damn! it feels good to be a democrat.

Equal pay for equal work, bitches!

npr has the best inauguration photo slideshow

(not just because there are two pictures of Cheney in his wheelchair)

first three questions i'd ask cabinet nominees if i were on obama's transition team

1. Have you ever employed any undocumented workers at your home?
2. How much money do you owe to the IRS?
3. Are you being investigated by a grand jury?

Sheesh.

Pop Covers

Of books, no less!

There are some hilarious analyses of old paperback cover art over at Pop Sensation--

Thank god Death was her last lover - that makes a much better title than "Herb the Copier Salesman from Wichita is the Last Lover"

Also, ever want to pretend you're GW? Nah, me neither.

Newest Rulings on Alternative Source Citing

Our friends at the PostModern Language Association have created a guide for citing some alternative information sources:

http://www.pmla.org/altsource.html

It's a Craptastic Life

I think I might have to watch past the 15 minute mark of It's a Wonderful Life* after reading this:

I am a long time reader and have been enjoying your "Questionable Moments from 'It's a Wonderful Life'" series, as this beloved Christmas movie has some problems.
But this segment seems now to be over, and I am wondering how it is you missed the most hilarious moment in that movie, where we discover what happened to Mary?
Towards the end of George's lesson, when he's realizing how truly awful everything would be if he'd never been born, he has a horrible thought. Mary! What's happened to Mary?! He demands to know from Clarence, who doesn't want to tell him. "You're-you're not going to like it George!"

And the suspense is killing us. What could have happened? I mean, we've already seen the entire town go to hell. His brother is dead, so are all the people his brother saved in WWII. The pharmacist he worked for is a criminal and a drunk, and Clarence doesn't want to say what happened to Mary? Why? Is she dead? A destitute alcoholic? Married to a horrible abusive man?

But no! It is a fate much worse than all of those put together! Because George was never born, Mary never married! She-she became a librarian! The horror!!!

*screams and faints*

And that, that is the most questionable moment from "It's a Wonderful Life."

(from the Sheldon Blog)




*This is actually a total lie. I'll watch all 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TBS, but I will not stoop so low as to watch any of this crapfest. Bah Humbug, Clarence.

srsly.

Yes, I am posting a site called Fuck You Penguin to my blog in the middle of a workday. At work. If this doesn't get me fired by Christmas, I don't know what will.