“As part of a unique BBC-led global debate about the USA’s place in the world, we want you to nominate your greatest American ever.”
According to CNN this morning, Homer Simpson has been nominated. I grow weary of the endless insults.

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I have just discovered that the butcher shop I worked at in Germany, which is owned by my dear friend Alex’s family, has its very own web site! Guten Appetite! (Make sure and go to the Kontakt page and get some pictures of my past life)

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Into speakerphone: “Could you put your face on mute?”

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Would Steve Mcqueen do this? Yes he would!

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I don’t like the juxtaposition of the word “monkey” with the term “pox.” It’d be better to call it “Prarie Dog Disease” or something. Just leave the monkey out of it. Monkeys rule.

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A few Halfass visitors will have hazy recollections of a death defying stealth mission into the Gulf of Mexico under red flag conditions. Tikihead and Trav the Mav are among the daredevils planting said flag about twenty yards offshore Destin, Florida.
Check out the body count from red flagged panhandle beaches this weekend. Speaking [...]

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As you splash down into your weekend, behold and then remember the elegance, power, beauty and domination that is Elsa Von Facebeiter:

When I picked her up from the Vet on Wednesday, the handler remarked, “man! That’s a strong dog!”
“Yeah,” I replied, “she’s a tough girl from the streets of the ‘hood.”
“She did NOT want [...]

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In an excellent essay a few months back (you should read it; Momus notes that one of the reason Berlin was so cool in the past was its hyper-tense status as the first target of Soviet invasion during the Cold War, and the current state of constant threat from the U.S. and islamists and explains [...]

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May 30, 2003: BookExpo Party at the Westin Bonaventure
My friend Nicole and I made plans to meet up with our old pal Bill, who was out from New York for BookExpo America, the biggest book industry convention in the country. Bill works for a tech startup (isn’t that like, so 1999?) that is developing a [...]

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I’m sure happy about the capture of Eric Rudolph.
I don’t know if I’ve told the story here before, but my friend David Walsh and I narrowly escaped being wounded, or even killed, by that bomb in Centennial Olympic Park. Less than five minutes before it went off, we were within about 20-30 feet of [...]

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