Obama’s Main Speechwriter Is 27 Jon Favreau (not this guy) is the youngest chief speechwriter ever. Three months ago, he was playing video games all night. This week, [...] Marisa Demarco \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More (donkeydish.com)
Time Magazine Columnist Says Obama Is A "Very Rational-Sounding Bigot” Time Magazine Columnist Says Obama Is A "Very Rational-Sounding Bigot” John Cloud says he’s not surprised Obama invited evangelical anti-gay rights pastor Rick Warren to do his invocation. Cloud points out that Obama [...] Simon McCormack \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More
The Gift That Keeps On Giving Yesterday I received a box of goodies in the mail from former Alibi food critic Jennifer Wohletz. Inside I found wine jellies dipped [...] Maren Tarro \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More
Breeders, Pee-Wee, Christmas What happens when you throw them all in a blender? This Wayne’s World-approved mashup (which was once played on the Dr. Demento Show). Laura Marrich \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More
Rick Warren Says, "Let Them Eat Pastry" Why Get Married When You Can Have Donuts And Water? In a soon to be televised interview on Dateline NBC, mega church evangelical minister Rick Warren defends his stance against gay marriage by [...] Simon McCormack \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More Rick Warren
X-Mas List I hear I’m hard to shop for. I thought I’d try to make it easy this year.I want: A homemade guitar Lots of [...] Marisa Demarco \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More A dolphin brain, because it’s bigger than mine. (from ArtThreat.net)
The Daily Word 12.24.08 The Rail Runner’s a hit. And now it’s adding more free trains for the holidays. Snow, snow everywhere. Albuquerque may even get some [...] Christie Chisholm \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More
What The Hell’s A Sugar Plum, Anyway? (This ghost of Christmas past originally posted Dec. 15, 2008) Merriam-Webster says the term dates to 1626 to describe "a small candy in [...] Laura Marrich \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More (David Sawyer, courtesy of Saveur)