Archive for July 3rd, 2008

america: still better than myanmar!

July 3, 2008

I’m sneaking out soon, so I leave you with this:

If you don’t get all fuzzy and patriotic at the sight of a Muppet penguin wearing a Washington wig quacking out “Stars and Stripes Forever” while the Swedish chef chases chickens across a video of a giant hot dog lovingly being drizzled [...]

“spook country” by william gibson

July 3, 2008

Not just hot, but correctly, expertly seasoned. Hot like when they brought you a plate of lemon slices, to suck on as needed, to partially neutralize the burn. It had been a long time since Milgrim had had food like that. It had been a long time since he’d eaten a meal that provided any [...]

the mute button: the greatest invention of the 20th century

July 3, 2008

This is easily the dumbest commercial I have seen in a long time:

“I thought you’d want to blog about our ideals”? Clearly, this commercial was thought up by a group of computer-illiterate old white men who have no idea what a “blog” is, just that it’s something to do with that [...]