Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween Joke

What do you call a ghost with no eyes?
A sheet.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Election Photo

Things are a bit different this year.

Britney Spears Paris Hilton Fantasy Football Porn

Sorry, fellas. I know. It's a mean trick (I had to get you here somehow!)

So here goes. If you're American, vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday.

He believes in ONE United States - not two sides that are at war with each other.

He is cool headed and has the right temperament for the job.

If he runs the country the way he has run his campaign, we're in for better times.

If elected, the positive effect he has on the brand of America will be dramatic. You can send a thousand armies around the world and not gain that kind of good will.
It makes the Declaration of Independence - our best testament to freedom and equality for all - truer than it already is.
We are a great country. Make history.

(Okay. You can go back to your fantasy football and porn now. But don't forget to vote!)

Sexy Comfortable Shoe Sale

Sorry, ladies. I know. It's a mean trick (I had to get you here somehow!)

So here goes. If you're American, vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday.

He believes in ONE United States - not two sides that are at war with each other.

He is cool headed and has the right temperament for the job.

If he runs the country the way he has run his campaign, we're in for better times.

If elected, the positive effect he has on the brand of America will be dramatic. You can send a thousand armies around the world and not gain that kind of good will.
It makes the Declaration of Independence - our best testament to freedom and equality for all - truer than it already is.
We are a great country. Make history.

(As you can see from the above, I'm a bit of an idealist. So don't give up searching for those affordable comfortable sexy shoes. Because 'Yes you can!')

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

What Barack Obama Is Not. And What He Is

He is not an elitist.
He is not a terrorist.
He is not Britney Spears or Paris Hilton.
He is not Marxist, or socialist, or communist.
He is not Muslim.
He is not Islamic.
He is not Arab.

He's a United States senator.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Tallest Building In The World:1909



The Met Life Building, New York.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Wassup Guys Return

Wassup 2008 and a sign o' the times:

Thursday, October 23, 2008

One Helluva Palin Rant

Matt Taibbi wrote a hysterically seething piece for Rolling Stone arguing that the Sarah Palin problem isn't really a problem with Sarah Palin. An excerpt:

"Here's the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.

And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her. Not because it makes sense, or because it has a chance of improving his life or anyone else's, but simply because it appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because the image on TV reminds him of the mean, brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning."

The whole shebang here.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Street Art Los Angeles

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Two Men Discuss Their Finances


"Look, buster, if you ask me about my 401k again, I'll knock your teeth out."

Monday, October 20, 2008

Los Angeles River


Photographer Dave Bullock has a wonderful series of photos taken around Los Angeles' downtown river area. These are not the typical shots of L.A. you see on postcards sold on Hollywood Boulevard, but they reveal one of the city's most visually interesting landscapes.
(The photo above captures three ubiquitous L.A features: concrete waterways, railway tracks, and fire)

Thursday, October 16, 2008

And Another Ukulele Musical Interlude

This time from the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra performing "Hey Ya" (with a certain HBO notable in there).

Ukulele Musical Interlude

From the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The theme from "Shaft".

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Newsboys Smoking 1910


In St. Louis, Missouri. Via Shorpy.

Quote

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire

Monday, October 13, 2008

Invocation Nutiness



These prayers at McCain/Palin rallies are getting a bit whack. I'm a Catholic American, and I'm praying that Obama wins.

Friday, October 10, 2008

McCain Takes A Step

Some evidence that McCain is taking a step toward his better angels.

Dogs. A Soldier's Best Friends

Via LiveLeak. A video titled "My Dogs greeting me after returning from 14 months in Iraq"

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Cartoon

The Financial Spiral



This slideshow of traders around the world sums it up.

Praying And Wondering

I find myself praying every day that the Secret Service does their job, and I wonder if John McCain will say anything to reign this stuff in:




Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Photo


By photographer Robert Rainey. More of this series here.

American Satisfaction Hits Single Digit

Yikes!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Sign Of The Times

Via PostSecret:

My Favorite Election Polling Site

People immersed in politics know about this link already, but for any newbies, Pollster averages dozens of polls and gives a great overall view of what's going on.



Friday, October 3, 2008

Overheard

"When is the Barack Obama show gonna end? It's been on for a hundred years!" - Milo, 5 year old political analyst.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Quote

"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi (born this day 1869)

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Fox News Clip

Fox News has lost all sense of reality. This clip is hysterical in how it denies the obvious.

The Airship America



Year 1910. Walter Wellman's hydrogen dirigible America just before being abandoned by its crew near Bermuda, 1,370 miles into an attempt to cross the Atlantic from New Jersey. Its engines having failed, the America drifted out of sight, never to be seen again. Via Shorpy.