. . . Monday April 9, 2007

I Smoke Two Search Engines in the Morning

Isn’t there some kind of internet lifetime achievement award I should get for being the dude who got the entire world to use the phrase Roll Your Own when referring to custom search engines?

That’s got to at least be worth a few fucking joints, no?

. . . Wednesday April 4, 2007

Seder Masochism

Matzo that is not kosher for Passover has got to be for friggin crazy people, right?

Unless folks are using it as some kind of Jew Imodium, what could possibly be the point?

Fellow Yids, from the top of Mount Sanity, hear me when I tell there are other products not kosher for Passover like, for example, bread.

Three days to go.

Snort, Rattle and Roll

Headline of the Moment:

Keith Richards denies snorting his dad’s ashes.

This is Television’s Golden Age

In almost every discussion related to media content, we look back to the good old days. Music was better, movies were better, we were better, etc. Distribution improves. Content withers.

Here’s an update.

This is the golden age of television. Forget the reality television trend. Forget Springer and Cheaters. Forget Dateline’s upsetting fetish. Forget Sanjay.

Television is absolutely rocking the house.

Let’s just look at this week in television.

Tues: The Shield returns. OK, this show is heavy on the testosterone. But it is great at what it sets out to do. I love the show.

Weds: Friday Night Lights. Great show. You don’t have to like football. Incredible young actors. Tight direction.

Thurs: The Office comes back after a few weeks off. Listen. People love The Office. I know that. But it still could be the most underrated comedy in television history. You could easily make the argument that this is the greatest sitcom (if you can even call it that) ever. And if you’re hitting yourself on the head thinking that I am an idiot, then you’re probably thinking about shows like All in the Family and Taxi, and I’ve made my point. If you’re thinking about shows like According to Jim, move along. I don’t need the traffic that badly.

Sun: Both Entourage and the Sopranos return.

Are you kidding me. The Shield, Entourage and The Sopranos all premiering in one week in the middle of friggin April?

Forget the golden age. This is television’s golden week.

Electoral Predictions

Sickened in general by the state of political discourse, I have taken a break from commenting on the sports league that is presidential politics.

But, in what could be described as an admission that I am as much of a scumbag as everyone else, I suppose I will jump back in.

Here’s my big prediction:

None of the current presidential race frontrunners in either party will win the 2008 race. Not Hillary, not McCain, Not Obama, Not Rudy, none of them.

Now you may say, Dave, you complete dick, today’s politics are all about cash and no one not in the race right now can possibly make up enough fundraising ground to take the race.

And you’d be right. About me being a complete dick and about this being an insane prediction.

But none of them will win.


Concentration is important!