proactive arrests

I've graduated from sending email to elected officials to using the phone. According to the nice young man who answered the phone, Senator Feinstein's position is that Feingold's censure resolution is premature. She wants to work through the Senate Intelligence Committee to gather more information. Good luck with that, Di.

I also pointed out that a plurality of Americans support censure. I was told that they've been getting a lot of calls on that. A familiar phrase comes to mind, "lead, follow, or get the fuck out of the way".

maybe its me but nearly $30 for 2 pounds of potato chips seems a little steep.

al franken on colbert is like space ghost on space ghost. ehhhhhhhhhh

Compendium of Idiocy

any dr who fans out there? not for me, but...

incompetent lying idiot

"A former ferry is now bay-front property. A train depot waiting room is now a kitchen. A renovated church now holds a dining table and benches built from its original wood pews. With imagination, tenacity, and a few bucks, people have transformed the most unlikely public places into personal palaces. reZONED turns the typical house tour on its ear. Meet gutsy visionaries who found beauty in dilapidated commercial spaces, rezoning them into imaginative, amazing, one-of-a-kind homes."

gabe kaplan + cary grant + african dna = ice cube

trader joes on 14th st opens on friday. someones got a trader joes blog.

3 stooges showing up on spike tv fairly regularly

iconic hooded abu ghraib prisoner becomes prison rights activist.

if somehow youve avoided notice, sopranos returns tonight at 9.

"My concern is why the nation's media were so gullible. Did they really think it was all going to be so easy, a "cakewalk," a superpower invading a Third World country? Why did the Washington press corps forgo its traditional skepticism? Why did reporters become cheerleaders for a deceptive Administration? Could it be that no one wanted to stand alone outside Washington's pack journalism?"

larry david on david steinberg now on tv land

Loose Change 9/11 video

great name for a filmblog -- like anna karinas sweater. check out this post on the orientalization of myrna loy.

i would not want to produce this show.

heres a screenwriters blog with links to others.

natalie portman snl hardcore rap spoof.

live action simpsons intro.

didnt watch - how did john stewart do ?

i guess "heckuva job" brownie is out to reclaim his pride of late, and some slack has been cut his way for belated honesty. still seems like an unqualified schmoe to me, but dont they all. here he "is" (maybe) trolling for his reputation in a comment thread at firedoglake.

straight to soft cover :

Though not all blogs may aspire to literary permanence, they can achieve it through the new Book-Smart software from Blurb, a publish-your-own-book service. The software, which is expected to be available free later this month at www.blurb.com, features a "Slurper" tool that automatically downloads and reformats the contents of a Web log into a book that bloggers and their admirers can purchase online.

Slurping is not all BookSmart has to offer. It simplifies the layout process by providing design templates for various kinds of books, including cookbooks, photo books, portfolios and volumes dedicated to pets and babies. The software guides users through design decisions like choosing text styles and how many photos will appear on each page.

Pricing for printed versions of your book from Blurb starts at $30 for an 8-by-10-inch full-color hardcover volume with dust jacket and up to 40 pages. A book of up to 80 pages is $3 more. (Blurb plans to eventually offer paperback editions selling for about 30 percent less than hardcover.) Authors will also be able to set up online bookstores through Blurb's Web site.

Although an early version of the software occasionally stuttered or froze, Blurb expects to have the kinks ironed out in time for its public release.