So is this what happens now when a mainstream “news” outlet attempts to manufacture controversy, then time its release shamelessly to try to damage a front-running Republican? Bring it! Congratulations, Newt. Keep playing your success with discretion and great things just might happen.
Jan 202012
I wrote “rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky” early on in my blog’s life, and it’s still usually what I say when I’m asked to provide a blog description. I envisioned it mostly as a content warning, though I also liked the transposition of the syllable structure from the first phrase to the second. I [...]
Jan 192012
Tripped and fell in the lifeboat. Now don’t all of you judgmental jackasses feel foolish? Sheesh. Actually ready to wear my ushanka (which my former colleague B.J. bought me in Russia; thanks man!) this winter, but it hasn’t been anywhere near cold enough yet. I mean, it’s got to be 15º or so for that, [...]
Jan 172012
Newt’s been pretty good in these debates. Last night he turned transcendent: If he’d been this guy since September, where would he be now? I can’t recall ever seeing a standing ovation at a debate.
Jan 162012
Until yesterday afternoon, it probably took being a monk to know less about Harry Potter than I did. Lea and I didn’t have children when the books started coming out, and by the time the phenomenon was in the stratosphere, there was too much catching up to do. So, apart from trying 30 minutes of [...]
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