"He let us down."

   The re-election of George W. Bush would be a mandate to continue on our present course of chaos. We cannot afford to double the debt that we already have. We need to be moving in the opposite direction.
   John Kerry has 30 years of experience looking out for the American people and can navigate our country back to prosperity and re-instill in America the dignity she so craves and deserves. He has served us well as a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and has had a successful career as a district attorney, lieutenant governor, and senator.
   Kerry has a positive vision for America, plus the proven intelligence, good sense, and guts to make it happen.
   That’s why The Iconoclast urges Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take the country.

   The Crawford, Texas Iconoclast, George W. Bush's hometown newspaper, has endorsed John Kerry for President.

Masterful...(see it now)

So, the other day I'm over at Salon. As you no doubt are aware, they rely on a "day pass" -- a commercial that you have to watch in order to unlock that day's content -- to maintain profitability. This day's sponsor was Olive Films' Notes From Underground. Ordinarily, I ignore the ad until it's over and I can click into the content I really want to see. But for some reason one critic's quote caught my eye:

"Masterful...(see it now) - Matt Langdon, Film Threat

Hey, I thought. I wonder if Matt knows that he's been blurbified. So I dutifully made a screen grab and emailed it to Everyone's Favorite Underrated Movie Critic, and he has helpfully provided the Secret Origin of his quote.

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Of course, a little attribution would be nice.

This is because I went out to lunch with my staff on the day you dropped by, isn't it? It was Roger's birthday, dammit! What was I supposed to do?

Sartre & Peanuts

Charlie Brown, existentialist.

3hive - sharing the sharing

Many nice indie mp3 downloads linked at 3hive. I know what I'm going to be doing this morning.

Golden Gate Garrison Gallery :: Calkins Wedding - Children's Fairyland Oakland, CA - Aug. 1, 2004

Best. Wedding. Ever.

Not Good.

Okay, bad: SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge explosion rocked an area in North Korea near the border with China three days ago and appeared to be much bigger than a train blast that killed 170 people in April, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.

UPDATE: well, at least everyone is saying it's not nuclear...

2 Leias!

LAY, LADY LEIA: Fisher, left, and her stunt double take a sand-dune sunbath aboard a space vehicle during a break on the Yuma, Ariz., location for Return of the Jedi in 1982

(stolen from TIME magazine)

Bad Way to Start the Day

I know I won't be leaving here...

The other morning I heard on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic what I assumed was, due to some sort of rip in the space-time continuum, a cover version of Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out", as performed by Elton John, circa 1972. Later, I found out that it was, in fact, a Scissor Sisters cover of the song, from 2004. No matter. Still good fun.

Fugly, Fugly, Fugly!

Go Fug Yourself is the new Defamer. Or Supermodel Personals. Or something.