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Exaggeration nation: Kings of nothin’
Guess why the rock band Kings of Leon abandoned their gig in St. Louis after three songs. Bloody mosh pit? Misfiring dragon-shaped fireballs? Dragged off stage for lewd behavior involving honeybees and a flowering dogwood?
Nope. It was pigeons. Pooping pigeons.
It turns out that Starbucks is just a company
Bryant Simon, author of Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks
Anyone laboring under the delusion that Starbucks exists to feed the hungry and solve the world’s problems will learn from Simon’s book that Starbucks is just a company, out to make as much money as it can by providing customers with what they want. [Read more →]
Bad sports, good sports: Chone Figgins should find a new career
Athletes make loads of money. Most of the rest of us do not. These are basic facts. It is natural to envy what we don’t have, and even to resent those who seem more fortunate than ourselves. Despite this, most sports fans are okay with the fact that many of the athletes for whom we root are millionaires many times over. We take so much enjoyment from sports, we have not only made peace with this inequity, but we often actually support it, advocating that the teams we love spend even more than they already spend. There is an assumed contract with the fans, though, that goes along with the gigantic contracts the players sign. [Read more →]
Top ten answers to the question “How hot is it?”
10. “It’s so hot, I just killed a guy for asking, ‘Hot enough for ya?’.”
9. “It’s so hot, Mel Gibson actually appreciates the cold shoulder his ex-girlfriend is giving him.”
8. “It’s so hot, the cows are giving evaporated milk.”
7. “It’s so hot, my car’s GPS lady keeps directing me towards Canada.”
6. “It’s so hot, Amy Winehouse tested positive for Slurpees.”
5. “It’s so hot, the fish are sweating.”
4. “It’s so hot, I saw a squirrel handling his nuts with tongs.”
3. “It’s so hot, President Obama’s motorcade was spotted outside a Dairy Queen.”
2. “It’s so hot, Dick Cheney was caught waterboarding himself.”
1. “It’s so hot, Lindsay Lohan said she was actually looking forward to spending some time in the ‘cooler’.”
Bob Sullivan’s Top Ten Everything appears every Monday.
San Diego Comic-Con stabbing, or scratching: Fanboys aren’t crazy, just under a lot of pressure
The last Comic-Con I attended was way back in 2007, when I still had a comic book writing gig, a fairly big one, actually, and when I went to the bars and parties after hours I could say, “Hi, I’m Ricky and I write _____,” and people actually knew what I was talking about. I admit I felt like a big man. It was a fun time.
I mean, it was fun going to the bars and parties after Comic-Con had closed. Comic-Con itself had become the opposite of fun.
Cops checking citizenship
Buckle up kids, this is from ICE’s own website, discussing the Federal program designed to train State and local officers in immigration enforcement. The authorization for this was given in 1996.
Sort of an FYI to those of you claiming that Arizona does not have the liberty to enforce its new immigration law.
Bloggers wanted
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World Cup withdrawal
I admit it: I miss the World Cup. Partly this is because it enabled me to go to a bar at 10am on a weekday without it being seen as proof I have a problem. In part it’s the absence of commercials and timeouts — once a half starts, it goes on for at least 45 minutes — which is not the case with any American sport, with the worst offender being an NBA game in the 4th quarter (new Popes are elected in less time). And finally, I genuinely came to enjoy watching it. Here are the things I came to cherish most about the beautiful game: [Read more →]
Lisa reads: Proust’s Overcoat by Lorenza Foschini
Proust’s Overcoat: The True Story of One Man’s Passion for All Things Proust
