Posts under ‘Tild: the Blogspot Years’

Yeah! An idea whose time has come.  Via BoingBoing, a new bookswapping service that costs nothing except postage to mail your books to people who want to read them. People who will mail you their books that you want to read. 

This appeals to me more than selling my old books — of which I have [...]

Yeah, maybe because I’ve done more than my fair share, I know a little bit more than some other folks do about just how much fun it is to rib the old Wegian.  Still, today I’ve just gotta say: damn, it’s good to have Norwegianity back!
He’s in particularly fine fettle today. Go read [...]

Endorsed by the Great Old Ones.
Vote GOO in ‘08!
Ia! Ia! etc. !

Here’s my entry in rew’s contest. In this case I’m hoping that nothing succeeds like excess!
It’d be very hard to top the variations Three Way News invents each and every day, but right now it looks like Smartie’s bid (”Kennedy vs. the Polygraph”) is the one to beat.
Ahh, the GOP. Never will you find a [...]

Via everywhere, this inspiring photo-montage of  Stumbles McShitfaced:

“Age cannot wither, nor custom stale his infinite nincompoopery”
(with apologies to the Bard)
 
 
 
 

No, not that F word. Not this one either, despite it’s current popularity. 
No, I’m talking about this F word.
When I force myself to regard this particular F word, and the times I do are surprisingly infrequent (the denial thing and all) the word that might best describe my reaction is  transfixed.   As in: 
trans·fix (trns-fks)
tr.v. trans·fixed, trans·fix·ing, trans·fix·es               
1. [...]

In the current issue of the New Yorker, a short story about the final days of the Spanish Civil War and a Francoist captain’s decision to surrender to the soon to be defeated Loyalists.
“When asked if the heroic deeds of the National Army were his reason for betraying the Fatherland, he replied that [...]

Molly Ivins is always coming up with  great ideas:
AUSTIN, Texas —
Dear desperate Democrats:
 Here’s what we do. We run Bill Moyers for president. I am serious as a stroke about this. It’s simple, cheap and effective, and it will move the entire spectrum of political discussion in this country. Moyers is the only public figure [...]

More Spong, too interesting to pass up. To sign up for weekly new content from the Bishop, go here.
Shades of Dear Abby: In this recent Q&A, Spong advises a poor schmuck whose wife of 25 years wants to leave him because he told her he doesn’t believe in God any more..
B. from the Internet writes: [...]

I tawt I taw a qwanky Tweety.

(photo by driftglass)
I did! I did!
The twuth can make you vewy vewy qwanky.