Trent, Tommy, and I saw quite a car today. You know, it’s not just that this is tacky (though the aesthetics are certainly disturbing enough). It’s the hero worship this display represents that could really be destructive. Would the owner of this car be the sort of person who believed candidate Barack Obama when he … Read more
I’ve just watched a few. Been in that mood. Car dick was a once-upon-a-time career of mine, and though I don’t miss the stress, the culture gets under your skin. I still remember it fondly. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard isn’t awful, but its pervasive unfulfilled potential is frustrating. It assembles and develops several … Read more
Well, perhaps there is hope for the grand old republic. Apparently it’s still possible to say something so vile that you’re run out of town no matter what your politics. Helen Thomas, 147, was forced to retire today. (Here I was thinking she’d been gone for decades. Didn’t Darth Vader throw her down the Death … Read more