• Blogs Wot I Read - Random Access Memories

    Wil Wheaton: Cool RAMBLE

    November 18, 2021 - By 

    You first have to read this blog post by TV’s Wil Wheaton – he tells a great story about his relationship with Jonathan Frakes, and how important it is to find the family that laughs with you, not at you. I’ll wait. Tagging @annewheaton and @lenperalta I can almost imagine what it must be like to have a dad who loves you – WIL WHEATON dot NET — Read on wilwheaton.net/2021/11/i-can-almost-imagine-what-it-must-be-like-to-have-a-dad-who-loves-you/ First of all, he’s no longer “TV’s Wil Wheaton,” ironic construct. He’s “Wil Wheaton’s Wil Wheaton.” He’s made a good life and career for himself as a writer, voice…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Clan: McTiVo - Entertainment

    Gators Gonna Gate, Or Why Peter Pan Live Wasn’t That Bad, Really

    December 5, 2014 - By 

    https://twitter.com/TikTokCrock/status/541018340639395840 So last night, the folks on Jezebel were all set to hate-tweet NBC’s second annual live musical theater production. This time around, it was #PeterPanLive, starring Allison Williams, aka Brian Williams’ daughter and some kind of star on HBO or something we don’t watch. Once again, I set up to watch live, or as close to live as possible given that we had to put dinner together, but I caught up via TiVo. And I tweeted, and tweeted, and hung out at Jezebel in the “live blog,” trying to get out of the “greys” (the pending comments). Today, Jezebel…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Funnies - Today

    How to Lose an Hour of your Life: Cat Bounce

    October 25, 2012 - By 

    Tune in your favorite trippy space music or techno-trance Internet radio station Go to this link. WHAT time is it? I was in a hell of a mood before I found Zen in Cat Bounce. Be sure to make it rain now and then for extra-soothing cat bounciness. Cat Bounce is a website where you can make cats bounce. It’s totally mesmerizing and I’m pretty sure it’s an advanced hypnosis technology that was put in place by the cat army to finally have complete control. via Cat Bounce Has Been Sent From the Future to Ensure Total Cat Domination

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Politics, Schmolitics

    Eisenhower warns modern #GOP not to be negligible and stupid #FromTheGrave

    September 10, 2012 - By 

    This excellent quote from President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Reality) was buried in the comments of the Daily Kos post on the Medicaid issue gaining traction. It would be very interesting to see either Romney or Ryan squirm while attempting to comment on this. Their rigidly imposed frame of reference prevents them from seeing that the GOP is in danger of becoming just such a negligible, stupid party, if it hasn’t already. The original commenter’s blog is called Condemned To Repeat It “Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Politics, Schmolitics

    Romney Social Media Staffer Bill Murphy Linked In To Fraudulent Profitable Tea Party Non-Profit

    August 28, 2012 - By 

    This is juicy, if a little opaque to the non-Tweety, non-Bloggy, non-Facebooky clueless unlikely voter. The telling point is that he deleted his Linked In profile rather than answer tricky questions about whether his work for the organization would be part of his professional resume. Hat tip: OsborneInk Team Romney’s Social Media Director, Bill Murphy, is the former Director of the National Bloggers Club, a group under IRS investigation for soliciting donations while falsely claiming to be a non-profit organization. Although NBC filed incorporation papers in January, the organization is still absent from both the IRS and GuideStar charity databases.…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Politics, Schmolitics

    Balloon Juice » One More Thing About Komen (It Forced Progressives To Grow A Pair)

    February 4, 2012 - By 

    THIS. Thanks to my Second Life chum RevPaperboy Boozehound for bringing this to my attention. I had been feeling the same way about the huge outpouring of progressive outrage over the Komen debacle, but this crystallized it for me. DON’T believe the lies. EVERYTHING said about Obama, the economy, and the whole freakin WORLD by FOX Newa commentators and right-wing guests is a a GOD. DAMNED. LIE. Progressives, assemble. Occupy your passion for justice, fairness, and universal healthcare. This time, though, was different. It was nice to watch everyone go for blood, and sink their teeth in and get some.…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    The phrase “Walsh Got Deliciously Screwed In Redistricting” Never Gets Old #p2 #IL08

    December 12, 2011 - By 

    Kossack David Nir gets to consume e tasty beverage of his choice; his diary on Rep. Joe Walsh’s reported $3.5mil campaign fund windfall got quoted on Huffington Post. That’s not quite as prestigious as being cited in Time or The New York Times, but it’s a pretty good showing. Especially as HuffPo’s Meghan Neal quoted my favorite political turn of phrase of the current election cycle. The closest I ever got to seeing my Congressman was when I showed up at a “small business” forum held nearby. Took photos of all the media trucks and went home. Well done, Kossack!…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Music

    Hey SEB! Alasdair Fraser And Natalie Haas Ann Arbor Nov 13

    November 10, 2011 - By 

    Attention, SEB!! A really great folk duo is playing in Ann Arbor this weekend at The Ark. If you like Scottish fiddle with a wee bit of percussive cello, don’t miss them. My husband David and I happened to catch a show on a vacation to Maine (they tour incessantly), and it was one of those rare moments of discovery. Hope you see this notice, if folk music’s your thing. 13 Ann Arbor MI The Ark Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas 734-761-1451 Tickets, Info “. . . the expressive gamut from deep Celtic melancholy to joyful jig, his fiddle imitations…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Geek Out! - Twitter

    Kevin Fox Makes Offer To Google They Shouldn’t Refuse

    November 3, 2011 - By 

    They really should take him up on this. Also, I have surrendered; I don’t welcome our Google Plus overlords, but I’ll let them in the house on a hot day and listen politely. And I like the clean “if you like this, please share” icons in Kevin’s post, so will implement that here and at Holy Moly. And so I put my resources where my mouth is. As the former lead designer for Google Reader, I offer my services to Google, rejoining for a three month contract in order to restore and enhance the utility of Google Reader, while keeping…

  • Blogs Wot I Read

    Back In The Blog Saddle Again

    September 10, 2011 - By 

    It’s been too long, so I’m just going to start blogging things again. First up: it has to be said, AOL email addresses are not cool, they indicate that the sender is stuck in a rut, and sometimes people make value judgements about you if you’re using one. If famous people are still using AOL emails, it’s because they can’t be bothered. AOL addresses are not a status symbol. This is another example of the sycophantic logic that twists powerful people’s flaws into reinforcing how much better they are than normal people. Mark Zuckerberg’s too busy to buy presentable clothes!…