Chestnuts

Someday I will write a blog post again. In the meantime, here's this:



Merry Christmas, especially to Anna! xoxoxox

Feliz Navidad! Y viva Charo!

Merry Christmas, I must say!

Sorry I can't embed this video. But click the clicky! It's worth it.

I am German so I can laugh at this. No, wait...

http://homemadehilarity.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-angry-emails-start-in-32.html

Ugh, how absolutely revolting

Michael Duvall, Republican state representative from Orange County, California, has resigned today after local news station KCAL released a video of him chatting with a colleague, in astonishingly icky detail, about his affairs with two different women. The representatives were waiting for a legislative session to begin and were within range of the microphones. You can read excerpts of the transcript and watch the video here.

You can see a photo of one of the women (the one who wears eye-patch underwear) here. I see why he likes her. She's very appealing. He, on the other hand, looks like Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann's love child.

Awesome analogy for getting health care reform passed in spite of the idiots

From tombaker, a commenter on Think Progress:

Sometimes a housecat will need medication.

But, because it's a cat, it doesn't understand that.

SO a good cat owner must do what is necessary,

wrestle that cat to the floor, pry its jaw open, and, at the risk of getting scratched and bitten, ram that pill down its unwilling throat.

The cat will be pissed, for sure, and it will avoid that owner for a couple of days, but once the medicine has done its job, and the animal is feeling itself again, it will be right back in that owner's lap, purring.

Republican congress members are a lost cause. But can the blue dog Democrats get this through their heads, please?

How the hell did this happen?

Scrunchies are back in fashion?

And, wow, $6.00? Time to start knitting and crocheting some for Etsy.com, I guess.

GOP senators warn Obama on health care

From an AP item:

Obama says his plan would allow Americans to keep private coverage. But many Republicans say that once a government insurance program is created, it will eventually dominate the market, and drive private insurers out of business.

WTF? This the party who says government can't do anything right, so we should privatize everything. And that competition in the free market results in the best possible product or service at the best possible price.

So why are they worried about the government health care insurance program putting the private companies out of business? Because they know that the private insurance companies are gouging consumers and providing crappy service. Give the people a choice, and they'll go with the government for decent coverage at a reasonable price.

Florida's beautiful new vanity license plate

I want one.

Muahahahahahah!

Arlen Specter is now a Democrat!

An even unlikelier hero

Regular readers of this blog (HAHAHAHAHAHAH) may remember Shep Smith boggling at Ralph "Asshat" Nader. This video is even better:



I haven't had a crush this embarrassing since Kevin Costner.

Thanks, Tim!

Inappropriate jokes

I laughed out loud at this.

The rumble

My dad could never watch "Seinfeld" because he found George Costanza so embarrassing. He'd turn the channel, and when we complained, he'd turn it back and then get up and leave the room. (Beneath his gruff exterior, my dad's a sensitive, exquisitely empathetic guy. Don't tell him I said so.)

I felt the same way watching Jim Cramer on "The Daily Show" on Thursday. Jon Stewart was merciless, and Cramer's squirming was nearly unbearable. (The thing is, Jim Cramer is a dick, but I kind of like him. I like James Lipton, too. I think I'm a shitty judge of character.)

I never turned the channel, though, and today I watched the unedited version of the interview. It's both exhilarating and depressing. On one hand, it's a thrill to see someone actually conduct a difficult interview calmly, rationally, and without any screaming. On the other, it's maddening that the host of a fake news show is the only person doing any serious investigative reporting on what led to the latest catastrophe on Wall Street.

Will it make any difference? Monkeyhawk, a commenter on Wonkette, says it better than I can:

Who knows? 

But this might end up on a par with Edward R. Murrow’s thing on “See It Now” with Joe McCarthy. 

And it’ll be forever dismissed by some as a comedy show. 

It’s more like neo-medieval; the Jester is the only one who speaks truth to power.

PC

Today as I was entering the bathroom at work, I nearly collided with this guy who was coming out of the bathroom, and I thought "OMG that guy totally looks like the "I'm a PC" guy!"

The second thing I thought was "OMG I just walked into the men's bathroom!"

Bittersweet

I bought the very last six-pack of Zima left in the entire world yesterday, and I got carded.

Tra la la

My New Car came with free satellite radio for a year. I have been compulsively listening to the "Hits" channel. I like:

"Sober" by Pink
"Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf
"Just Dance" by Lady Gaga

I actively dislike "Womanizer" by Britney Spears. How disappointing. 

Also, will someone please explain to me what the big deal is about Nickelback? I don't get it.

In other music news: Kat Deluna will reportedly release a new album this year. Said her producer, RedOne, a few months ago, "She is the new, modern-day Selena." Well, duh. I said that the first time I heard her.

All right already

I've been getting feedback from a certain (small) percentage of my fanbase (all seven of you) that I should post more often. I'm not really sure what you're saying, but what I'm hearing is that you would prefer many frequent, short, boring posts to one long monthly post. And I am nothing without my fans, so...

I am in love with my car. Her name is Bunny, unless I forget and call her Beauty, or Bubbly, or Princess. She hates stop-and-go traffic, but she LURVES going really really fast. Also, she loves to show off her superlative German engineering when I stamp on the brakes on a patch of ice.

The aqua Xmas tree is not only super pretty, it literally stunned my friends and family. At least two people told me (did they have to sound so surprised?) that they would totally have it in their homes. I should post a photo of how freaking fabulous it looks in my living room, but I can't photograph stuff as well as the marketing people. So just imagine it all decorated with shimmering, glittery white and silver ornaments, please.