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This is an interview of David Frum by Rachel Maddow. In the first sentence, he blindsides her with a cheap shot about her show, and she masterfully keeps him on the hook for the next eight minutes ( Read more... )

So my dad and I went to lunch this afternoon. I had the shrimp quesadillas, he had the hamburger. We chatted about a variety of things going on in our lives and had a nice time ( Read more... )

Ditto.

I miss Molly Ivins too.

ETA:10 years ago today, Molly Ivins said ( Read more... )

I thought it went more or less OK. Biden was exellent and Palin was quite good. Gwen Ifill was just terrible, though. Her questions were predictable, but she totally lost control of the debate within minutes of it starting. She never followed up on answers, and she never held any of the candidates to their task ( Read more... )

So the annual, Those Fools are Going to the Desert articles have begun, and they start with a blast in the New York Times. This particular one is about the planning from thousands of miles away in getting there: Ms. Darby and her craft workers are part of Kostume Kult, a camp known for giving away 2,000 pounds of sparkling, sequined, saucy ( Read more... )

With the exception of the interesting criminal prosecutions for HIPAA violations related to her hospital stay, I generally don't follow Britney Spears related news. I figure my following it encourages assholes to keep on following her. However, I saw this headline and had to click. Ha! This makes me happy.LOS ANGELES - A paparazzo who pressed ( Read more... )

This sort of thing never happens to media people that I hate: NBC’s Tim Russert Dies ( Read more... )

twistedcat posted this and I absolutely had to share. I sort of broke into tears when I saw it. I don't know anything more about it than the caption.

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The caption: There's no audio of this recording. These two guys reared this lion from a baby in England but the authorities would not allow them to keep it once it reached maturity so they were forced to ( Read more... )

According to Wikipedia today should be celebrated with either Sugar (British), Iron (American) or Wood (Modern). It's the sixth anniversary of my livejournal ( Read more... )

In the last four years, I've spent at least an hour a week with a guy who has helped make me into a better person. Last year, I took my workouts to an entirely new level, and he was there to guide me the whole way. His confidence in me never, ever wavers, and he knows what I can do better than I do. In that time, I've gotten to know him rather ( Read more... )