August 2009
53 posts
Good column from McGinty today →
His says this a little better (though both commentaries certainly have their own merits).
“If you can find it in the front yard, it ain’t damn food! (Unless you can...”
– Jim Thompson to me just now (oh, and in case it doesn’t translate, yes, it was satire. I do tend to eat a lot of salads and tofu)
It was SAT-TIRE Peoples! Satyre of ye olde! Style!...
Jim Thompson’s been taking a heluva lotta crap today from commenters (and we all know what I think about commenters) and the like, who apparently are such avid, dedicated Colbert Report watchers that they, um, don’t get satire when they read it?
Maybe it’s like Stephen Colbert says in the audio book version of his “I Am America and So Can You” — he hopes you...
“The Left Side: We need health care reform desperately. Too many Americans cannot...”
– Cynical-C Blog - » The Health Care Debate as I Understand It pretty much.
(via kleptolovestory)
Mm. Know the feeling.
Yay for Melissa
This is the best thing that’s happened to the ABH newsroom in a long time. Melissa Hanna is one of those people that everyone counts on — always in a good mood, handles tense situations really well (actually takes the time to sit down and communicate when there’s a problem with a staffer, and gives argumentative readers way, way more patience than they oft-times deserve)....
Have you a band instrument gathering dust?
There are several dozen students at Burney-Harris Lyons Middle School who’d like to be in the band but can’t because they can’t afford instruments.
If you have an instrument you no longer use, or know someone who does, be kind and donate. Contact Kevin Shorner-Johnson at kjoemail@gmail.com so a kid can make the music.
“Life is short, so be quick to love and make haste to be kind
to gladden the...”
– Henri Frédéric Amiel
Just received a really nice note from a reader, Shirley Chambliss and this quote was attached to her sig. Quotes in sigs do say a lot, don’t they? Thank you, Shirley.
