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Emo To Thee My God

  1. The Belgians are invading us with tiny, tiny, tiiiiiny helicopters.
  2. Date a Russian Nesting Doll!
  3. God Bless Hooters Restaurant. I approve of Msgr. Rozycki’s attitude; he’s dead on about the tax collectors and publicans.
  4. Here’s an excellent collection of artists’ handmade alphabet books, via Bibliodyssey.
  5. Clean your keyboard more often. Seriously.
  6. A regurgitated press release “news story” that I won’t even link says that “L.A. Residents are unprepared for terror attack”. Sorry, RAND Corp. We were too busy staying prepared for the earthquakes, fires, mud slides, and civil unrest we’ve experienced in the last 20 years. What the hell is Osama going to do to me that I haven’t figured out how to prepare for already? Grump!
  7. It was a very hot day in this part of Australia, apparently.
  8. The Exploding Aardvark presents: TANG PIE.
  9. PANTS-FREE FLASHMOB! PANTS-FREE FLASHMOB! PANTS-FREE FLASHMOB!

CBS, WARNER TO MERGE AS: CW

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we’re chained

  1. Joey Buttafuoco says “It’s time to put it all behind us” and let the healing begin. Appropriately, enough, on a reality show. I hope they wheel in Mary Jo with a .45 so my healing can begin, too!
  2. I thought “MetalStorm” was a bad 1970s sf movie, but it’s actually a gun that fires 240,000 rounds per minute.
  3. The Beast is Back! With their required-reading loathsome people of 2005 list.

More later. I’m out of time. Phrenology calls.

Eddie Little bits

I’m going through the LA Weekly’s archives pulling out some of Eddie Little’s columns so people can get an idea of what he was about. Links are below.

Locals, think “Bob Trout if he could write”.

http://www.laweekly.com/view/Trouble_In_Paradise-1998-02-25/

http://www.laweekly.com/view/Paradise_Lost-1998-12-16/

http://www.laweekly.com/view/Chop_Shop_Guys-1998-08-12/

http://www.laweekly.com/view/To_the_Super_Max-2001-11-21/

language notes

  1. It’s easy to convert a simple statement into a simple asshole statement. Simply prefix it with “Um”. Try it! It works every time!
  2. The following usage is proscribed and prohibited and will be punished: use of the German word “uber” as a generic comparative or superlative. Examples: “We didn’t want to swear around her because she’s uber religious”; “Of course, if there are things on an uber level that any of you see as problematic, please let me know ASAP so we can figure out the best way to resolve.” The second example arrived in email today and caused me to swear and frighten the cat.
  3. “Righteous” and “self-righteous” do not mean the same thing. A righteous person is one who does the right thing. A self-righteous person is someone who declares him or herself to be righteous, and this usage is pejorative. In short they’re almost opposites. Thanks.
  4. Dear the Kia Company: Like many car manufacturers, you’ve chosen Italianate names for your car. Sorrento is a very nice town and an acceptable name for a carr, but why did you take a letter out and call it the “Sorento”? Was it just to hurt me, every time I see that ad? Was that it? WAS THAT IT?