Archive for October, 2008

Who wouldn’t want to pal around with this guy?

OK, I admit it. This is just another pathetic attempt to get onto Blue Gal’s list, but I know I’m not worthy.

This site is probably going to be almost as busy as the NYFT today. Of course, since little of that traffic is likely to be coming from the Amarillo area, it’s not likely to make the owner rich.

This isn’t the Joe the Plumber who was referred to some 25 times during last night’s debate. It’s just the lucky domain name owner of the day.

If you watch The Venture Bros. regularly, you know where the boys came from.

Now, I don’t know whether this silly little pun was intended by the show’s creators, but it occurred to me while watching an old episode tonight that the young Venture brothers could be seen as their father’s Hank-’n’-Dean monster.

Hankandean monster. Get it? Well, laugh it up, kiddo.

Dear Mercedes-Benz,

Your latest spot for the C Class on the eye of hell opens with the following:

300 horsepower is fast.
400 will take your breath away.
That’s why we gave it 451.

Sorry, but I’ve just got to ask: why exactly did you give it 451?

Do you want me to lose control of the vehicle and get myself killed?

Are you trying to belittle me? Oooh, I don’t think you should buy this car. It’s much too powerful for little old you. You might hurt yourself.

Maybe it’s your idea of a dare: I just bet you can’t drive this car without killing somebody.

A number of people in the media have noted that one of the questions Sarah Palin didn’t answer tonight was the one regarding her Achilles’ heel. Instead, she gave a list of her strengths.

She had openly stated fairly early on in the debate that she wasn’t planning on directly answering the questions being posed to her and that she preferred to speak directly to the American people about the issues. I suppose one could say that’s what she was doing with this particular question, although she didn’t preface her answer with any statement about how she preferred to talk about something else.

What I haven’t heard or read yet is the first thought that came into my mind when she (non)responded to the question: is it possible she doesn’t know what an Achilles’ heel is?

I can just see her returning to her hotel after the party they’re apparently having for her in celebration of her not melting on stage, hopping on line and looking it up.