Spitball Army

It is easy to identify with the book’s protagonist and author Jean-Dominique Bauby, in full-body paralysis, as I am wedged between the triple-pane airplane porthole and Diane and Walter, curled up in a human ball next to me with their DVD player.

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If my mother had asked us this question as kids, or something similar (like “Want me to make a positive difference and fight for ALL of South Oceanside children’s future from OUTSIDE of our kitchen?”), we would have just looked at her as if she had sprouted a second head on her shoulders.

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A nationally televised interview with Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford falsely implied that a 2008 filmed police beating occurred under the watch of previous city leadership, former Mayor Bernard Kincaid and Police Chief Annetta Nunn said today. Both are calling for a correction.

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Newstalk;
Scrubbing Bubbles;
House numbers

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The Orchestra Rocks;
celery;
interactive journalism

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Barry Blitt’s cover illustration is titled “OctoRush,” in a combined reference to OctoMom Nadya Suleman and the If-I-don’t-get-my-way-I’m-going-to-threaten-a-complete-governmental-overthrow-or-at-least-the-overthrow-of-the-floundering-Republican-Party noisemaker Rush Limbaugh.

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Chris Matthews was a bit more shrill than usual tonight, likely because his invited guest was doing his best to provoke him with lower circle reasoning. This segment of Hardball was entertaining and embarassing in equal measure.

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Not since Klaatu landed in a flying saucer on the Ellipse has Washington been so mesmerized by an object whirring through the sky.

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The clickety-clack of the rear claws of one of my cats running down the hallway into the bedroom to find the source of the thud…

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“How come every internet address begin with W?”

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