The saddest thing about Trent Lott’s troubles is that his friends are deserting him not because they thought what he said was wrong, but simply because he’s become a political liability. I still think this will all be quickly forgotten – unlike “1984,” in our society today we don’t need Winston Smith to erase our memories for us.
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The Best of Christmas
Best Christmas Song: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Best Christmas Album: Charlie Brown Christmas
Best Christmas Movie: A Christmas Story
Best Christmas TV Special: The Grinch
“Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Nixon…..
Comet, Cupid……Donna Dixon.”
-Homer Simpson, taking a test to become a department store Santa Claus
Really enjoyed last night’s “Alias.” I’ve always liked Marshall, the geeky Q to Sydney’s Bond. And tonight he even got to go on a mission! His chemistry with Syd is great, which led me to think, why can’t the geeky, funny, smart guy ever get the girl? Marshall has more personality in his mouse-button-pushing finger than Vaughn has in his whole body. If you ask me.
I’m back – sort of
This hosting crap has gotten so extreme that my friend Paul calls it my “hobby.” Yeah, sort of like if someone put a gun to your head and demanded that you learn needlepoint. That sort of hobby.
How was everyone else’s weekend?
With utter and complete horror, I present to you The Barney Cam. Words fail me. (via Amanda)
My favorite uncomfortable pop culture moment of the week
Tom Brokaw was on “The Daily Show,” talking about the watches he bought in Baghdad with Saddam Hussein’s face on them.
Brokaw: I got several, actually.
Jon Stewart: Really? I would love to have one of those.
Brokaw: Well, maybe you’ll find one in your Christmas stocking this year.
[PAUSE]
Stewart (stage whisper, behind his hand): I’m a Jew!
My only prediction about the effect of Trent Lott’s comments praising Strom Thurmond’s segregationist bid for the presidency in 1948 is that the whole thing will be quickly forgotten.
?I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We?re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn?t have had all these problems over all these years either.?
Yeah, that’s easy to misinterpret. Words. mean. things.
Melissa has introduced me to the joy that is Boy on a Stick and Slither. (My current favorite, although I really like this one too, due to my disdain for online personality tests. And this one. Wait, I forgot this one.)
Hope you like it too.
“I hate saying ‘partner’ too. It sounds like we own a Mailboxes Etc. together.”
-Comic Judy Gold, on what to call her female lover
One thing Xkot did for me while I was in Jacksonville was expand my pop culture horizons with a course in Buffy 101. It’s a show that all the cool kids seem to be watching, but I just never got into it. It’s not even that I watched it a little bit and didn’t like it; I just never watched it, and at this point I thought it was too late to get into it.
Well, Xkot ably provided enough background that I was able to watch the show last night without feeling too lost. And I really enjoyed it. It was gently funny and sweet, and while it wasn’t particularly scary, I don’t think that was the point of this episode. Now I want to go back to the early seasons on DVD.
I also really like Joss Whedon’s “Firefly,” and greatly enjoyed the episode I had taped while in Florida. The show is already going on hiatus or is cancelled, depending on who you talk to.
Apparently when it comes to good shows, I either don’t watch them for years, or I watch them right at the beginning and they are immediately axed. This is not a good trend.