Sunday funnies

This kills me. I know, I know it's a rip off of Las Vegas' big sign and logo but I still think it's hilarious. The clever kids over at St. Petersblog found this and I'm rerunning it here because I think it needs as much attention as it can get. By the way, if you're looking for some amusing insider info on the inner workings and absurdities of this Gulfcoast Monaco check out their blog.

Sunday not really funnies

This quote from the late great Art Buchwald is good to keep in mind as I site here wondering what the Dow's going to do tomorrow.

Saturday funnies

Guess which vice presidential candidate took her first four questions from a reporter on Thursday? Hint: she was on her first trip to New York. Ever. No dear, changing planes in Newark on your way to Ireland... no, Iraq... I mean Kuwait doesn't count as a visit.

Here's a highlight of what she had to say after looking down into the hole at Church and Vesey Streets: 

"Every American student needs to come through this area so that, especially this younger generation of Americans is, to be in a position of never forgetting what happened here and never repeating, never allowing a repeat of what happened here.

"I wish every American would come through here,” she continued. “I wish every world leader would come through here, and understand what it is that took place here, and more importantly, how America came together and united to commit to never allowing this to happen again. And just to hear from and see these good New Yorkers who are rebuilding not just this are but helping to rebuild America has been very, very inspiring and encouraging. These are the good Americans who are committed to peace and security and it’s been an absolute honor getting to meet these folks today."

Part of me thinks this is hilarious, but then the better part of me realizes the gravity of the situation and wants to weep.

This man is out of his mind redux

I asked this question a week ago and I asked it rhetorically. Now I'm asking it again only less rhetorically and more authentically. Seriously, why does Jonathan Adler have a career? Is it his sheer bravado? I mean, it takes a set of balls to come up with a candle called "Hashish" to begin with, but then to turn around and charge $68 dollars for it is either more ballsy still or it's just attention seeking. What a curious, curious thing. 

It made the rounds of the blogs this week and predictably, everybody fawned and cooed on cue. Hello? Has anyone out there ever read the story of The Emperor's New Clothes?

Thank you

On Tuesday at 1:20am eastern time, somebody in Phoenix, AZ entered the search terms "plywood vs. particle board" on Google and ended up being directed to this blog and an entry I wrote back in January on the same topic. 

What that person couldn't have known was that he or she was my 5,000th visitor. So thank you Phoenix. 

And thank you Greenville, SC and Findlay, OH and St. Petersburg, FL and Fair Oaks, CA and Lancaster, PA and Fargo, North Dakota and Seattle, WA and Hudson, NH and New York, London, Moscow, San Francisco, Toronto and Paris. Thank you too to Bridgetown, Barbados and Warsaw, Poland and Athens, Greece and Florence (Firenze!), Italy and Panang, Palau and Sydney, New South Wales and Bangalore, and Pusan, and Tokyo and Beijing. I seem to be violating some kind of unspoken rule in the blogosphere by acknowledging the people who read my meanderings but screw the rules. So thank you again. It is the coolest thing in the world to have a world full of people who find this site --it's humbling and energizing at the same time. Thank you.