tweet of the day
I’m holding the string to my tea bag, slowly dunking it in and out of my hot green tea like some kind of filthy hipster pervert.
— Jenny Johnson (@JennyJohnsonHi5) January 6, 2012
from the comments
A ground crewman who worked on my father’s WWII plane told me their B-26 Marauder was known as the “whore of the skies.” I feel like I can’t say the rest of his quote on this family wire. It crashed a lot. So use your imagination. This was about 15 years ago, during a ceremony for a large marker with the names of the men associated with Flak Bait when it was displayed at Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. This old fella said this to me right in front of Miss Nell, who smiled politely and said, “Okay, well now…” and took my arm and hustled ME off.
Like shooting fish in a barrel
Funk songs from Vietnam GIs
If you didn’t get a Christmas present from me, it’s because I’m waiting till the New Year to buy you East of Underground: Hell Below. (Thanks to Valerie for the tip.)
In 1971 the US was pulling troops out of Vietnam, and its bases in Germany were full of draftees at a loose end. “You were painting shovels, picking up cigarette butts – it was a lot of busy-work,” remembers former serviceman Lewis Hitt. “There was a longing by everyone, especially the draftees, to get home and go back to what you were doing before.”
This was the crucible in which were formed scores of raucous funk bands made up of servicemen, four of which have just been compiled by Now-Again Records. Adoring crowd noise was crudely dubbed on top of their records, which were then distributed in recruitment centres. These bands were used by the army to present service as varied, even hip. But the songs they cover – the bitter, suspicious likes of Backstabbers and Smiling Faces Sometimes – undermine any potential propagandising.
Smell Them; You’ll Know.
Fade from black to black.
tweet of the day, II
‘Stocking stuffer’ is pretty graphic terminology.
— Aaron Winslow (@adwinslow) December 14, 2011
headline of the day, IV
Microsoft to revive ‘squirting’ on Windows 8, Windows Phone
Viva la Sauna Svedese (Mah Nà Mah Nà)
Ponder this if and when you view The Muppets.
Amy said
Well, I don’t know if I want to spatchcock a turkey.
from someone else’s comments
Megyn Kelly on fire hoses: “It’s a sports beverage, essentially!”
Megyn Kelly on police dogs: “It’s a family pet, essentially!”
Megyn Kelly on tasers: “It’s static cling, essentially!”
Megyn Kelly on rubber bullets: “It’s a pencil eraser, essentially!”
Megyn Kelly on hand grenades: “It’s a Fourth of July firework, essentially! God bless America.”
from the comments
Casey, the stub at the end of my full-windsors is a little bigger than tiny. I share your neck size.
Thanks Rick. I often have trouble getting the stub into the keeper. Especially after a few drinks.
tweet of the day
quote out of context
Activists say the name “unwanted,” which is widely given to girls across India, gives them the feeling they are worthless and a burden.
30 for Thirty Days, the latest post…
I’m still following the prompts from someone I know, sort of.
quote out of context
We’re almost on the other side, and the negativity leaves us well positioned to exceed expectations with an I.P.O. baby that, having seen the ultrasound, I can promise you is not one of those uglies.
tweet of the day
after farting…
S’cuse me, I have a touch of assburpers.
from the moderated comments
Well, Fuck me… your still as stupid as before.
archie out of context
via Daring Fireball
quote out of context
Cornhole, a simple yet addictive pastime with Midwestern origins, is sweeping the Northeast.
(via @dansinker)
headline of the day
Gordon Ramsay’s Porn Dwarf Double Eaten by Badger
Spam Name
Samsung Warranty.
headline of the day, 2
Man arrested for chomping on snake
headline of the day
Architects design home made entirely of Hummers
START TODAY
MAKE NO DELAY
TRUTH will out!
This is Mr Curtis’s shop window in Barrack Street, Waterford, dressed for a competition. (Circa: 1930.)
Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.
