To begin this tenth edition of Weekend Weirdness, I give you tens. Tens of weird commercials. Ten half minutes of a guy in a chicken suit playing “What is Love?” from Ring Mod on Vimeo. Okay, “ten half minutes” is… Continue Reading
This is one of the more conservative corners of California that I live in. A Democrat hasn’t been elected to represent this area in generations. The central industry here is building aircraft for the Air Force and the nation’s premier… Continue Reading
The image of President Obama bowing deeply while greeting Japan’s Emperor Akihito has generated many spilt electrons of apoplectic outrage and instinctive, unthinking apologia. But in fact, both the left and the right have it wrong. And it’s not the… Continue Reading
Turns out that the NFL will not allow its players to strike the “Captain Morgan” pose on the field, even if all the money paid for the brand-recognition stunt by the liquor manufacturer goes to charity. This is stupid. NFL… Continue Reading
Bread will kill you! Here’s proof. You might need to know your latitude and longitude. If you’re one of those social conservatives who has been wondering how it could be that Sarah Palin didn’t stop Obama from being elected President,… Continue Reading
So strange, I just plain couldn’t wait for the weekend to share. I give you — Milkquarious. It’s a rock opera. With so-bad-it’s-good bad music. It’s quite funny. “Way over the top” funny. I think it’s at least half an… Continue Reading
First, it was Fox News. But now, it’s Edmunds.com. Edmunds dared to suggest that “Cash for Clunkers” was a gigantic waste — for every vehicle sold under the program, taxpayers paid $24,000 (more than the retail value of a lot… Continue Reading
Here’s the lead paragraph from the Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Tuesday embraced a House bill that would give the government unprecedented power to seize bank holding companies and other large financial firms teetering on the brink of collapse… Continue Reading
A company called PRL USA Holdings, Inc. apparently owns the copyright to an image of a model wearing clothing sold under the Ralph Lauren label. I presume “PRL” stands for “Polo by Ralph Lauren.” Someone, somewhere along the way, thought it… Continue Reading
New oven. The Wife had several bad experiences with the old one — it never got hot enough, then it got too hot. The window cannot be cleaned. It doesn’t fit in with our decor. And the cast-iron spiders that… Continue Reading