The Tough Questions

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Off the top of my head...

#1) Because all fetuses are female until the XY chromosome develops
#2) Refracted light
#3) Green Jello or it is the day after St. Patrick's Day
#4) Because racists have ultra-sensitive hearing from decades of inbreeding
#5) Tyler Perry will let you know when he's good an ready, sir
#6) The Treaty of Saskatchewan, 1775
#7) Because they are animals and you fed him table scraps, dumbass
#8) BRAS, grandma.
#9) The better to guard the gates of hell with
#10) Clever. You're too funny for words! GO OUTSIDE.


They don't call me McGoogle for nothing!

I <3 Chicago Public Radio

And i <3 this video. Warning: these are radio people, so they don't understand the concept of "focusing" a "video camera".

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So, apparently Hurricane Gumbo is a band. Sorry for the unnecessary rant yesterday... but still, that's a crappy band name!

/end self-righteousness

Dear City of Chicago Planned Property Management,

SCREW YOU, TOO!

Yesterday was a nice late summer day and I had my windows open. No harm in that, right? Oh, no... unless the City of Chicago is lining the sewers management company has some guy sawing into the brick of the building. Even though I'm 8 stories up, I came home to this:

Out of context, this may look fine, but this TV stand... WAS BROWN WHEN I LEFT! Seriously - my house looks like a haunted house sans cobwebs. And the worst part is - it's not just dust, it's sand! And when you walk by it, it's thrown up in the air. And when you turn on the AC, it's thrown directly in your face. And when you get the sand sucked up, it's all over you and there is still dust everywhere.

Thank god it's only my kitchen and sitting room, but what a total pain in the butt. One super-fun weekend, coming up!

It's Friday

And I have stuff to say!

SHAME ON YOU, liberal media. It's not your job to ask questions, you pinko crazies.

Peggy Noonan was the commencement speaker at my college graduation. Nothing she said that day has stuck with me at all, and therefore it comes as little surprise that her private opinion does note coincide with her her laborious columns. Pish-posh to intellectual honesty but she's sorry for the 'barnyard epithet'!

It's hard to believe the comments coming out of the RNC about how much more qualified Palin is that Barack Obama. It seems like a stretch for most people, you can see that look in their eyes saying "does this sound believable? maaaaybe?"

In other news...

The new trailer for Milk:

(UPDATED: This video has been deleted)


I don't think it's a secret that I'm not a huge Sean Penn fan - he's the ultimate Debbie Downer. However, this movie is going to be awesome.

Planned Parenthood has a new interactive website called Take Care Down There and I think it's awesome. Just the right amount of cheese to be a credible health source, but tongue-in-cheek enough to be watchable. And - SHOCKER - it actually covers abstinence as part of a comprehensive sex education!

Bordering on SWEET

Sour Grapes Alert!

You may know that alex once worked as a Special Orders manager at Borders, Inc. He was let go due to the company hemorraging money and also the innovative concept that Corporate HQ had to sell books ...(wait for it)... on the internet. This novel idea is sure to propel the company into the year 2000 with phenominal success!

To get in on the ground floor of what is sure to be a mildly popular utility used by a few super NERDS (who intrinsically heart books, am I right?!), Borders has created a new concept store where people can use computers to customize things and order books. This is a genius idea, as the personal computer has not contributed to the success of it's main competitors for the last 12 years or so one iota.

Quoth the article:
Unfortunately, the future for Borders is about five years ago for everyone else. The concept behind this Concept Borders? Computers!

What's next for these hipster geniuses? Make your own karaoke music video to any Beach Boys song for only 10.99? A rotery phone booth you can use for five bucks a call?! A mixed tape studio?! Siiiiigh...

Even though I'm resentful, I still really like this video of Ira Glass, because This American Life is my great love.

Bus rage!

Ok, I haven't been able to get to Jezebel or Gawker as much as I would have liked to this week, but how in the HELL could I have missed this story.

I'll just quote the first paragraph for you...

TORONTO (AP) - Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.

WHAT?!?!? Of course, there's more -

Vince Weiguang Li, who immigrated to Canada from China in 2004, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old carnival worker Tim McLean. He has yet to enter a plea.

Thirty-seven passengers were aboard the Greyhound from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, as it traveled at night along a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway about 12 miles from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Witnesses said Li attacked McLean unprovoked, stabbing him dozens of times.

As horrified passengers fled the bus, Li severed McLean's head, displaying it to some of the passengers outside the bus, witnesses said.

GOO! That is horrific and also a bit sad for me personally, as I've always had a fondness for Greyhound since it brought alex many a Midwestern mile to visit me when we lived in different states. Yuck, I have to go get this image out of my head!

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