As summarized by Pat Buchanan but pretty dead on:
Via TPM
Monthly Archive for January, 2008
Ralph Nader is considering another run for President. This, in my opinion, is not a good idea. Interesting though in that I anticipate Ron Paul making an independent bid as well and there are always those rumors that Mayor Bloomberg will indulge his stupid fantasies (and those of morons like David Broder) and run as well. Could be an interesting year for independent candidates.
Here are two lines that I thought were funny, from two separate gChat conversations with T-Bone and Former Roommate.
First:
Former Roommate:hallelujah
fyi i’m drunk and i’, using an israeli keyboard
Second:
T-Bone: yeah that show is tight too
it cracks me up cause they do stupid shit
and then the show life with ryan, really touches on real life issues
The Washington Post has launched a new online magazine aimed at appealing to a black audience called “The Root“. Should be interesting how it works out, though I can say at the start that their website design is not very appealing.
The design of Patrick Moberg’s new print/t-shirt store is pretty sick. Click on a shirt or print to get the full effect.
Oh Jonah Goldberg, what will you do next? Whats that you say? Publish a prank email, designed to show how dumb you and your readers are? Hilarious. (via Atrios)
Tonight President Bush is giving his State of the Union address. Pretty much no one is paying any attention to it because he’s become pretty irrelevant these days. I had assumed that it would be his last one but did you know its possible it won’t be? To wit:
Finally, President George W. Bush is set to deliver his next State of the Union Address on January 28, 2008. It is widely believed that this will be his last address before leaving office on January 20, 2009, but assuming this is incorrect. Bush has the right to deliver either a written or oral State of the Union in the days immediately before leaving office in 2009. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Ford, and Carter chose to do this. Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, chose not to.
And here I was getting all nostalgic. Oh well. Not like anything the man says now is going to mean anything.
(via TPM)
Today is the 50th birthday of Lego, a toy that dominated much of my childhood. In the house I grew up in, before the move to Chevy Chase, I had a dedicated “Lego Room” in the basement. I loved to play around in that room with all my Lego’s, building buildings and forts. Sadly the old home was in desperate need of renovation and a heavy rain caused serious flooding of said basement, leaving a distasteful mildew in my precious room.
Time magazine has a nice piece on the anniversary, Google is honoring Lego on its home page and Gizmodo has a 50 year timeline and some interesting stats, among my favorite:
- 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.
- The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.
All hail the greatest toy ever invented.
Photo by Flickr user udronotto