Monday, February 28, 2005
The Real Winner of the Iraqi Election!
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Separated at birth?
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Whaddya know
It turns out that Tom Ridge was a shill for Big Duct Tape after all.
The United States will not negotiate with terrorists
People often go for "Hump" or even "Humpmeister"
His record "Release Me" kept the greatest single of all-time (the pairing of "Strawberry Fields Forever" b/w "Penny Lane") from reaching the top of the British singles charts.
He had sideburns before Elvis.
I have several of his deliciously bad, cheesy LPs (stolen from my Mom). I mine them for karaoke gold.
His real name is Arnold George Dorsey, but you can call him Englebert Humperdinck or Hump or Humpmeister.
It's amazing what you can find when you're skimming newspapers for news about Iraq.
He had sideburns before Elvis.
I have several of his deliciously bad, cheesy LPs (stolen from my Mom). I mine them for karaoke gold.
His real name is Arnold George Dorsey, but you can call him Englebert Humperdinck or Hump or Humpmeister.
It's amazing what you can find when you're skimming newspapers for news about Iraq.
Cover your left eye
My latest Don't Panic was just published on Creative Loafing's web site. It's about Syria's occupation of Lebanon.
The artwork above has something to do with Syrian President Bashir al-Assad being an ophthalmologist. I don't really know what though.
The artwork above has something to do with Syrian President Bashir al-Assad being an ophthalmologist. I don't really know what though.
Nazis For Peace
I read an article this morning that listed Adolf Hitler as a past Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
I didn't believe it at first, so I looked it up.
It's absolutely true. The man who invented WWII was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. The nomination is recorded on this page of the Nobel Prize's web site.
Any active member of a national legislature can nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize. To be a Nobel Peace Prize nominee doesn't mean you're worthy or even that the people at Nobel HQ think that you're worthy. All you have to do to get nominated is impress a single politician, somewhere, anywhere in the world. Every one of us is one steak dinner and a golf-weekend away from getting nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Hitler was nominated by a single Swedish parliamentarian named E.G.C Brandt. The Nobel committee ignored the nomination. The Nobel Peace Prize's opinion of Hitler was expressed three years earlier, in 1936, when it awarded the prize to outspoken German pacifist named Carl Von Ossietsky. He was dying of tuberculosis in a Nazi concentration camp at the time. The Nazi response to Von Ossietsky's win was a declaration that no German would be allowed to accept the prize in the future.
If you wanna bash the Nobel Prize for not quite grasping the concept of Peace, Hitler's nomination will not support your argument. However, the fact that the prize was actually given to war criminal Henry Kissinger and terrorist Yasser Arafat will.
I didn't believe it at first, so I looked it up.
It's absolutely true. The man who invented WWII was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. The nomination is recorded on this page of the Nobel Prize's web site.
Any active member of a national legislature can nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize. To be a Nobel Peace Prize nominee doesn't mean you're worthy or even that the people at Nobel HQ think that you're worthy. All you have to do to get nominated is impress a single politician, somewhere, anywhere in the world. Every one of us is one steak dinner and a golf-weekend away from getting nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Hitler was nominated by a single Swedish parliamentarian named E.G.C Brandt. The Nobel committee ignored the nomination. The Nobel Peace Prize's opinion of Hitler was expressed three years earlier, in 1936, when it awarded the prize to outspoken German pacifist named Carl Von Ossietsky. He was dying of tuberculosis in a Nazi concentration camp at the time. The Nazi response to Von Ossietsky's win was a declaration that no German would be allowed to accept the prize in the future.
If you wanna bash the Nobel Prize for not quite grasping the concept of Peace, Hitler's nomination will not support your argument. However, the fact that the prize was actually given to war criminal Henry Kissinger and terrorist Yasser Arafat will.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Speaking of Iran
I just got off the phone with my mother, who is now in Teheran visiting her family. She mentioned to me that she did not hear about today's large earthquake in Iran via Iranian news, but by satellite TV coverage from CNN.
She also laughed very heartily at President Bush's idiotic statement reprinted below -- and she voted for him!
She also laughed very heartily at President Bush's idiotic statement reprinted below -- and she voted for him!
Thank for you clarifying
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table."
President George W. Bush
Brussels, Belgium
Feb. 22, 2005
President George W. Bush
Brussels, Belgium
Feb. 22, 2005
Easy to please
To me, the news last year of former Suede co-principals Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler reuniting to start a new band was kind of like hearing that, after ten years of not getting along, chocolate and peanut butter had decided to get back together.
The new band, called The Tears (as in water from the eyes) has posted a one minute 12 second excerpt of a song called "Refugees" on its web site. I'm thriled.
The excerpt.
The new band, called The Tears (as in water from the eyes) has posted a one minute 12 second excerpt of a song called "Refugees" on its web site. I'm thriled.
The excerpt.
Monday, February 21, 2005
The Chairman, a King, and a President
On January 19, 1961, Frank Sinatra used the authority vested in him as Chairman of the metaphorical Board to summon some of the biggest musical stars of the day to D.C.'s National Guard Armory . . . (read more).
Friday, February 18, 2005
No good deed goes uncovered
From Saturday's Atlanta Journal Constitution:
"After reading our report on Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau's online wedding registry this week, Creative Loafing Scene & Herd columnist Andisheh Nouraee did what any ardent admirer of romance would do. . ."
"After reading our report on Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau's online wedding registry this week, Creative Loafing Scene & Herd columnist Andisheh Nouraee did what any ardent admirer of romance would do. . ."
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Glonous and Cultual
I just stopped by the Mozart Bakery & Cafe. As I'm sure is obvious from the name, it's a Korean bakery.
While perusing the cookies, I came across two different-sized boxes of chocolates. Both have hunter green boxtops, shiny gold box-bottoms, and are tied shut with a red bow.
The smaller of the two boxes is embossed Sweet Message. Below that, in fancy cursive print, it says, "I wish you happy forever."
The larger box is called Hearty Present. Its message of love is "I send to you a present kind feelings."
While perusing the cookies, I came across two different-sized boxes of chocolates. Both have hunter green boxtops, shiny gold box-bottoms, and are tied shut with a red bow.
The smaller of the two boxes is embossed Sweet Message. Below that, in fancy cursive print, it says, "I wish you happy forever."
The larger box is called Hearty Present. Its message of love is "I send to you a present kind feelings."
Time to enlist
"Dude, sitting here with you, I feel like we're an army of one."
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Dread a Hug
This is a recent missive from Kebo. He writes an e-newsletter publicizing social and art-related events around Atlanta. He often accompanies them with unintentionally hilarious messages like the one below.
Kebo (real name: Keith) calls himself The Cultural Ambassador. I believe that the title gives him diplomatic immunity from basic rules of grammar.
From: Kebo The Cultural Ambassador [mailto:kebo@hushbox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:21 PM
To: Hushbox Main 7; Hushbox Main 8
Subject: The Hushbox: "We Gonna Make It Do What It Do Baby" - Ray Charles
The Hushbox Hotlist:
http://www.hushbox.com/hotlist.html
Kebo's Thoughts:
Are you part of the problem or the solution? What am I speaking of you might ask>
Problem: Do you consistently support the same old tired events weekly and monthly and continue to talk about there is nada to do, if so, you are the problem. Solution: Why not support the countless number of folks who offer quality that may be less about the bling and free before11or the grown and sexy and whatever else folks are putting on flyers.
See www.hushbox.com and tell a friend.
PS. Stay out of Will and Jada's business. What works for them may not work for you but at least they're working it! Take That! read for yourself.
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/24732004.htm
--
Kebo, Hug A Dread
Hushbox Founder + Publisher
Political. Opinionated. Critical...Fun!
AOL IM: KB9267 | Yahoo IM: thehushbox
Kebo (real name: Keith) calls himself The Cultural Ambassador. I believe that the title gives him diplomatic immunity from basic rules of grammar.
From: Kebo The Cultural Ambassador [mailto:kebo@hushbox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:21 PM
To: Hushbox Main 7; Hushbox Main 8
Subject: The Hushbox: "We Gonna Make It Do What It Do Baby" - Ray Charles
The Hushbox Hotlist:
http://www.hushbox.com/hotlist.html
Kebo's Thoughts:
Are you part of the problem or the solution? What am I speaking of you might ask>
Problem: Do you consistently support the same old tired events weekly and monthly and continue to talk about there is nada to do, if so, you are the problem. Solution: Why not support the countless number of folks who offer quality that may be less about the bling and free before11or the grown and sexy and whatever else folks are putting on flyers.
See www.hushbox.com and tell a friend.
PS. Stay out of Will and Jada's business. What works for them may not work for you but at least they're working it! Take That! read for yourself.
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/24732004.htm
--
Kebo, Hug A Dread
Hushbox Founder + Publisher
Political. Opinionated. Critical...Fun!
AOL IM: KB9267 | Yahoo IM: thehushbox
Send them your best wishes
It seems that true love can wait at least seven years.
Christi and I just bought them the $30 towels.
Christi and I just bought them the $30 towels.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Of course
It turns out that the structural failure at Paris's DeGaulle airport last year was the result of, well, "design and structural faults."
I sure didn't see that one coming.
I sure didn't see that one coming.
Monday, February 14, 2005
That's What Blogs Are For
Sunday, February 13, 2005
My so-called bruise
I went skeet and trap shooting yesterday and all I got was this lousy bruise.
Except it didn't really show up well in the photo, so I darkened it in Photoshop. Now that I think about it, that's kind of pathetic.
Except it didn't really show up well in the photo, so I darkened it in Photoshop. Now that I think about it, that's kind of pathetic.
If they made a record together . . .
Today's sermon: Put on your red shoes and dance the blues!
Lucky Baptist
I snapped this one from my car last Wednesday. I was lucky enough to have a camera sitting on the passenger seat.
Strange but true -- two days later, at the exact same spot, I was behind a car with the personalized Georgia license plate CUM4ME. The driver turned off the road before I could take a picture.
Stranger, but just as true -- Cumming is one of Atlanta's northern suburban outposts. One of its largest employers is the German conglomerate Siemens.
A Correction
From February 10's L.A. Times:
"For the Record
— An editorial Saturday about children's literature and cartoons erroneously stated that James Dobson of Focus on the Family declared that SpongeBob SquarePants is a homosexual sponge. Instead, in a speech last month, Dobson criticized as pro-homosexual a tolerance video featuring SpongeBob, Big Bird and others."
"For the Record
— An editorial Saturday about children's literature and cartoons erroneously stated that James Dobson of Focus on the Family declared that SpongeBob SquarePants is a homosexual sponge. Instead, in a speech last month, Dobson criticized as pro-homosexual a tolerance video featuring SpongeBob, Big Bird and others."
Saturday, February 12, 2005
It's all new, again.
Andy2000.org has been thoroughly renovated.
The page that you're reading now, right now, at this very moment, was put together using Blogger.com. I switched over from my previous system to make keeping up with the page easier.
In addition to being easier for me to use, the page now has more features for readers. You can now leave comments about anything I write.
Finally, I've added an RSS feed to this page for those of you who surf the Web via news reader software.
If you wanna see the old page, it's here.
The page that you're reading now, right now, at this very moment, was put together using Blogger.com. I switched over from my previous system to make keeping up with the page easier.
In addition to being easier for me to use, the page now has more features for readers. You can now leave comments about anything I write.
Finally, I've added an RSS feed to this page for those of you who surf the Web via news reader software.
If you wanna see the old page, it's here.
