!Short Takes

2008-05-15T15:19:00.003-04:00

It's at the point now that when I see a new Congressional sex scandal, I'm wishing it's a Democrat, just to be different. Why are these conservative GOP guys such freaks?

2008-05-14T08:28:00.000-04:00

Clinton campaign reinvigorated by these people.

2008-05-13T15:25:00.002-04:00

Apparently Mr. Obama and Ms. Clinton have decided to settle this whole nomination thing with a godwinning contest. His. Hers. I'm still thinking he wins.

2008-05-09T10:16:00.001-04:00

A nice concise summary of why the GOP is serious trouble.

2008-05-02T09:45:00.001-04:00

Come on, you 29 percenters! Get with the program!

2008-04-24T12:36:00.002-04:00

This has got to be one of the more awesome things I've read recently.

2008-04-17T08:30:00.001-04:00

I'm pretty sure John McCain won the Democratic debate last night. For the record, ABC News sucks extremely hard.

2008-04-14T16:41:00.001-04:00

A recipe that I thought I was going to hate but is in fact totally delicious: Sausage and White Bean Cassoulet.

2008-04-08T08:59:00.001-04:00

Candle cannon.

2008-04-07T15:35:00.004-04:00

Crunchy Wins Sudden Death Playoff

So, I had one of these, which then became one of these. The coin flips came up favorable, so I did not croak. I was in the hospital for the last few days. I'm home now, and will probably write more about this soon. So if you knew this was going on, I'm OK and home, and if you didn't, well, you missed the excitement.

2008-04-03T10:26:00.002-04:00

Can anyone explain why the red phone would ring at three a.m. to report a mortgage crisis?

2008-04-03T09:55:00.001-04:00

"Last year people said Curt Schilling was fat. I thought Schilling was in fantastic shape. If you see him in the locker room, he�s not fat, he just has a bad body."

-Jim Rice

2008-04-01T08:08:00.001-04:00

The order-botching geniuses at the local BK are lucky I didn't find this with a little more time before April 1.

2008-04-01T00:33:00.000-04:00

So?

2008-03-29T23:37:00.001-04:00

Great. Just great.

2008-03-27T11:57:00.002-04:00

From the 15 nanoseconds of fame file: the first still picture shown for the ranch segment is She Who Must Be Obeyed and the Crunchettes (neither of whom could be bothered to look at the camera. Nice helmets, though.)

I couldn't get this to play in Firefox, but it was fine in IE. Mmmm! Web standards.

2008-03-26T16:19:00.000-04:00

Finally, the name Gibson will be synonymous with fake guitars.

2008-03-23T18:10:00.002-04:00

The truth finally revealed: Why Monster Cables are so expensive. (Ever heard of Monoprice?)

2008-03-20T08:26:00.001-04:00

German ace learns he shot down his favorite author. I don't think I'm super sentimental, but stories like this get to me.

2008-03-17T12:30:00.001-04:00

Gibson: All your air guitar stylings are belong to us.

2008-03-17T07:36:00.001-04:00

Olbermann on Clinton and Ferraro.

2008-03-11T09:01:00.000-04:00

Marvin at the All Star Game. A story and the clip.

2008-03-10T17:38:00.001-04:00

I would feel worse about this if ol' Eliot wasn't such a dick about online poker.

2008-03-10T11:58:00.001-04:00

Layperson's guide to the mortgage mess, with stick figures and everything.

2008-03-07T08:40:00.000-05:00

Crystal meth: friend or foe?

(from andrew)