'Choons: Up for a week, and then Harry Reid will force them into closed session.
Something New: From the 'Lou (that's tha' STL to you non-down types) comes Living Things, three brothers who, thankfully, were not drafted didn't join the Army so they could sing this fuzzy ditty about partying one's ass off in spite of the draft war y'know, stuff. It's not "Brown Sugar", it's "Bom Bom Bom".
Something Old: I listened to Jack-FM the other day for the first time in a few months (the Canadian version, not the American transplant, or for that matter, the web-only American original). Always good to know there's still a station that will play Pursuit of Happiness "I'm An Adult Now" and 54-40's "Casual Viewin'". That, and the Cowboy Junkies' cover of "Sweet Jane", which I can't seem to find.
Something Sassy: By popular demand, more Sass Jordan. This was the theme song of every single female friend of mine in the early 90's. Why I did not exploit that remains a mystery. Grab a pillow, and curl up with "You Don't Have To Remind Me".
Something That Just Dawned On Me: Three Canadians and a St. Louis band this week. Huh.
Something To Eat: This weekend, I will mostly be eating pasta with beer in it. Or possibly the other way 'round.
Something to Drink: Hot liquids. And possibly the beer.
Something to Remind You About: Boondocks. Sunday. Adult Swim. Or, if you stay up, catch it tonight on demand as part of Adult Swim's Friday Night Fix. I heart Adult Swim.
Something Buffering: The NBC Nightly News is going online. Starting Monday, you'll be able to watch Brian Williams smirk through the day's events at nightlynews.msnbc.com. I reckon this is what NBC had in mind when they decided to co-brand their cable channel with MSN. It took them long enough. Putting the nightly news online is hardly a new idea. Both the CBC and BBC have been doing this for a while, but neither of them are 100% ad supported like the Peacock. It looks like a bold move, only because there will be different commercials on the stream than on the live, over-the-air version. But it's time. Now if ABC will ever get in gear and offer me that Liz Vargas nightly podcast, I'll be happy. (Does CBS even have a nightly newscast anymore?)
Something I Can Relate To: We know Michael Brown was woefully unqualified to be director of FEMA. Now we know that he was/is also a complete douchebag. I've worked with a few Michael Browns. You just want to pick them up by the shirtcollar, throw them against a wall, and say, "Please. Just quit now. Before I kill you." I realize our President said "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job", but that's an easy thing to say through your teeth. Sometimes, in management, you have to give public votes of confidence to complete fuckwits. And then you hop on your mountain bike, ride as fast as you can, and privately curse such people--just loud enough to hear yourself, but not so audibly that passersby can understand what you're muttering, much less read lips. Whether you believe Michael Brown is a by-product of Bush cronyism or not, we can all recognize that the world is full of people in charge of things they have no business being in charge of. Sometimes you can manage around it, and then other times, well, you get a Michael Brown in there.
Something Ironic: This only works if you think Dubya a) used to do the blow and b) cheated to win the 2000 election. Look who's protesting against Bush alongside Venezuelan presidente Hugo Chavez? None other than former cokehead/World Cup cheater Diego Maradona! Hey Diego, he's practically you!
Something Wise: I'm paraphrasing here, but Bob Saget said it: "Now that I'm in my forties, my goal is to find a beautiful woman my own age, who shares my priorities and my dreams, and start dating her daughter."
Something As Bad In Math As I Am: Reportedly, around 250 New Orleans police officers went AWOL after Hurricane Katrina. But much like the inflated death toll, but considerably less tragic, it seems as many as 100 of those "officers" were in fact phantom employees on the NOPD payroll.
Something to Watch Monday Night: Pats v Colts. As much as it pains me to say it, Indy should win it on paper, but if Peyton Manning starts getting frustrated, jumping up and down, and holding his helmet with both hands after every play, then it's over. His body language after mistakes is cancer for a football team.
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