lickety jackblog: November 2005

I, Vigo, Scourge of Carpathia, command you!

"On a mountain of skulls, in the castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood! What was will now be! What is will be no more! Now is the season of evil..."

NEW YEARS UPDATE!

OK, so I just talked to Greg Michalec and he would like to know if anyone is driving from around Cleveland to Chicago for New Years weekend. Also, can we get a roll call of everyone who's coming?

Apparently a girl I hooked up with in high school fucked Bob Saget. Just thought you guys should know that. Still don't know how to feel, but rest assured I'll be passed out in a bag of chicken rings and kiwi strawberry mad dog.

Labels: celebrities

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today after the bengals-colts game

stay tuned for jackblog sports correspondent adrian duncan smith's coverage of the most anticipated game of the season.

Labels: bengals

today's washington post article on the scene last night.

if you have c-span, now would be the time to turn it on. it's pretty fun to watch congressmen call other congressmen "friends of al-qaeda". republicans introduced a bill they're trying to masquerade as Rep. Murtha's that calls for the "immediate" termination of US forces in iraq. they did this at the last minute, meaning i'll be here til 9pm on a friday night. i for one don't think people will buy this crap. but it's a fun watch.

Labels: iraq

a little freaky mananimal for that ass.

Don't worry about the safety of our world.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/11/16/story230446.html
I'm pretty sure after the mullet and Wilford Brimley in Hard Target, ain't no muthafuckin turrist gonna get up in our freedom shits.

Labels: film

IS the jackblog a haven for "elitism"?

more than one say yes. i'd appreciate your thoughts on the subject.

i can't help but post about the exquisite ass-stylings of one jacqueline worlington.

make sure to check out his pictures.

hey you liberal fucks! remember those two beautiful blonde girls singing nazi songs a month back? that was just the beginning!

Here, this is better. Sarge's doppelganger.

Labels: doppelgangers

I found Sarge's doppelganger. http://www.coyoteuglysaloon.com/nashville/gallery18/photos.php?start=3

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Speaking of a good article about hipsters, I was talking with my coworker friend, KV, earlier today about the general concept of Identiopathy, and in poking around the interweb just now I found this. A more brilliant commentary on the sheepish mentality of scenesters (which I use in this case as a sweeping term to describe anyone who defines him or herself only within the context of a larger subcultural identity), I have not seen in a long time.

If you've never actually read any of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), the manual which in an earlier edition labeled homosexuality as a mental disorder (but has since updated and rescinded its position), it may lose a small portion of its charm. I was forced to use that abominable text-- whose apocryphal claims are often required in American courtrooms to lend authenticity to those doctors whose avarice keeps them from ever actually practicing medicine-- as a research aid in my last job.

The wonderful thing about this type of satire is that it blurs the line between social conformity (as enacted out of fear and insecurity) and "mental disorder", and in doing so, it succeeds in mocking both the Identiopaths and the DSM! I've never heard of this Hermenaut thing, but I'm going to do some more reading...

I apologize if you've seen this already, but you should read the emails sent by that affable horse-judge, Mike Brown, days after the hurricane:

"'Can I quit now? Can I come home?' Brown wrote to Cindy Taylor, FEMA's deputy director of public affairs, the morning of the hurricane.

"A few days later, Brown wrote to an acquaintance, 'I'm trapped now, please rescue me.'"

In case you didn't catch it the first time: "I'm trapped now, please rescue me."

I'm reminded of Ray Nagin's radio interview: "I have no idea what they're doing. But I will tell you this: You know, God is looking down on all this, and if they are not doing everything in their power to save people, they are going to pay the price."

I was too faded to put this up when it happened last week:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/02/denvermarijuana.ap/

So much Rusted Root, way too many hemp shirts that say "Scientist" on them, and a lot of me seeing Carmelo Anthony at the mall yesterday. And I've gotta say I'm a little disappointed with the entourage...a portly dude with a wave cap that seemed real happy and some skinny guy (I'm pretty sure his name was Nick Milque).

Who-Dey, bitches, and tell those Nuggets to bring back the homo rainbow logo

Labels: music

sooo...this is a good article on "hipsters." while its specific to philly, it applies to any city. unfortunately i have to say its pretty damn accurate and there are a couple things i read and went 'ouch...thats me' but i think i don't read pitchfork enough to classify myself as a real 'hipster.' it does a pretty good job of summing up the alternative to being a 'frat boy' or a 'computer nerd' in our generation. granted those terms don't mean so much in the real world anymore but hipsters piss me off when they are too pretentious. i wish our generation had new wave kids or greasers instead. im fucking sick of irony.

Y2K6 Plans

Well, if people are coming to Chicago for New Years, I guess I'm staying in Chicago for New Years.

Right now I'm trying to figure out if and when I'll be taking days off of work, however. Tron told me she'll be coming on that Thursday night, 12/29. What about the rest of you? I'll probably take Friday off, if not Thursday and/or Monday as well, depending on what people decide.

Let me know what you folks think...

joaquin phoenix caught candy-flipping on the red carpet (at least, that's my educated guess):

Out of the blue, Phoenix suddenly changed the subject, asking, "Do I have a large frog in my hair?"

Reporter: No, no.

Phoenix: "Something's crawling out of my scalp."

Reporter: No, you look great.

Phoenix: "No, but I feel it. I'm not worried about the looks. I'm worried about the sensation of my brain being eaten. ... What did you ask me?"

Phoenix then turned away to whisper to his publicist, who smiled broadly and laughed with the actor. It appeared Phoenix was just messing with the reporter, only to return to the interview line, smile, reach out and briefly, gently massage his earlobe. A wave of laughs erupted from many of those within earshot.

do you think he then went inside to watch the movie while sucking on a lime? the most delicious lime ever, perhaps?

Labels: film

always entertaining:
google the word failure. but hit "feeling lucky" instead.

This month's Harper's Index is the most weirdly insidious I've seen in a while:

Rank of 2004 among the most fiscally reckless years in U.S. history, according to the comptroller general: 1

Portion of all U.S. foreign aid that goes to helping the recipients buy U.S.-produced weapons, equipment, or services: 1/4

Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrug efforts in Afghanistan last year: $780,000,000

Amount it would have cost to purchase the country’s entire 2004 poppy crop: $600,000,000

Percentage by which the average amount of anesthetic required by redheads exceeds the average for everyone: 19

Number of toilet seats at the EU Parliament building in Brussels that a TV station had tested for cocaine: 46

Number that tested positive: 41

gettin' pissed at putter's!

Labels: ohio

look here for some smokin' new poll numbers.

hot-cha!

¿Quien quiere un pedazo de este asno?

when parliamentary avenues evade you, just lie.

the speaker pro-tem of the house, rather than follow house rules, made a ruling that simply contradicts them backed by a precedent established in the 1800s and since overturned by more recent precedent. the reps then forced a vote to table the resolution (i.e. forget about it forever), which is being held now.

these are the people that run your country.

Labels: congress

it ain't quite as dramatic, but...

pelosi is currently offering a privileged resolution (rarely used House tactic) to force an oversight investigation of abuses related to the iraq war and condemns congress for "failing to conduct oversight of an executive branch controlled by the same party".

the minority in the house has far less power than in the senate. but they're forcing the republicans to go on record voting against an inquiry. the republicans on the floor are scrambling to find parliamentary tricks to stop the privileged motion. unless they find some loophole, the vote will happen in about 30 minutes.

Labels: congress, iraq

I have a netflix account. This movie will never see the darkness of my mailbox's interior.

I'm sure it would be fantastic. . . . if Corey Feldman were in it.

Title:
Snowboard Academy

Description:
Hotshot snowboarding instructor Chris Berry (Corey Haim) shreds the slopes but finds himself out of his snowy element when a gangly, bumbling pupil (Jim Varney) overwhelms him. Can he shape up his protege in time for the big downhill race -- and resist an evil temptress (the bodacious Brigitte Nielsen) who doesn't give out, um, incompletes? School's definitely in session.

Labels: film

more on the senate maneuver

dana milbank of the washington post has a good play by play:

It was a cheap trick -- and it worked brilliantly. Reporters dropped their stories about Alito and covered the melee in the Senate. CNN titled the episode "Congress in Crisis." MSNBC displayed a live shot of a mostly empty hallway outside the Senate chamber and a clock showing elapsed time since the Senate went into closed session.

Republicans knew they were licked. They agreed to set a schedule for the long-delayed intelligence committee investigation Democrats demanded. "Today, the American people had a victory," Reid declared.

though goofy it may seem, this was a pretty big victory. and for once it was forged by dems instead of the right wing dongs digging their own grave.

standing for something is a novel idea.

Labels: congress

harry reid is a hardass!

hunter at dailykos can explain it (and what it means) better than i can. either way, its great to see some dems ready to stop lying down.

Labels: congress

it's settled then.

chicago 2k6.

carpools from sincinnati and/or roxford would be fresh as i no longer have car.
i shall be in ohio from dec. 23 to jan. 2 with the exception of new years.

ok

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