Never trust a man named Bobby Jindal

Hate to kick a man when he's down...

What a guy
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Poem of the Day

Bridal Shower

by George Bilgere

Perhaps, in a distant café,
four or five people are talking
with the four or five people
who are chatting on their cell phones this morning
in my favorite café.

And perhaps someone there,
someone like me, is watching them as they frown,
or smile, or shrug
at their invisible friends or lovers,
jabbing the air for emphasis.

And, like me, he misses the old days,
when talking to yourself
meant you were crazy,
back when being crazy was a big deal,
not just an acronym
or something you could take a pill for.

I liked it
when people who were talking to themselves
might actually have been talking to God
or an angel.
You respected people like that.

You didn't want to kill them,
as I want to kill the woman at the next table
with the little blue light on her ear
who has been telling the emptiness in front of her
about her daughter's bridal shower
in astonishing detail
for the past thirty minutes.

O person like me,
phoneless in your distant café,
I wish we could meet to discuss this,
and perhaps you would help me
murder this woman on her cell phone,

after which we could have a cup of coffee,
maybe a bagel, and talk to each other,
face to face.

"Bridal Shower" by George Bilgere.

Crazy Eye Beck

I never watch Colbert and The Daily Show anymore. It used to be such a ritual but it's getting to the point where I'm lucky if I see an episode a week...That has to change! Here's why:

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Truth From the Gut

Colbert Report Full Episodes
Political Humor

Joke of the Day
Stand-Up Comedy

For the Cat/Ninja lovers

This is quite entertaining, and also will help my husband get to the ACTUAL 100th post he so desperately wants.

Edit: POSSIBILIANS Unite!

After a week and then some of work-free existence, I was finally able to once again catch an episode of "Talk of the Nation" during my afternoon commute. The Tuesday, February 19, episode featured author David Eagleman discussing and reading excerpts from his new book "Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives." He described himself as a "possibilian," aka someone who believes that ANYTHING is possible.

I would kindly suggest that we have another religion to add to our blog poll. I would also highly recommend perusing the excerpts posted on the TOTN page, if not listening to the episode. It was enjoyable and thought-provoking. Also, it was great to hear some creative and unique takes on what the afterlife will consist of. Personally, I'm voting for that mystical moment between wake and sleep, where seconds stretch to infinity. As long as little girls don't creep up next to my bed while I'm there. (I'm looking at you, Madison!!)

Response to the "Off the Hook" GOP "Urban Campaign" or "Last Ditch at Relevance" or "Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures"

I'm out of quotation marks. Words cannot express the hilarity of GOP's...insert word, ah-impotence comes to mind, but really fails to capture the sad humor or the sheer ridiculousness of the whole idea of hip, urban, multi-ethnic?, conservative appeal.

Can the GOP make improvements in the 2010 midterm elections? No. Not at this rate.

Do I look forward to seeing Conservative Republicans working the street angle? Selling their crusty, crotchety agenda as something that is "dope"?

You down with GOP / Happy Birthday Alex

First of all, Happy Birthday Alex! Hope it's a good one! As a gift to you, I offer this excellent news via Central News Network.

"Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says his party is going to launch an "off the hook" public relations campaign that will update the GOP’s image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings."...Asked whether that meant cutting-edge tactics, Steele demurred. “I don't do 'cutting-edge,’" he said. "That's what Democrats are doing. We're going beyond cutting-edge.

Do you know how hard it is to rhyme with Gingrich? Seriously, do they think this is going to work? What will Rush Say? This is the party that many pundits predict can't turn it around before 2012 (for the record I'm not one of them, this party will be here for awhile, but what with Bush the Failure and his neo-con brood, and Palin looking to be the answer to Barack Obama, I can see where there is cause for concern). This is how they are going to reinvent themselves?

Sweet, thanks Mix Master Steele.

MC Rove, please express your agreement with an awkward, urban break dancing move



Get your Popcorn ready. This should be fun.

EDIT: One more reason this is a bad idea...