Remember the Superfriends? They were one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons! Coming across this Super Friends page was quite a treat, especially because the site is so damn funny.
Dennis Miller’s HBO show is ending after nine years on August 30th. That’s a real shame. Although I often forget to watch it live, I always enjoy it when I manage to see it. Some people have claimed that his references are too obscure and highbrow, and maybe that’s the case for a good segment of the populace watching Monday Night Football. Personally I applaud the fact that he can be simultaneously erudite, hilarious, and plain fun. Of course, lately I seem to be ranting about anything that contributes to the dumbing-down of our nation, which not surprisingly often involves W. :-p
Here’s a picture of W giving a speech on corporate abuse. His newly-created task force is (not, unfortunately) poised to arrest him on the grounds that he committed several acts act of fraud and abuse while on the board of directors for Harken Energy. Ironically, he condemned such acts in his own speech. Isn’t it nice to have a President that sets such a great example for our children? He’s intelligent, worldly, ethical, and when it comes down to it, he’s just a regular guy. Yeah, right.
Reuters’ photographer Desmond Boylan got an excellent shot of a charging bull in Pamplona. He was smart enough stay out of the way, unlike some of the drunks daredevils who ended up getting gored…
Milton 
(from Office Space) would be proud: Swingline is once again offering its classic stapler in red.
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Further proof that today’s youth is losing their grasp on proper English is given by the “lingo” used in SMS mobile phone systems. Granted, this is not a phenomenon exclusive to our youngsters, as the use of SMS-capable mobile phones is quickly gaining ubiquity in the population at-large. And I realize that part of the reason for the lingo is to keep messages short so that they cost less. Still, I see this as just another dumbing-down of the language to a generation already inundated by TV and radio programs where personalities use horrible grammar and pronunciation, to say nothing of the proliferation of “dialects” like Ebonics (sorry, I had to mention it). Anyway, the story mentions a website called transL8it! to help translate between “English and Lingo” and vice versa in case anyone’s interested. Sigh, I guess I can either bitch about it or go out and get my own so I can be “with it.”
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Did you know that Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be 40 this year?! I sure didn’t. CNN has a review of their new album, By The Way, as well as a short history of the band. I like the first single they’ve released, “By The Way,” which the album is obviously named after.
Following Bud Selig’s universally lambasted halting of the All-Star Game in an 11th inning tie and on the heels of a player’s strike *and* controversy over the use of steroids, Bud Selig announced that two major league teams are in extreme economic straits. He elaborated that one team might not be able to pay its players on Monday (its payroll date) and the other might not finish the season because of its debts.
Well, this might not actually be Bud’s fault (this time) but is rather a byproduct of the enormously inflated salaries (and egos) of the players and the owners that are willing (or forced to) pay up. I can see the whole season exploding any day now, and unless some major reforms are put into place I think that baseball will never regain the fans’ support.
7-Eleven is giving away free slurpies today. Why? Because it’s 7/11. Duh…
Play Atari Adventure online!
