Fans who tolerate the repetitiveness and ideological bankruptcy of the "Rush Hour" franchise may be testaments to the power of hope and a need for familiarity at a time when the Iraq war continues unabated, pensions and polar ice disappear, and Al Qaeda videos enjoy…
Date Archives August 2007
Everything that keeps me together is falling apart
My driver's license expires in October. I want to renew online, but I need to update my current license. For one, my photo looks like this: Swear to God. Add a half-inch of hair and a hoodie and darken the skin ten shades (poor lighting,…
Play together for the kids
Rumoured line-up for the 2007 Bridge School Benefit: Tom Waits with Kronos Quartet Metallica John Mayer Eddie Vedder with Flea and Jack Irons Tegan and Sara Jerry Lee Lewis Regina Spektor Neil Young All unplugged. October 27 and 28 at Shoreline. That same weekend at…
Give me a chance to repent
…will star Gunnar Hansen, famous for his role as Leatherface in the 1974 cult slasher The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Steven and I: you are jewish, correct? what? no… why would you think that? blog but i guess it was the other guy yeah ben…
World Wrestling Entertainment
The plan had been to team Hardcore Holly up with Eugene (a retarded character). They would be a reluctant odd couple managed by a trained monkey. [source] I'd love to hear the ideas Vince rejects.
Folk Implosion
"I am disturbed that the Man is burnt. As I looked at it, I was going, 'This can't be happening.'" "Some people were chanting, 'Save the man, save the man!'" A festival-goer who identified herself as simply Erica said she and her friends were "upset…
This is not an exit
Some AIDS victims are being buried alive in Papua New Guinea by relatives. One was calling out "Mama, Mama" as soil was shoveled over his head. "I said, 'Why are they doing that?' And they said, 'If we let them live, stay in the same…
Ay Carrabba
well, i got a tattoo today. it is to show my loyalty to dashboard confessional and my faith and trust in them to not disappoint. i have been thinking about getting a dashboard tattoo for a while. (my wife courtney and i already have lyrics…
One more drink and I'll move on
Things that irritate me: Kanye West diluting the punch of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." Paying $2.17 for a bag of ice. Quizno's. If you're gonna charge $6.50 for an 8" sandwich, I expect an 8" sandwich. Don't try to pass off a leftover cut of…