Wouldn’t you just love it if the intro instead went “Ladies and gentlemen: two-time Academy Award winner and ‘The Next Karate Kid’ Hilary Swank!” But no matter. That’s how I heard it in my head, and it was seriously hilarious. I couldn’t tell you the last time I watched the Oscars. It would not surprise … Read more
My MySpace withdrawal didn’t take. So I’m back (for good). Some reasons: However it came to be the case, there are a few folks—including one close friend of 20+ years—with whom I’m not going to be able to satisfactorily keep up unless I’m on MySpace. Traffic to this blog from MySpace was non-negligible when I … Read more
I’ve written before of what a terrible place Zimbabwe has become under Robert Mugabe. The current official estimate of Zimbabwe’s inflation rate is 100,000%. Indepedent analysts believe it may be more like 150,000%. So what does that mean? It means this boy holding what looks to be a quarter of his weight in cash doesn’t … Read more