Monthly Archives: September 2005

I’ve been up most of the night watching the weather channel. It’s now 2:21 and I’m really tired of watching the television. I’m going out of my mind worrying about this hurricane. My wife’s family lives near Beaumont, and if this damn thing keeps moving north they’re going to get hit hard. I’m glad that […]

I had pretty written off network T.V. as the wasteland of reality shows, but tonight my newly evacuated wife and I watched the season premiere of “My Name is Earl” on NBC. I couldn’t believe how un-politically correct this show was. It was absolutely one of the funniest twenty-four minutes of network T.V. I’ve seen […]

As more and more information becomes available concerning the pitiful response of local, state and federal officials in New Orleans, I’m increasingly of the opinion that everyone involved with the debacle deserves to be fired. Or at the very least have their asses spanked”¦with the wrong end of a flyswatter. They were playing politics and […]

I’m in a grad seminar, wishing I were anywhere else.

I had a bad night in Barnes and Nobles. First, the bookseller at the information desk didn’t know who Kurt Vonnegut was. I’m not asking that booksellers read all the books in the store, but perhaps they should know the names of some of the more famous authors. Vonnegut’s new book is number 13 on […]

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, the comic book is an underappreciated literary form in the U.S. For the most part, the genre has been ignored because of the pretentiousness and snobbery inherent in my field of study. Yeah, I’ll admit there are an awful lot of really crappy comics […]

I’ve got a few video leftovers I want to get rid of: Lewis Black’s appearances on the Daily Show are always terrific, and the one that aired on September 14th was no exception. Lewis takes a look at some of the creationist propaganda floating around, and the nonsense fundamentalists are trying to pass off as […]

This photograph was taken at a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14. The President was letting Condoleezza Rice know he had to pee-pee. Talk about invasion of privacy. But then again I posted it, so I guess I’m an invader […]

Yesterday President Bush apologized for the lackluster response the government has shown after Katrina. Also, Michael Brown stepped down as the head of FEMA. I’m not one of those psychos who tries to blame Bush for causing the hurricane, but as Scott McClellan said last week, the buck stops with the president. His apology is […]

Google has just added a search function designed specifically for blogs. Go here to try it out. Just don’t forget about me when you are lost in the realm of bad prose. And for all you broadband users out there, Google also offers a new program called Desktop. It fully intergrates the internet with your […]