tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66875042012-02-16T02:48:43.517-05:00Another player with the slick trigger finger For Her Majesty <p>WisdomWeasel &amp;copy 2004-2008 Shrimp Garnish Productions (E. Parsley, Prop)</p>Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comBlogger9661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-46229154827717885572009-09-30T22:04:00.002-04:002009-09-30T22:06:39.122-04:00

OK, it's official: my new job has officially consumed my life. I think Wisdom Weasel is on indefinite hiatus. However, you can follow some of Country Mouse and my current projects on either www.nesthiveburrow.com (the process of buying then efficiency retro-fitting a 1930s Maine bungalow) or www.danandjessie.blogspot.com where we post pictures of the offspring.Additionally, I have been gathering

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-18881282096089772122009-07-26T10:20:00.004-04:002009-07-26T10:27:08.041-04:00

I normally drive a nice, mildly zippy regular car: Japanese, nothing too funky or boxy, roomy without being huge, and with enough oomph to make believe I could burn a two-door off the line at the lights. Said car is currently undergoing a little cosmetic surgery at the Ding King's Casa de Dent Removal and so I'm driving a loaner from the dealership that sold me the car. Behold, said loaner:Those

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-17966389529091941592009-07-12T08:09:00.003-04:002009-07-12T08:13:04.535-04:00

I grow ever- slacker at this blogging lark. Soon I may have to go into a chrysalis and re-emerge with a new online presence (much like MAS did with his awesome literalist take on Handwashings).Until then, fancy a brew?

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-68264666893428035632009-06-21T16:06:00.004-04:002009-06-21T16:29:46.436-04:00

A few days back I had occasion to visit New York on work bid'nez. I double up with some visitin' time: thanks Coveting, Unwellness, Listo, Youthlarge, Apes, and Kaci!My podWhy I was there- the location of a work function that seemed part 'Land of the Lost', part 'Wall Street', part 'Night at the Roxbury'.Work....A peregrine falcon (a touch of home) on the New York skyline.Casa da Apes y Kaci. I

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-6661158083972955622009-06-07T14:44:00.002-04:002009-06-07T14:47:25.639-04:00

Two headlines from the BBC:Ronald Reagan 'appears to Nancy'and:Weekly curry 'may fight dementia'Mr. Gorbachev, tear off some naan (and get some take away to Nance, there's a love).

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-70324853026385026582009-05-27T19:03:00.002-04:002009-05-27T19:09:47.035-04:00

Sometimes the view from my front door is too wonderful for words:Later on the A-Team van, KITT, and Magnum's Ferrari stopped by for mai tais.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-67908298955195630782009-05-03T12:20:00.002-04:002009-05-03T12:25:02.829-04:00

From the BBC News England page today:'Nuns' go on the run for charity Heroes remembered by canoeists Two-year-old becomes Mensa member Prince starts ancient custom walkMay Day frolic on Dorset giantDad uses internet to deliver babyMeerkats 'not very good as pets'Pagan refuses to leave StonehengePupils ill after bulb put in soup Customers watch armed robberyWhat an interesting place that England

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-33388701507060125722009-05-02T10:36:00.001-04:002009-05-02T10:37:46.862-04:00

I saw this on The Soup last night: disturbingly entertaining:

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-90764179376325545892009-04-26T14:25:00.004-04:002009-04-26T14:29:45.740-04:00

Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba (in middle)Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner who seemed to have radio ear muffs on all weekend.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-64258561681650088032009-04-19T17:38:00.002-04:002009-04-19T17:41:34.447-04:00

It wouldn't be baseball season without at least one of these:Bond villain Hugo Drax from MoonrakerRed Sox 3rd Baseman Mike Lowell

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-48030730792673464802009-04-19T17:29:00.002-04:002009-04-19T17:31:44.824-04:00

If this is the final nail in the coffin of this season:Ipswich 3-2 Norwich: I shall be forced to join the French Foreign Legion, in order to forget ("Forget what? I've forgotten.")

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-89886650301027055392009-04-04T13:25:00.002-04:002009-04-04T13:35:25.658-04:00

I can't believe I missed the grand national on this blog. First time since I started. Bah.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-16848507361414050672009-04-01T09:41:00.002-04:002009-04-01T09:42:31.311-04:00

Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments...

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-82397940293367599372009-03-30T14:44:00.000-04:002009-03-30T14:45:27.872-04:00

Hooray!

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-51877686832064931002009-03-22T12:59:00.005-04:002009-03-22T13:06:13.733-04:00

Gawd bless the Pemaquid oyster, $1 a go.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-72160041222986849442009-03-08T09:22:00.004-04:002009-03-08T09:53:22.087-04:00

For much of my life I have harboured a hope that the three English football teams most important to my family- Norwich City, Leyton Orient, and Brentford- would play in the same division. I just didn't want it to be the old 3rd division. Bah.Come on Norwich, pull out another improbable victory over relegation from the jaws of the defeat. The only other way to avoid this meeting of the teams is

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-15810155548115714552009-03-04T10:54:00.003-05:002009-03-04T11:16:09.484-05:00

I have long harboured a fondness for the odd little lowland country of Belgium. Half Dutch, half-French, and all weird.Now news comes that the quintisentially English game, cricket, may have been invented by les Belges.Such an unassuming place: invents everything but never worries about taking any credit. Cricket, the french fry, the FN self loading rifle, brussels sprouts- "fabrique Belgique"

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-20282817277703762009-03-01T08:12:00.002-05:002009-03-01T08:14:44.335-05:00

Aggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh. Busy. Aggggggggggggggggggggggggh.In the interim, our family blog is growing ever cuter....

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-39704592584108672732009-02-15T11:28:00.003-05:002009-02-15T11:33:27.290-05:00

Its above freezing outside, the sun is shining and the wind has stood down, and I can hear Terry Francona talking above the smacking of baseballs on the TV behind me. I must not be taken in. There are potentially 10 more weeks in the snow window; 6 to 8 in the arctic blast frame. Stay the course, stay the course.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-61578405598237157612009-02-05T11:05:00.003-05:002009-02-05T11:41:51.178-05:00

Michael Phelps photographed getting his Jamaica on? Further proof to me at least that out of the pool all competitive swimmers are boring.Phelps and his aqualung bong

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-69561745401636549522009-02-02T11:01:00.001-05:002009-02-05T10:44:13.266-05:00

To what unintended embarrasment is the folksy Ms. King referring, below?"I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up," viewer Cora King told the Arizona Daily Star. "Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out."The answer: The inadvertent transmission of porn to some cable subscribers in Arizona during the Superbowl last week.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-57839458400343202582009-02-01T12:27:00.005-05:002009-02-01T12:33:27.834-05:00

Far from it, I promise. I'm just recalibrating as I adjust to the demands of my new job. More nights and weekends, at least at first, but normal service will be resumed soonish....I'm so busy these days I keep up with world events by absorbing newsprint directly through my eyeballs

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-14110836517411789192009-01-24T09:12:00.002-05:002009-01-24T09:19:02.954-05:00

Salmonella outbreak traced to Georgia peanut processing plant: process engineer Poop Fingers Magee placed on administrative leave, egg tartare taken off lunch room menu, management condemned for enhancing share holder value by replacing fresh peanuts with old ones from jar on Grandma's coffee table.Film at 11.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-9489831060882213812009-01-19T16:35:00.003-05:002009-01-19T16:41:40.155-05:00

Its not every day one sees Bono upstaged by, well, the stage. The Lincoln Memorial managed to do so quite nicely.Good show though- even the Garth Brooks bit.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-53275786857927098932009-01-13T13:45:00.001-05:002009-01-13T13:46:30.388-05:00

They say that procrastination is the thief of time. It isn't. Work is the thief of time.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-9553633474068222662009-01-07T09:36:00.006-05:002009-01-07T10:11:58.352-05:00

Is Dianne Feinstein gunning to be the new Joe Lieberman? Can we expect a sudden and ongoing conversion to principled stands on points of law by the California senator, or is she just pissed about being forgotten over the Panetta/CIA pick and has decided to act like Anne Bancroft in GI Jane? You be the judge....

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-13696757060672476022008-12-29T14:16:00.003-05:002008-12-29T14:33:01.713-05:00

A recent letter to the Economist brought up the idea of "Q Ships" as a means to combating the pirate menace off the Horn of Africa. Regardless of the practicality of the suggestion (which is limited, one suspects) I was sent off on a wave of nostalgia by the mere mention of these armed decoys. When I was a small lad I was given a collection of adventure stories for a birthday or a Christmas. This

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-46244169525029731782008-12-22T12:23:00.003-05:002008-12-22T12:31:02.301-05:00

And I'm the poor sodding Grinch who has to shovel out the driveway for Santa....Actually, It's quite breathtakingly pretty around here. This might be some of the most snow I've seen on the coast in 15 years in Maine, or that might be an element of denial. No matter: its easy to dig out (fine powder), I don't have to be anywhere in work drag for the next two weeks, and its nice to occasionally

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-22494165938089290582008-12-19T09:33:00.002-05:002008-12-19T09:43:47.194-05:00

I don't patronize chain restaurants as a rule. Aside from any touchy feely reasons, I live on the end of a very long corporate supply chain and thus would rather give my $4 sandwich money to the local bloke who bought haddock caught by boats I can see from my office window rather than industrially produced and stored beef or chicken from thousands of miles distant (Yummmmmm! Fresh...not).This

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-23030880907018558472008-12-17T13:49:00.009-05:002008-12-17T14:29:12.596-05:00

After much hoo-haa and fannying about, I am proud to present this year's burnt offering on the altar of rubbish commerce:Stumped for Gifts? 09Traditionally, I have always started the Stumped for Gifts? guide with a present idea that is in tune with the religious underpinnings of Christmas. This year is no exception, and I am proud to suggest The Cockney Bible:I sincerely hope it contains the

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-20069058127745485972008-12-15T09:06:00.001-05:002008-12-15T09:10:59.849-05:00

Dictator's headDick head."Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful."

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-85028004156144564932008-12-10T09:38:00.001-05:002008-12-10T09:39:12.701-05:00

Possibly my favorite photo of our kid to date:

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-14234867264458062342008-12-08T11:22:00.001-05:002008-12-08T11:23:17.592-05:00

Norwich beat Ipswich 2-0. That's it- recession over.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-21429388850149956532008-12-07T19:15:00.006-05:002008-12-07T19:20:31.367-05:00

I am busily collecting gift suggestions for the "Stumped for Gifts? 08" Guide, but can only hope that you actively awaiting shopping ideas from yours truly have invested in a tree like this one:Festive tree an 'insult' to townMy old housemate Mr. Jones and myself once had a similar tree. We 'found' it in a small wood and only selected it as it had two trunks- one each- so that we could both

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-35096761513818866572008-11-29T08:18:00.003-05:002008-11-29T08:24:19.214-05:00

Be aware: the annual "Stumped for Gifts?" holiday gift guide will soon be making its appearance on these pages.Begin the clipping of the coupons.Stumped for Gifts? 2005Stumped for Gifts? 2006Stumped for Gifts? 2007

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-36058230247937359082008-11-23T16:52:00.004-05:002008-11-23T16:57:32.400-05:00

Not what you think:Police think they've nabbed 'butt bandit'If I was the police chief in Valentine, Nebraska I would have dressed my best detectives up as a mannequins and had them stake out department store windows. The only thing that could have messed up that strategy was a magical Kim Cattrall.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-86617032595605878852008-11-20T13:38:00.003-05:002008-11-20T14:19:05.465-05:00

Or perhaps and English-to-English translation of "Yes We Can?" Via my pal RPS:In other news, thanks to its new army, Iraq is safe from attack by wooden boards that hover at about 8 feet up:

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-84353542500877859312008-11-16T18:46:00.003-05:002008-11-16T18:56:35.365-05:00

Its been an exhausting weekend of (scripted) drama this weekend: I made my biennial pilgrimage to the altar of the late Cubby Broccoli (aww, man. I giggled- giggled at at least two of the stunts, I love the new Bond direction so much) and we finally watched the conclusion of The Wire. As a consequence I'm a touch knackered and a little brain dead. So instead of a long, considered post on arts,

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-60728554297048873352008-11-13T13:49:00.003-05:002008-11-13T13:57:29.745-05:00

Christmas is fast approaching, and with it my annual digest of wonderful present ideas your friends and family will love. In the interim, if you all fancied clubbing together to get me this, I wouldn't be too upset:James Bond's Lotus up for auctionIf you act fast I could have it in time to drive to see The Quantum of Solace in Thomaston this weekend.Be the Bond.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-40608221111365102472008-11-10T16:57:00.004-05:002008-11-10T17:06:33.633-05:00

I just received my first spam email offering pictures of a n*de Michelle Obama. Now, despite the existence of any such photos being as likely as there being pictures of John McCain naked draped in sausage links and raw steak (you are welcome) one has to admire the chutzpah of the spamographers. When all else is lost, they keep repeating "yes we can!" and send out teases and requests for off-shore

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-68482514464350385232008-11-09T21:52:00.004-05:002008-11-10T16:21:06.904-05:00

Actually, its not that planned out- I was farting about with possible new templates and accidentally wound up with this. I rather like the fresh feel, but I am concerned that my inadvertent update buggered up my links. So if you'd be a dear and make sure your link lists and works, I'd me most grateful. Love to allWWPS: I used to be quite good at technology, but a couple of things in recent weeks

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-3207621725564471172008-11-09T19:10:00.006-05:002008-11-11T08:44:42.271-05:00

1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, on parade in Dacca, Bengal 1933 (from the photo collection of Brian Harrington Spear)On the phone with my grandfather back in England today he brought up Obama's election in the context of the Rememberance Day commemorations he'd watched this morning."He wants to send more troops to Afghanistan, doesn't he? He'd better have a plan to do more than bomb them (the

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-3105278384491806862008-11-05T13:21:00.003-05:002008-11-06T08:41:21.288-05:00

UPDATE: Exclusive photos of one of Rockland's youngest voters backing Obama...

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-25158234239604603372008-11-04T10:35:00.003-05:002008-11-04T10:39:47.738-05:00

What US government issue aircraft would we like to think of when remember John McCain's service to America?:YepNope*Both metaphorically and in reality

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-79524707714458548342008-11-02T11:04:00.002-05:002008-11-02T11:15:32.538-05:00

Via King 'cross the water Walter Mondale in Norfolk- England's finest county, my spiritual homeland, and the land of 800,000 potential Jeopardy champions (as every sentence spoken there ends in a question, dunt'it); we present the very lovely and heartwarming East Anglian version of Estelle and Kanye West's hit "American Boy".I can't read, and I can't write, but that don't really matter, because

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-67967664645799277902008-10-25T08:01:00.007-04:002008-10-27T09:32:14.836-04:00

The Maine lobster fishery needs your help. I know that might come as a shock to those of you out there who think of lobstermen* as some sort of mythical ocean-going frontiersman, a breed that exists out of time and out of the soft embrace of the 21st century, but lobstermen aren't damp Paul Bunyans. Like anyone in any industry they are regular folks whose personalities run the gamut from

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-57880894481131441962008-10-22T10:10:00.001-04:002008-10-22T10:11:23.267-04:00

Fire crews hunt escaped hamster with chocolate camera

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-55724347217878700542008-10-20T13:05:00.002-04:002008-10-20T13:08:45.299-04:00

Kudos to Jon Kelly of the BBC for writing the essay I have always wanted to craft to issue to any of my fellow Britons planning to visit the US for the first time:End of the roadI think it takes a transient outsider to get the message across: whenever I try I think I sound too defensive. Nice work, Jon.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-13515016819492106272008-10-14T18:54:00.002-04:002008-10-14T18:59:43.671-04:00

Blind Belgian breaks speed recordI believe he has been made an honorary citizen of Massachusetts.A common sight after an attempted left hand turn in the Bay State

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-21170305067295488662008-10-10T09:33:00.003-04:002008-10-10T09:35:17.105-04:00

Q: What is the difference between a pigeon and an investment banker?A: A pigeon can still put a deposit on a Ferrari

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-6807073664198558062008-10-04T09:16:00.007-04:002008-10-05T17:52:43.065-04:00

Two for you (or if you prefer, two for ya, doggone it *wink*, *mug*):Chuck Todd, Political Editor, NBC;Murray Hewitt, Flight of the Conchords.And also:Fictional maverickFictional maverickDo all Navy pilots want to be Tom Cruise? And does this make Sarah Palin Goose? Heaven forbid a President McCain ever take part in a topless oiled-up volleyball game or poke Vladimir Putin in the chest while

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-88697166517414708662008-09-29T16:00:00.006-04:002008-09-29T16:17:14.643-04:00

After 8 years of mangled syntax and mispronounced words, it seems that it has become Republican orthodoxy to pronounce fairly mundane words in slightly exotic ways. I'm not refering to big foreign tongue twisters like "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" (i.e. "Ackyminniejabs, the new Adlorf Hilter") or new Pakistani president "Asif Ali Zardari", but rather to the name of our nation's capital.He's been there in

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-31895033511054558742008-09-26T08:47:00.002-04:002008-09-26T08:52:38.965-04:00

From the BBC:Pirates off the coast of Somalia have seized a Ukrainian ship carrying 30 T-72 tanks, an official has said.My analysis? We are all safe until they reach port. Secondly, do you think they might start flogging these out of suitcases in Battery Park? If so I'm on my way to New York with used bills...Fell off the back of a freighter, mate

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-62039663476286010192008-09-25T08:42:00.005-04:002008-09-25T08:59:13.316-04:00

From Bangor, Maine via MSNBC:TV anchor who resembles Palin gets 'hate mailBANGOR, Maine - A television news anchor in Maine who looks a lot like Sarah Palin says she's been getting "hate mail and nasty phone calls."Cindy Michaels from WVII-TV has long brown hair that she sometimes wears up in a style similar to Palin's, and she also wears glasses on occasion.Michaels says some viewers recently

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-55646651106203848132008-09-21T21:57:00.004-04:002008-09-21T22:20:33.852-04:00

I am so glad I flicked over to the Emmys in time to see Don Rickles and Kathy Griffin beat the snot out of the crowd, the TV audience, and each other."Everyone standing? What is this- a Jewish holiday?""And the Emmy goes to, Hardy Dickman."Man, I love Rickles. And even better, they had him followed by Sally Field. I wish he had shaken off his model-minder and stuck around on stage.UPDATE: They

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-87895556819050745722008-09-21T19:39:00.003-04:002008-09-21T19:47:21.962-04:00

Jim. not Stephen Patrick, MorrisseyI'm not sure what was more astonishing this afternoon, the infuriatingly inventive play of the Miami Dolphins as they humbled our New England Patriots, or the fact that the NFL is now using "Every Day is Like Sunday" by Morrissey to promote NFL.com. If this trend continues can we expect Major League Baseball to promote the post season with "Hand in Glove"?

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-29422126923561344532008-09-19T13:15:00.003-04:002008-09-19T15:20:27.166-04:00

I moved office buildings this week and now have an office suite of my own with cathedral ceilings, hardwood floors, a view of our town's sewage plant. Given that my first office at my first proper job was formerly the boys bathroom of a 1930s high school this counts as upward mobility.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-86757774159932455462008-09-11T08:43:00.007-04:002008-09-11T08:57:27.078-04:00

Barak Obama: "I amazed that my opponent thinks that when I said that choosing between Senator McCain and President Bush was six of one and half a dozen of the other that I was suggesting that he enjoyed symetrically balanced bisexual orgies."John McCain: "My friends, when I pointed out that Senator Obama's suggestion that proper tire inflation as a means to solve the energy crisis was about as

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-77305714833838301482008-09-06T08:32:00.003-04:002008-09-06T08:37:02.575-04:00

I have no particular animus against Microsoft, and found this ad (below) strangely calming and enjoyable. And yet, I haven't the first idea what the heck it has to do with software:To me this ad reveals that John Hodgman's performances in the Mac commercials were apparently based on Bill Gates himself and not a generic pc bumbler, however. Nice research, John.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-44498683344604471022008-09-05T15:13:00.002-04:002008-09-05T15:17:05.736-04:00

After a week of conventioneering, a welcome break comes in the form of the biggest news story to come out of my ancesteral stomping grounds in many a decade:Monster marrow a record breakerGrown by Ken Dade in Norfolk, the 65kg (113lbs) vegetable needed two men to carry it to a stand at the National Amateur Gardening Show in Somerset.....Add two huge pumpkins and you have the makings of the

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-59047024035273428472008-09-03T22:19:00.007-04:002008-09-03T22:59:21.716-04:00

From Beau Bo D'orI have been watching some of the Republican convention this week and I think I understand John McCain's national security policy.If John McCain is ever captured by Al Qadea, he won't talk, evah, even if they break his ribs. "Screw you bin Laden you Iranian bastard", he'll say, spitting his few remaining teeth into a grubby pail; "You and your Shia pal Putin might kill me, but

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-34079287578447202972008-09-01T16:16:00.006-04:002008-09-01T16:34:41.287-04:00

One area where I feel a great deal of affinity with conservatives is around the concept of personal responsibility. Society cannot be blamed for the things in one's life that come from personal choices and that are more properly influenced by family and community.Therefore I find it quite interesting to note that Christian conservative and Republican vice-presidential pander-date Sarah Palin's

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-81361122174818691832008-08-30T09:17:00.002-04:002008-08-30T09:27:22.852-04:00

Yesterday appeared to be opposite day in the Republican Party. Instead of running with a callow, inexperienced, and little-traveled child of a presidential candidate and a gnarled, foul-tempered, cynical old goat of a vice-presidential candidate they switched around roles. It fairly brings one back to the wonderous days of GHW Bush and Dane Quaylee.Its probably good for McCain that the second

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-24278401142460019562008-08-29T09:37:00.004-04:002008-08-29T17:00:01.071-04:00

How does a famously short-tempered man defend his "temperament" without seeming tetchy?How does an ex-naval officer senior US senator son and grandson of admirals and the husband of a multi-million dollar heiress pin the "elitist" label on the mixed-race man raised by a single mom who pulled himself up off food stamps to graduate from Harvard Law?How is $5 million the threshold for wealth in your

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-71252986963451108042008-08-25T19:56:00.004-04:002008-08-25T19:59:07.401-04:00

Badger blighted road deemed safeA still from 28 Badgers Later

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-56575677673070556062008-08-25T00:23:00.005-04:002008-08-25T00:47:39.041-04:00

Dear Senator Collins;Last summer I called your office to alert your staff to an unfair telephone "push poll" campaign that unjustly smeared you as an advocate of illegal immigration in an attempt to make me to call your office and attack you for voting for decent, and American, immigration reform. Even though I indentify with the Democrats I felt this national attack was unworthy of Maine

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-4727505134547543892008-08-21T16:10:00.005-04:002008-08-24T23:55:40.620-04:00

I am really glad that sports drinks were developed at the University of Florida instead of at Florida State otherwise instead of Gatorade we'd be drinking Seminole Fluid.8/24/08: I knew there had to be an antecedent, and so with great regret I acknowledge this douchebag Admunsen to my Scott: some goober who got lucky at word play and yet is a sexist tit

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-63916167301425311802008-08-19T20:03:00.005-04:002008-08-20T09:02:05.985-04:00

Crazy Bela is up in arms about the Olympics gymnastics scoring.Go tell it to Yang Tae Young, Bela. And ask Paul Hamm to give back his stolen gold medal from Athens.Meanwhile, I am stunned by the performance of Team GB, stunned and delighted. They must have prepared for the Beijing smog and the mass of humanity by going to smoky restaurants and on British public transport (Ah, in-jokes).I am so

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-69204790183348538492008-08-19T08:54:00.006-04:002008-08-19T20:03:08.092-04:00

To the post-modern British patriot who found this post and the attendant comment thread so reactionary and objectionable, might I point to the following from the New York Times (in a great story about the athletic achievements of team GB):'Britain, which will host the Summer Games in 2012, may not be able to stage a no-expense-spared Olympics the way China has. The week before the opening

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-19533156182868295382008-08-18T15:21:00.009-04:002008-08-18T16:10:36.850-04:00

Setting aside general questions as to the desirability or feasibility of energy independence (topics I hope to waffle about at a later date) I have been alternating between bouts of frustration and fits of the giggles every time I hear a candidate or interest group advocate for increased oil exploration and drilling in the United States as the way past high energy prices.Even if we ignore the

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-49961894552240168062008-08-13T09:43:00.004-04:002008-08-13T09:51:24.743-04:00

Who is selling the tiny cannons to elephant seals? An anxious world demands answers.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-67500531160706600922008-08-09T11:24:00.007-04:002008-08-10T17:42:38.511-04:00

Memo to:Lord Sebastian Coe, ChairmanThe London Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games (LOCOPG 2012)1 Churchill PlaceCanary WharfLondon, E14 5LNUnited Kingdom9th August, 2008Dear Lord Coe;I watched the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympiad last night with great interest. Upon its conclusion, I turned my thoughts to the opening ceremonies for London 2012 and it is to that

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-23751987940430828482008-08-08T12:29:00.007-04:002008-08-08T12:37:38.214-04:00

From the BBC:Youths warned over holes on beach Police in Norfolk have traced two youths responsible for digging holes measuring 6ft (1.83m) on a beach and trying to conceal them. The three pits were all found earlier this week on North Beach, Great Yarmouth. Police had earlier warned that a person could die if they fell into one and were unable to get out (the rest of the story...)Work on my

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-63115639169835394632008-08-03T18:00:00.004-04:002008-08-03T18:06:57.369-04:00

Hooray for Apes and Clocks! They brought the Brooklyn to the 04841 and were perfect ambassadors for the empire state. In return, we brought out the big guns:How about that for a finale? A Sea Princess, a Sea Princess's deputy, Blackbeard, King Neptune, and the Weaselette? The Dalai Lama should be so honored.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-61291451298917622712008-07-31T19:50:00.005-04:002008-07-31T20:04:56.827-04:00

The patent absurdity of grown men playing a kid's game for millions and millions of dollars just became a little less enjoyable for me with this news.He was an egotistical, selfish, and whiny man who allowed his image to be coopted to lend a sheen of rebellion to a megalithic sports corporation. But we knew that, and somewhow he was still fun- and sometimes awe-inspiring- to watch. And now I have

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-85662339142656112372008-07-28T16:10:00.003-04:002008-07-28T16:19:35.682-04:00

In the United States, they make the flag into patriotic underpants. In Britain, it can be found as a beach towel. In Peru however, one sits on the flag at one's peril:Peru wants jail for nude woman using flag as saddleOne man's night of paid kink in Nevada is another's sentence of treason in Lima. "Betsy! A skidmark! What have you been doing?"

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-85147600153719336772008-07-21T11:35:00.001-04:002008-07-21T11:37:11.669-04:00

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-65814554363424786812008-07-20T19:23:00.002-04:002008-07-20T19:25:53.717-04:00

One day I will have something to say that inspires me to sit down and type, the way I used to back in the 2004 days on this blog. I have a sense that day may come soon. Until then, I shall continue to be intermittment, as is my right.Hardly the 95 theses of Martin Luther, but as a manifesto it'll have to do for now. Besides, I am busily trying to finish season one of Mad Men before July 28 and

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-25454076886680696582008-07-18T08:36:00.003-04:002008-07-18T09:03:14.197-04:00

When my friend Listmaker began his recent campaign to raise awareness about the inanity of the American radio interviewer Terry Gross I have to admit I was resistant to joining his charge. Ms. Gross may not always ask the most probing of questions on her show Fresh Air she does have good guests and her conversations with mendacious conservative blowhard Bill O'Reilly and mediocre bassist Gene

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-91349526852016766812008-07-13T22:04:00.001-04:002008-07-13T22:05:48.256-04:00

Soft rock it, you Kiwi comedy folk lotharios:

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-32598906435332715682008-07-05T10:59:00.003-04:002008-07-05T11:05:58.451-04:00

I am surely not the first to notice this, but:John McCain, Republican for president;McCain Frozen Foods, the world's largest potato processor.Good thing the Democrats are running Obama, not Oh Henry.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-70049832683351926192008-07-01T20:28:00.004-04:002008-07-01T20:46:26.745-04:00

First, apologies for my recent absence. Family bid'nez, work, extra curricula lunacy, and a head full of snot have combined to keep me from posting.Second, I'm two tracks into the new Fratellis album and it is BLOODY AWFUL. I know you indie savants out there would probably claim the first album was rubbish (why don't you all toddle off and compare rimless specs and ironic t-shirts rather than

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-11701113959992357602008-06-17T21:37:00.004-04:002008-06-17T22:03:23.039-04:00

OK gangsters, here's your update:(From RPS): German Journo Calls in Bomb Hoax to Delay PlaneThis is why I hate Euro 08: Axis powers, the Central Powers, occupied runt countries, and lily-livered neutrals playing poncy soccerball- all covered by arseheads.The 41st world custard pie throwing championships has been held in Kent.You think this is quaint and eccentric: it isn't, it is "whacky" and

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-90345689881339865492008-06-16T10:34:00.002-04:002008-06-16T10:47:01.040-04:00

From the BBC: RAF pilot wins moustache battle"An RAF fighter pilot has won his battle with the United States Air Force over the size of his handlebar moustache. Flight Lieutenant Chris Ball, who is on an exchange posting with the USAF in Afghanistan was told to trim his distinctive moustache. The pilot, who is usually based at RAF Lossiemouth, turned to the Queen's Regulations and found the

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-51071733860663344722008-06-11T21:47:00.005-04:002008-06-12T09:59:18.277-04:00

Seeing as the football/soccer season is over (apart from some crap competition in Europe of no account, in the same way as the 1994 World Cup wasn't a real world cup) there isn't much news to report. However, just when you thought you'd have to wait until the end of August for the return of overheated British sports coverage, lumpy and thuggish Man U and England superstar Wayne Rooney is about to

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-54568663833167626162008-06-08T19:16:00.003-04:002008-06-08T19:21:37.548-04:00

In the old days, monarchs got to see faces like these on a whim, only having to ask palace guards to apply hot pokers to a subject's rectum:The Queen was greeted by a man pulling faces as she met the world gurning champion on a visit to Cumbria (I do apologise if there is an ad- the BBC has gone a bit downmarket).Isn't the idea of maintaining national dignity a big part of the argument for

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-87453344036951182722008-06-06T09:38:00.003-04:002008-06-06T09:41:36.375-04:00

Ladies and gentlemen, exhibit A:Ray Allen of the Boston CelticsBill Cosby's 'Little Bill' educational cartoon character.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-43738781041641293742008-06-04T08:49:00.003-04:002008-06-04T09:01:48.190-04:00

The film Perfume: Story of a Murderer is possibly the best worst movie I have seen since The Transporter almost made me piss myself with laughter at the local fleapit.After the first five minutes I remarked to Country Mouse that I was glad that Terry Gilliam hadn't directed it. After the film bizzarely and briefly turned into its own trailer half way through and then became a glitzier version of

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-81899450140089598612008-06-03T08:24:00.006-04:002008-06-03T09:51:11.985-04:00

I am happy that Senator Edward Kennedy's brain surgery apparently went well, and I have been keeping my fingers crossed for his family since he went public with his cancer diagnosis.That said- small quibble. Why has the Kennedy family approached public news releases on the subject of the Senator's health crisis in the manner of Kim Jong Il and the North Korean government?I'm not suggesting that

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-20580417389828097192008-05-29T10:23:00.008-04:002008-05-29T12:55:19.581-04:00

Right wing screeching lunatic whose ability to have perspective was surgically removed commentator Michelle Malkin has become convinced that celebrity cook Rachel Ray is shilling not just for Dunkin Donuts but also for terrorists.Setting aside the conflation of secular Arab nationalist/partner with Rabin/winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Yasir 'Arafat with Islamist jihadists who have only

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-34231316500209083932008-05-22T12:52:00.003-04:002008-05-22T12:58:21.747-04:00

Congratulations to David, the pastry-faced result of gene splicing between Michael Bolton and Bob Seeger. May your ultimate plunge to obscurity at least earn you a dollar or two.Commiserations to David, the uber-Osmond Michael Jackson bait and future David Guest look-alike with the nice voice and a spot already booked on season 45 of The Surreal Life.Perhaps now is the time for me to pitch my new

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-12393507999697217442008-05-21T11:31:00.003-04:002008-05-21T11:35:15.235-04:00

Off to the cinema tonight for a hearty dose of the British caper movie, The Bank Job. The genre has long been a favorite of mine and has informed my dress sense, personal carriage, and automotive aspirations.I hope it's good.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-48783252642811011272008-05-20T10:14:00.002-04:002008-05-20T10:19:45.948-04:00

Both men frail, very frail.Red Sox principal owner John HenryC. Montgomery Burns.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-21054542468119409812008-05-16T09:18:00.003-04:002008-05-16T09:24:19.424-04:00

Dear snack addicts;Here's a scrummy and simple self-assembly sandwich cookie that gives a sort of satanic twist on the concept of PB and J. This does have a nutty, preservey essence but- woo- lets give it a spin off axis.You will need the following:Open the Goya cookies- remove two from the package. Spread one with nutella. Spread the other with orange marmalade. Press together, not forgetting to

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-15208986846198854312008-05-13T08:43:00.001-04:002008-05-13T08:44:55.399-04:00

Pupils Sent Home For Turf Prank

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-11794783979970093202008-05-09T11:31:00.001-04:002008-05-09T11:32:46.555-04:00

Best headline evah:Great tits cope well with warmingGentlemen, on with the mittens and prepare your hot water bottles.

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-84108260476659203462008-05-09T10:55:00.007-04:002008-05-09T11:10:56.977-04:00

As someone who on his last visit home endured the joys of travelling cheek-by-jowl with his fellow Britons aboard an overcrowded train while they acted like pigs and sharp-elbowed gollems; who sat wreathed in the smoke from a thousand cigarettes in an unventilated basement restaurant; and who revelled in the intensity of the surly bad service given by shop assistants and waitstaff across several

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-63866572111885889922008-05-06T16:28:00.003-04:002008-05-06T16:41:54.653-04:00

From the fantastic When The Wind BlowsCourtesy of the BBC:Nuclear threat sparked tea worryThe threat of a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1950s caused concern over the supply of tea, documents reveal....Government officials planning food supplies said the tea situation would be "very serious" after a nuclear war. "It would be wrong to consider that even 1oz per head per week could be ensured,"

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-70076139738979311632008-05-01T08:52:00.003-04:002008-05-01T08:59:17.811-04:00

I personally don't belong to any faith and find the whole business of mumbo-jumbo and mystery in general to be a tremendous cop-out from embracing the truly exciting concept of the universe being powered by chaos, random events and competition between natural systems. That said, I was raised in the warm bath of generalized British soft protestantism and so when the Pope recently came to the

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-83150159005204474802008-04-29T20:28:00.004-04:002008-04-29T20:54:46.606-04:00

Baseball is America's game. Football, or soccer if you prefer, is the sport beloved of the rest of the world. With that in mind, would you rather:a) Be a lying, arrogant, greedy, adulterous kiddy-fiddler whose ass bled from too many performance enhancing drugs and who has squandered the trust of two great sports towns and some shite outfit called the Yankees?Or:b) A pie-loving, perpetually

Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.com1