Uh ...

The Bastards Salute You

See? It really happened.

Shit

Did you guys know that Patricia Neal grew up in Knoxville, or that she was married to Roald Dahl for 30 years? Me either.

Ugh

From The Onion A.V. Club:

Remember "We Are The World"? A bazillion stars standing in front of microphones while clutching lyric sheets and looking very stern and serious? Horrible fucking song, huge fucking hit, raised a fuckton of money for Africa? Hold onto your monocles because a whole bunch of newfangled stars have covered the song to benefit the fine folks of Haiti. And it's fucking terrible. Maybe even worse than the original. Once again, good intentions have gone horribly awry. By all means donate money to Haiti (it's a wonderful and worthy cause) but watch this fucker at your own risk. For once seen it can never be unseen (in case you're wondering, Akon did get to use his vocoder).

Catchy Monday

But what a shitty way to find new music ...

DOA

"To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material." -Roger Ebert

Compiling a Metacritic score of 28, The Spirit may be this Christmas' film equivalent of congealed salad. I think it's a mortal sin to cast Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson and fail to make a watchable movie. Looks like Jay was right about this one. Guess I'll have to wait 70 more days for another good comic book movie.

Oops

Somewhere an ad exec is cleaning out his desk.

More than a decade after its conception, Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” will finally see the light of day before year’s end, sources close to the situation told Billboard.

The set will be a Best Buy exclusive and will be available Sunday, Nov. 23, rather than the usual Tuesday.

This spring, soft drink manufacturer Dr Pepper offered to send a free can of the beverage to “everyone in America” (excluding ex-GNR members Slash and Buckethead) if “Chinese Democracy” were to arrive anytime during the calendar year 2008. A Dr Pepper spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.

Original post here.

Things To NOT Do When You're In A Hurry

My brother-in-law Matt hipped me to Buck Frain, an angry Australian.

Today, some advice. Highly recommended reading.

Oops

I Know This Sounds Crazy ...

But the more I look at that little guy, the more familiar he seems ...

Weird.

Tamiflu 1, Flu 0

Tamiflu is a wonder drug. I felt crappy Wednesday, but Thursday morning I woke up feeling like I'd been run over by a hearse. I've never, NEVER been that sick before. I got my son to school and then slept an additional 5 hours, then off and on the rest of the day. If I sat down, I fell asleep. I mean, fucking scary sick. My head throbbed, I was dizzy and weak, breathing was painful, I had a fever of 101 ...

After another full night of sleep and two Tamiflu capsules, I felt just regular sick. No fever today, just congested and slightly out of it. I tell ya, it's a miracle.

Anybody else have similar Tamiflu experiences?

39 And Fit As A Fiddle

Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
My best friends are bastards
Happy birthday to me

Man Cold

In honor of my man cold:

Joe Posts A Secret

What Happened?

Winona Ryder is younger than we are, right?

Lovely

We had an inspection on the little house we wanted to buy. Turns out that termites have not suffered the slump in the real estate market that everyone else has, especially where this house is concerned. The inspector deemed it "major structural damage" and showed us a couple of spots where you could step on the floor and potentially open up a new access point to the crawlspace. We're dropping what we're willing to pay to ridiculously low levels - so low the owners probably (and maybe hopefully) won't take it. So we're back to square one. Or maybe two, since we've got a couple of other potential places identified.

The best part is that when we went out to look at the place again after the inspection, I was walking around the house and noticed a bunch of wasps on a window. Hmm, there are a lot of wasps on that window, I thought, just as one stung me RIGHT ON THE FUCKING FOREHEAD. So that evening and the whole next day, I was uncomfortable and had a little bit of a headache, but no big deal. Until around 8pm when I looked in the mirror and noticed that my forehead was swelling around the sting spot. By around 8:45 it was starting to spread around my eyes. I iced it down and that seemed to help a little. I woke up yesterday morning and my whole face was puffy. I felt really crappy, so I did the walk-in to the Doctors office. Three hours and a steroid shot later, I walked out with a prescription for allergy medicine and slightly less discomfort.

All seems okay now. Not that you care.

She's A Human!

Umm ...

This Is A Classic

FUCK!

My son broke his arm a little while ago, playing superhero at school. His teacher told me that she watched in disbelief as he jumped from the top of the slide.

I'll keep you posted ...

The Sound Of A Man Breaking Down

Jay mentioned at one point that Weezer's 'Pinkerton' "sounds like a nervous breakdown set to music." This was mentioned in the context of Big Star's "Third / Sister Lovers" album, which is also testament to decomposition. Going through my own steady decline, I thought I should add 'Empty Glass' by Pete Townshend. Feel the Pain.