Category: words mean things (Page 30 of 223)

Apparently in an effort to transform her magazine “Rosie” into something “edgier,” Rosie O’Donnell told editors she wanted covers featuring boxer and convicted rapist Mike Tyson, parent-killer Lyle Menendez, and actor/murder suspect Robert Blake.

You can’t make this stuff up, people.

Get Your War On says that Coke “tastes like robot sweat.” Which, while being an amazingly accurate description, doesn’t dull my love for it. (The “robot sweat” comment, if you’re looking for it, is in the long comic that stretches off the right side of the page.)

This reminds me of the episode of “Cheers” where Rebecca Howe goes to a “Stop Smoking” clinic.

Rebecca: At one point, the instructor took a lit cigarette and put it out in the yolk of a fried egg.
Woody: Did that work?
Rebecca: Well, it’s put me off fried eggs for good.

So Sen. Zell Miller (D-Georgia) has taken this moment to trash the Democratic presidential candidates with personal attacks, and announce that he will endorse George Bush in 2004. Miller told Sean Hannity that Bush “reminded me of Churchill.”

Miller just happens to be retiring from the Senate next year. He also has a new book out, “A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat,” that he was shilling on “Meet the Press” this morning.

What a fucking coward.

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