January 10, 2007
Go Home Already: A Taste of Sex Change Edition
>> Homophonic talking point alert: Those of you who work in the garment trade will know that the act of overcasting the raw edge of fabric to prevent unraveling is called "serging." But that's not what everyone will be talking about tonight.
>> Still, the Myrtle Beach Sun-News is saying that tonight's address "may be most important of [Bush's] presidency." Dare you question the Myrtle Beach Sun-News? [Radosh]
>> Tony Kornheiser will continue to serve as a commentator for Monday Night Football. [Deadspin]
>> Don't forget people: this is 2007, the year the National Zoo could be asked to give Butterstick back to China. Surely we shall not let this stand! Let the Plot to Save Butterstick commence. Share your ideas with us, because right now, the only thing we've come up with is stitching a gagged Bob Novak up in a panda suit and shipping him over Jack Bauer-style.
>> Wonkette shows us Senator Ted Kennedy's ass cushion. We're guessing that, based on Kennedy's life experience, it also serves as a flotation device.
>> Stereogum's got "Obscene Strategies," the latest from Trans Am, available for download.
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We're guessing that, based on Kennedy's life experience, it also serves as a flotation device..
And here I thought you were referring to the famous plane crash while Kennedy was campaigning for his first term back in 1962 in which his back was broken. Or his older brother killed in a plane crash during the war. Or his older sister Kathleen, also killed in a plane crash. Or maybe his nephew, also killed in a plane crash. Need I go on?
Or E. Howard Hunt's wife killed in a plane crash in Chicago. (Hunt was involved in the assassination of JFK.) Or Senator Hale Boggs (a Warren Commission member) killed in a plane chash!