Gay-Hating-Comic-Books, Feist, a More Popular Congress and Jews With Tattoos

There’s this guy who’s running for reelection to his position as Oklahoma City Commissioner. He decided that the best campaign material would obviously be a comic book. And not just any comic book, but a violently homophobic comic book that purports that there is a conspiracy of toga-wearing-homosexuals, “liberal do gooders,” and “good [...]

An Olio

Nerdettes are taking over the world!
Combining the two best world contests: baseball and politics. (And it’s funny too!)
People really like their crackers in Maine.
Slate’s wrap-up of the Democratic Primary (this is also good for a chuckle).
A few days behind, but this Eugene Robinson column made me proud.
An informative sign AND a literary allusion all [...]

I Get to Read Two Newspapers a Day!

And I share the fruits of my labor with you.
On the way to work, I read The New York Times:
Underdog Taps YouTube to make Election Close.  The video is great (and below), but the best part is that his  campaign “put out a press release in pirate-speak.”  I’m not even kidding.

College Alumni Magazines Struggle to [...]

Newspaper Felon

Not only was Saturday’s Times yoinked from my possession, but Sunday’s Times was stolen as well. Granted, this gave me more time to play Mario Kart, but still, can you people stop stealing my newspaper?  Because I was not a thorough newspaper reader this weekend, I’ve compiled a list of articles from earlier [...]

Obama’s Campaign Now Brought to You By Abercrombie & Fitch

Anyone else watch Obama’s concession speech tonight? Yeah, there are three kids standing behind him, proudly airing their allegiance to, um, beautiful white people and overpriced clothing? Being cool in high school 7 years ago? Or maybe Barack took a card from Stephen Colbert and instead of Doritos, picked A&F.
Photo Credit: [...]

Sunday Times

Arts & Leisure kicked butt today:
A discussion with Jack McBrayer, who plays Kenneth the Page on “30 Rock.”  (If you haven’t watched “30 Rock” yet, it comes back on this Thursday.  I highly recommend watching.)
There’s a documentary coming out about old people singing pop music.  Awesome.  Watch the music video of “Sedated” too (and the [...]

Monday Mess

First, what I’d like to call the Switcheroo, the New York press covering the D.C. region, and the D.C. press covering the NY region:
Times article on Smith Island cake. I just wish it came with an audio of the great accents (and maybe a taste of cake…).
A Post article on the abundance of (white) [...]

A Member of the Pundustry

Already a big fan of Gene Weingarten, but this article for Sunday’s Post Magazine put him over the top! (It sounds like something I would do, but I wouldn’t be nearly as funny.)
Some quotes I like:
“The peril of listening to Limbaugh and O’Reilly at the same time is that you tend to compare [...]

Hey Baby, How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Morning?

I think these ads are funny, but really, they just make me wish that bars sold breakfast food:
The Vaguely Lewd New Holiday Inn Express Ads 
Also, I wanted to title this something funnier, but every breakfast food I came up with had sexual connotations.  And my Mom reads this.   But just make your own lame jokes [...]

Jed Bartlett for President

I love the West Wing.  It has continued to keep me sane for the past few years.  Even in rerun.  KBax just sent me this great Politico article comparing the current electoral cycle to the last season on WW.  Still, I wish we had Bartlett for the past eight years instead of W.  *Sigh.*
In Presidential [...]