yes we can

the player who made me an arsenal fan

ridiculous things found online: vol 2

i mean, i don't get it. is this real?

didn't obama win the election by an insane margin?

I could have sworn that's what happened 2 months ago.

Dear Pres.-elect Obama,

Why are you caving on a stimulus package before you're even inaugurated? I'm reminded of the West Wing episode and one of Leo's lines that goes something like, "We won and now the other side can take a seat for 4 years." Obama, you won. People voted for you in insane numbers. They voted for your policies. You know what? You don't need to compromise with the Republicans. You have a nice big majority in the house and will eventually have 59 freaking Senators caucusing as Dems. Start shoving your liberal economic policies down their throat. People saw what happens under the republican economic helm, it failed, people grew sick of it and voted for you. Can we stop placating the other side? Please. They got their ass kicked in the election. Your approval rating is like 70-something percent. Use it. It's time to test out those hope and change themes that defined your campaign and get some serious work done.

Love,
Julie

ridiculous things found online: vol 1

quick question: how would you define homeless?

fave lines
tour guide: keeps you all toasty in the winter.
camera guy: it doesn't work though does it?
tour guide: no, it doesn't work.


ah the joys of wal-mart...how lovely of the virginia pilot to write such a ground-breaking piece of "shopping news" on their new neighborhood store.

fave excerpts:

In other ways, it is every bit a Wal-Mart store, though green is the dominant color, rather than the discounter's well-known blue.

this delightful little neighborhood shop includes,

cozy specialty areas with track lighting and curved walls for produce, meats and deli.

Jackie Russell, the Neighborhood Market's manager, describes these areas as "little shops." The store's plentiful and prominent signs show the names of departments against a peaked-roof backdrop.

the aardvark asked for a dagger

oh the onion strikes again. good satire is so freaking fun (and efficient). done right, it can tear apart a massive societal trend in technology usage (symbolized by the best of the best provider- apple) in 2 min.