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Here are some pics of my old, decrepit cat, Shamu (named by me at age 7 for the killer whale). She's 21 this year, and sleeps 20-odd hours a day. She occasionally rousts herself to eat. This past weekend, we had Christmas with my mom, uncle, step dad and assorted step-siblings. She promptly found a nice gift box and went to sleep in it ('cause ( Read more... )

USA! USA! USA!

UPDATE: Here's the other roommate.


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So while at the parents' house this weekend, we actually watched SNL for the first time in years. The following musical number, from Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake, marks the first time I've laughed out loud at the show in half a decade. I don't know what it is. The pitch-perfect Color Me Badd vibe to the whole thing? The earnestness of the ( Read more... )

Toys that maim. When I was a kid, I would have wanted them all. Hell, some of them still look cool. I really want a "Johnny Reb" cannon.

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Iran just finished hosting a bizarro-world academic "history" conference. Subject: the Holocaust. Or, to be more precise, the lack of one. I knew about this some time ago, but I didn't know the US "delegation" was being led by the old Imperial Wizard himself. Can we get the Iranians to keep him? I'm sure they'd have lots to talk about.

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When guns knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns knives.

Our relatives across the pond, in their hell-for-leather charge back into serfdom, have surrendered their guns  to the lords of the manor long ago. Now the peasants can't even have their crude farm implements.

Next up...

I've always wondered how often reporters, writers and others in media bother to check facts given to them by often hardly-disinterested parties. Yet more evidence that the answer is "hardly ever."

To be fair, I can see how the initial error here could have been an honest mistake. The problem seems to be that once it was made, a long line of people ( Read more... )

Man. I think this is the new Star Wars Christmas Special. A live-action Superfriends show. And it's a comedy.

And yes, Solomon Grundy is there.

Be sure to read all the way to the end. The second (and last) episode was in the format of a fucking roast. Keep an eye out for "Ghetto Man - the first black super hero" and Mordru the Sorcerer on a jet-ski ( Read more... )