so hard to hold on to. One minute it appears as though things are going your way and then the next, you are standing in the middle of a chaotic situation looking dazed and confused. The outcome of this is actually up to you, but you have to make a total commitment to your responsibilities in order to taste some success. After you organize your priorities, everything should fall into place.

What I Learned Watching The “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Remake

When Leatherface is chasing you, it’s probably not a good idea to take refuge in an abattoir.

Happy Halloween.

Full disclosure: I watch “Extreme Makeover.” It makes me feel dirty. But I still watch it.

I used to think I was enjoying the new down tone of “The West Wing.” One of the problems of the show has been the tendency for the staff to be smug and self-satisfied, and it was nice to see them wading into some morally-ambiguous waters, then wondering how they got there.

But after last night’s episode, I don’t know if I can take much more of this. The constant arguments and the dour, stern faces are getting to be too much. I felt like I was a little kid cowering in the corner while his parents fought in the living room. I have enough stress in my life, thank you very much.

I still love the characters and the general spirit of the show. But lighten up just a touch, people, OK?

Quote of the Day

“She’s so full of herself, you can see her insides.”

–Atrios commenter on Camille Paglia’s latest Salon interview

Stunning writing in Harper’s by Sam Smith, “The Revision Thing.” It’s a history of the Iraq war told completely in lies verbatim from the mouths of George Bush and his senior officials. (stolen from lies.com) Gathered together like this, it knocked me out. Brilliant.

Press conference update

When I was watching the Rose Garden press conference I wrote about earlier today, I noticed that when Bush was asked about the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the aircraft carrier again, this time he denied that the White House had anything to do with the banner.

“The ‘Mission Accomplished’ sign, of course, was put up by the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying that their mission was accomplished. I know it was attributed somehow to some ingenious advance man from my staff – they weren’t that ingenious, by the way.”

That was a lie.

Funny how the little stuff can sometimes trip you up bigger than the big stuff, isn’t it?

Simpsons dialogue of the week

During the “King Kong” parody “King Homer,” as the ship nears the island…

Carl: I heard we’re goin’ to Ape Island.
Lenny: Yeah, to capture a giant ape. I wish we were going to Candy Apple Island.
Charlie: Candy Apple Island? Whatta they got there?
Carl: Apes. But they’re not so big.

Brainstorm

I had a great idea today for helping to pay for that $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan. Every time an administration official mentions “9/11” (and all its permutations, the primary being “the lessons of September 11th”) when not actually *talking about* 9/11, they have to pay $10,000 into the federal treasury.

I’d make it retroactive too, but I don’t think the President has that much in his bank account.