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Macca Entendre

Paul McCartney has a new record out. It's called "Kisses On The Bottom", which, well...

Anyway, it turns out that the phrase "kisses on the bottom" is from the classic tune, made popular by Fats Waller, "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter":

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I'm gonna write words oh so sweet
They're gonna knock me off my feet
Kisses on the bottom, I'll be glad I got 'em
I'm gonna smile and say, "I hope you're feelin' better,"
And close "with love" the way you do;

Which is sweet. And is about the little X's on the bottom of a love letter. And is not about rim jobs.

Not that there's...

Newt The Warrior


Multi-faceted internet meme Chuck Norris whips it - his Big Book Of metaphors - out and explains why Newt needs to win the GOPprimary:

I’m reminded here of Samuel Adams’ wisdom and challenge: “If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”

If it’s true that you can always tell one’s positions by the enemies they have, and I believe it is, then Newt is exactly where he needs to be, battling the trifecta of tyranny: Mitt’s treasuries, the MSM and the GOP elite.

The "trifecta of tyranny"! Was it Tyrants Day down at the local track? "The first 100 visitors receive a free box set of Saddam's novels!"

Nonsense aside, it sounds a little grandiose. The GOP isn't a government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power. Nor does it wield absolute power unjustly or cruelly. They're a political party - a fund raising and distribution center, basically. Maybe Norris is overestimating the power the GOP actually wields.

One cannot, in any way, underestimate the grisly enormity of this triple-headed monstrosity.

Well, excuuuuuse me!

It is a Goliath of ginormous proportions. And let there be no doubt: Only heaven and earth combining their forces will overcome this gargantuan foe. As I’ve said in previous columns, we need the best of the best veterans of political war to fight against the three-headed chthonic giant, and then to scale the Washington acropolis and combat the supreme sultan of political swing occupying the Oval Office.

Thomas Paine was correct: “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.”

Yow. I don't even know what the "supreme sultan of political swing" means - Obama, Guitar George, and Harry the honky-tonk piano player play politically-charged Creole music at little dive bars in south London ? (Does Obama play drums or bass? Do they get their chicks for free?) But, just as a series of words, it sure sounds purty. Very poetic. And I do like the image of baby-headed Newt defeating a three-headed anything, then scaling anything, on his way to fight Obama and his band of unambitious jazzbos. That's a hell of scene you've painted, Chuck! Next time, maybe you could take it easy on the historical references, though: not everything in the present is a replay of something from the past.

A Run on Vinegar

So, um, what's the connection between vinegar and the Super Bowl?

I was grocery shopping yesterday and noticed that the shelves where the white vinegar sits were nearly empty. At first I thought "Wings! People are making their own wing sauce!" Then I noticed that most of the balsamic vinegar was gone, too.

Salad dressings?

I Subject Me Object

What advantage is gained by having two different words to refer to oneself?

What information is lost if, instead of "I shot the sheriff", me say "Me shot the sheriff" ?

Why does it matter if the speaker is the object or the subject? Why should there be different words?

Likewise "he" / "him", "she" / "her".

Race For The Base

So, it pretty clearly looks like the giant, well-established Komen foundation is trying to turn itself into a "conservative"-leaning woman's health charity. That sucks. Obviously.

But, assuming that is the goal, is what they've done a bad move?

Name another group in that niche. Name one with even one tenth the clout of SGK.

I'm just guessing here... but I'll guess that if they lose even half their support, they'll still be huge - the biggest of their kind. And that's not a bad place to be, if you want to control what women's health clinics can afford to do.

In other words: I'm guessing the SGK leadership has anticipated the current backlash, and is betting they'll still be in good shape once everything is said and done. They'll still be big, and they can use the brand to push their "conservative" agenda.

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On the other hand, maybe not...