Pic of the day: found in the parking lot of the plaza where Tangiers International Restaurant is located. After a wonderfully filling and healthy lunch, it was quite jarring to see such a dirty chunk of snow smoking a cigarette. Actually, I can't think of a good title for this photo. Suggestions?Read more...
A Hastily Thrown Together Editorial by Jon Stewart
This week marks the tenth anniversary of Jon Stewart's tenure as the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show. To commemorate, Comedy Central has posted some of the shows from that first week on their website. I don't know how I would have gotten through the last 8 years without Mr. Stewart to filter the 'news' down to it's basic elements: important world matters being treated by so-called professionals as bullet points on their resumes. When moments in the news media fell through the cracks or were overlooked, the team at the Daily Show with Jon Stewart as their face and voice, would strip away the pageantry of the media to show the public that both the emperors and their hypsters were uncomfortably naked together.
Frankly, while I enjoyed previous host Craig Kilborn, I was an admirer of Mr. Stewart and felt at the time he brought a much needed balance to the show (ie. less about the host and more about the show and news; yes, I'm saying I thought Kilborn was vain). Where as the early years just seemed to deal with the absurd news stories, the show has elegantly and masterfully evolved into a brilliant commentary on the absurdity of media, media coverage, and those media whores who are covered. And while at times, I have felt that Mr. Stewart does put on soft gloves for his guests when they do deserve tougher smacks upside the head, he's proven to be a very serious and capable interviewer as he is a comedian and satirist. He is Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, and Groucho Marx rolled into one. Kudos and congratulations and lets have 10 more years of great media coverage and laughs!Read more...
Legendary cult actor, Patrick McGoohan has died at the age of 80. While he appeared in many films, including Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1981), A Time To Kill (Joel Schumacher, 1996), and Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995), as well as winning Emmys for his work on Columbo, he is best known for the surreal spy series he created, wrote, directed and starred in, The Prisoner. After being in back to back spy series, Danger Man and Secret Agent, he was considered to play James Bond. However, Mr. McGoohan declined the role as the character and stories were too violent. He went on to develop the series, The Prisoner, which went beyond being a simple sequel/follow up to the previous series, and more than just a spy thriller. In it, Mr. McGoohan played an unnamed spy who quiets the espionage game in the opening sequence and is soon taken captive to an unknown location referred to as "The Village". There, his opponent, Number 2, christens him as "Number 6" and repeatedly attempts to discover the secrets in his head, particularly why he quit. The series has influenced countless homages and imitators, as well as a huge cult following. His presence will be missed, but at least Number 6 is free. Read more...
Dugg on Digg: Hilarious video from Mr. Chi City at CollegeHumor, as he explains why he received a parking ticket. Just watched this and it made me feel worlds better after my conflicts with YouTube. Enjoy the shit out of it. And for the record, nearly every other muthafuckin website has better HD video than YouMuthaFuckinTube! And yes, as a constant 'victim' of muthafuckin parking tickets, I feel his pain!Read more...
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