Posted in 30 Rock on October 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The other reason last week didn’t suck (see reasons 1 and 2 below), was because of 30 Rock, which I almost missed because of its idiotic time slot. Just put it on after The Office on Thursday if this is the only night a week you can get anyone to watch your network, OK?
Tracey went to therapy on this episode- sheer brilliance.
Because the corporate deities are squabbling, I have to link to NBC.com, but its worth it, I promise you!
Posted in 4durt, absurdly cute photo, Augusten Burroughs, Jack Ibarra, Los Angeles, POST, Southern California wildfires, Tina Fey, wildfires on October 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
As a friend mentioned today, it’s a good thing we are a rich state, or those of us who live in southern cali would all be toast by now. Here in Los Angeles, our canyons have been spared this time, but being sandwiched in between 12 out of control wildfires has been no picnic either. I’ve been breathing in chunks of particulate, wiping ash out of my eyes and off of my car all week. On Tuesday the heat was so oppressive, the air so still and the sky so low and orange I thought I was in the middle of some post nuclear nightmare. I can’t even imagine what it has been like for the folks who’ve had to deal with the winds, the flames and the smoke.
The bright spots in my week were:
1: a comment from thirithch on my post on Augusten Burroughs a few weeks back. Thirithch: you aren’t late to the party at all: In fact just last night in a class on memoir I’m taking, our instructor, the wonderful Amy Friedman, professed her disdain for Running with Scissors for all the same reasons you cite, so your timing is uncanny!
2. this picture that showed up on my flickr RSS today:
4durt: this picture arrived in the nick of time. It is so absurdly beyond cute, that I’m just going to stare at this photo until I start to feel normal again.
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god’s lute will beg for your hands
Posted in Al Gore, Fake Steve Jobs, Hillary Clinton, Nobel Peace Prize, POST on October 12, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Hey, it works for me.
I don’t really see him running this time out – why go there? Fake Steve Jobs has the ultimate analysis on this, as always.
But if Hillary ends up in the White House, who better to join her as her SOS? He’s got an Oscar, a Nobel Peace Prize and eight years experience in the White House. Plus, he’s popular abroad.
Then in eight years, when Hillary steps down…
Posted in barack obama, Dr.Oz, Dr.Phil, J Alexander, Jay Manuel, Mat Lauer, Oprah, Today Show, Tyra Banks on October 2, 2007| Leave a Comment »
I happened to be watching the Today Show this AM when my favorite female drag queen Tyra Banks was on, swinging her long silky tresses and promoting her upcoming interview with Barack Obama. I forgot to watch it, but the Today Show aired a clip in which Obama reminisced about his first date with his wife – they had ice cream and then he kissed her, and guess what? Her lips tasted like chocolate – Ooooohhhh, how blackalicous! Does that qualify as pandering,I wonder?
More to the point, does Barak really want to cast his fate with Tyra and Oprah? For one thing, all those little long limbed chicklets on America’s Next Top Model are too young to vote. And while Oprah definitely has bucks to spare, she’s already foisted at least two charlatans on America – does Barak really want to ride the Dr. Phil / Dr. Oz wave? He’s a man of passion and intelligence, with the ability to articulate idealistic goals and melt the hearts of hotties nationwide. But he’s gonna have to dumb himself way down to compete with these bozos for the hearts and minds of America…
And now, for your viewing pleasure, a couple of priceless moments compliments of the Obama girls themselves…
Tyra Banks Gone Wild
Oprah on Iraq
BTW – is it just my imagination, or is it true that ever since Daniel Shore of NPR outed news anchors as talking heads who read the work of real reporters from teleprompters and shuffle blank sheets of paper around to make it look like they have notes, Matt Lauer’s pile of paper has gotten larger, and there is at least one camera shot looking down on the pile, so that we can see it’s a real pile of paper with writing on it?
Vox Pop Sudari 