Old-timey Slang of the Day

rind: audacity, nerve


The rind of hope?

Go Steve!

Stephen King points out that attempts to ban violent video games are asinine. He is correct.

This Guy Loses Race

A sad day in Wisconsin politics:

Papa Smurf goes down to defeat. I'm sure Gargamel was behind the negative 527 attack ads that brought him down.

Scots Nats!

A vote from James Bond for Scottish independence.

Youtube Frenzy

Here are a bunch of mostly unconnected youtube videos I just like. They're good, in different ways.

Mike Gravel does "Helter Skelter." Cause that song isn't associated with crazy people at all.


This was his last little number. It's awesome.


Excellent April Fool's gag from Terry Jones and co.


The greatest ad ever made: Hungarian sausages!



And this is sublime and beautiful.

Hats Off to This Guy

Very believable April Fool's joke here. Bravo! I read this on a political site, went to the link, and didn't figure out it was a joke until I went to one of his links. The best part is the $10 fee for microwave use. It's that little hard-to-believe touch that paradoxically makes it that much more believable.

Old-timey Slang of the Day

zib: I'm going to quote my trusty old Dictionary of American Slang here, cause their definition is very specific. "A stupid person with unknown political or personal opinions; a nondescript nincompoop. Not common."

Is there an equivalent for this in modern lingo?

ABC Links (mostly Wikipedia, mostly awesome)

A. Recently, a parachute possibly belonging to the infamous D.B. Cooper was found up in Washington State. (On a side note, while I've grown very tired of the increasingly ridiculous show Prison Break over the last two seasons, the first season was kinda good, largely because it featured D.B. Cooper as a character).

B. Also got this today. Now he would have been an interesting Vice President.

C. Speaking of Vice Presidents, my brother sent me this a while back. Richard Mentor Johnson had the best/worst campaign slogan ever: "Rumpsey Dumpsey, Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh." I guess it's not as bad as "Whip Inflation Now."

Beards Again

This list of bearded vice-presidents is somewhat amusing . . . and informative. I was not aware that the United States had ever had a Native American VP. I suppose I could be a typically dumb product of our nation's education system, but I prefer to think of myself as vice-presidentially challenged. Did you know that?

"A consumer advocate is a person in your neighborhood..."

I love this scene. And Sesame Street.

"Death comes in the night on little cat's feet"

Andrew W.K. meets John McLaughlin here. Oh, and it's awesome.

ADDED: Here is the actual exchange, from Wonkette.

Subliminable

An interesting post on Althouse about a possibly intentional, racist, subliminal message in the "3 A.M." ad got me thinking a bit about subliminal messages in other contexts.





A short subliminal roundup:

* Other campaign ads.


*Info on a subliminal message controversy surrounding Disney movies (see Snopes.com for more on this).


*A number of subliminal (and not-so-subliminal) images.


*A piece on research from New Scientist.


*An article from the BBC.


* A skeptical view.


Clearly, further research is needed.