Entries from June 2007

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

From the files of Astoundingly Bad Decisions

“High above the mountains, far across the sea
I can hear your voice calling out to me saying, ‘vote for Hillary’”
— Celine Dion, ‘You and I’
In politics, as in any marketing endeavour, knowing your target audience is usually an awfully good first step.
So, Hillary Clinton using a parody of the final Sopranos episode — featuring her, [...]

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Thou shalt not get sloppy head while driving the I-95

“I gets high (high)
Rollin’ down the I95
Ma’ don’t ask why
I love gettin’ high
While I drive
I can’t lie (I can’t lie)
I puff lye (I puff lye)
While I drive down the I95″
— Memphis Bleek
It is safe to say the the Holy Pontiff and Memphis Bleek do not see eye-to-eye on the proper way to conduct yourself while [...]

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Lol Of The Rings!

In honour of everyone’s fascination with lolcats and other such creatures (like lolyankees and lolbots), coupled with my desire to pass time at work quickly and at least half-amusingly, DirtyGames (guiltily) presents to you the first installment of …
Lol Of The Rings:

More to come, sometime when I’m equally as bored and easily amused as this [...]

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Why The Stanley Cup Finals Depressed Me

So the playoffs are over, the Ducks are the champions, the Stanley Cup will be proudly paraded through the streets of The O.C. and that’s that for another year, right? All wrapped up in a neat little, small-market, low-U.S.-ratings package…
Well, sure. But I have to make a point before hockey goes away. A whole lot [...]

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Followup: Will you PLEASE shut the hell up?

Please?
I wrote last week about Cindy Sheehan voicing her displeasure with the democratic party on her way out the door. And while I didn’t expect that to be the end of her senseless tirades, I had hoped that maybe she would go back to discussing the issue that brought her to the public’s attention in [...]