July 2009
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“Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.”
– P. J. O’Rourke
Wall Street Journal "Just Asking" with James...
WSJ: What would you be doing if you weren't an actor?
JG: Probably drinking.
“When women go out to bars, they’re like the Marines - they don’t...”
– John Heffron, who apparently never learned the value a wingman from renowned feminist Steven Lynch.
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while,...”
– Ferris Bueller, concurring with Nudawn’s opinion in Kia Matthews v. Joshua Bell, The Washington Post, et al. regarding the virtuoso violinist in playing incognito in the Metro.
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Class Strata: 'You Betcha' Edition
jgh took a break from chivalry-berating to relay a Peggy Noonan excerpt on class as it relates to Still-Governor Palin:
To wit, “I love her because she’s so working-class.” This is a favorite of some party intellectuals. She [Palin] is not working class, never was, and even she, avid claimer of advantage that she is, never claimed to be and just lets others say it. Her father was a...
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What's Driving The Michael Jackson Mania? →
dangurewitch:
A major part of my fascination with MJ of late (beyond his life story and music) has been “the fascination with him” itself. That is, I’m endlessly interested in the forces that made and kept him such a staggering global phenomenon. With media and pop culture so much more segmented now than it used to be, it’s increasingly rare that one person or entity brings the entire world...
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