Sadly, the annual tradition of strangers wishing glad tidings to other strangers has gone the way of department store Santas, stars atop Christmas Trees (on public or commercial property,) Peace on Earth and Goodwill To Men. "Christmas" is a dirty word now and no matter how bad the economy gets, Macy's and The Gap et al won't dare utter the word until they post their first After Christmas Sale (!) ads on December 26.
Feb. 6, 2010 marks the countdown to the 100th anniversary of the Gipper's birth. Watch Penheads for details of a limited edition series of giclee' prints, signed and numbered by the artist.
Kanye West made an ass of himself (again) on the Video Music Awards show when he stormed the stage and grabbed the microphone from 19 year old Taylor Swift as she gave her acceptance speech. Apparently Miss Swift wasn't West's choice.
I'm surprised there are enough music videos left to merit an awards show.
MTv Chief Executive Judy McGrath killed the video star to make room for the execrable programming that passes for entertainment today. The Scranton-born Mother of Reality TV started with The Real World back in 1992 and has never looked back- or should I say "up?"
Is she proud of her legacy? Does she want to be remembered for Tool Academy?
Love him or hate him, nobody can deny Edward Moore Kennedy's greatness as a United States Senator. Deeply flawed and larger than life, Teddy bore the tragedies of his family with heartbreaking dignity and strength.
I'll save the hard stuff about this bare-knuckled politician for after the canonization.
We were all elated when the little pantsuit-wearing bastard (North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il) released two journalists (?) to the husband of fellow pantsuit wearer and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Fortunately for President Obama was spared further humiliation when Clinton's husband, a former President himself, did the honor of posing for a picture with the little tyrant.
"As of last week, and as the result of a huge investment of time and energy and prestige and forced politeness, we can now claim to have reduced the North Korean prison population by exactly two, and they were going to be released anyway. In return, we have immensely gratified and flattered the man who kidnapped them and who makes a daily mockery of international law. There was even "remorse" expressed. But guess by whom? Not by the slave master who makes his territory impossible to enter and impossible to leave. A lousy day's work."
Kanye West made an ass of himself (again) on the Video Music Awards show when he stormed the stage and grabbed the microphone from 19 year old Taylor Swift as she gave her acceptance speech. Apparently Miss Swift wasn't West's choice.
Sketch from the trial of a man accused of running a dogfighting operation. It ended in a hung jury.
Love him or hate him, nobody can deny Edward Moore Kennedy's greatness as a United States Senator. Deeply flawed and larger than life, Teddy bore the tragedies of his family with heartbreaking dignity and strength.
We were all elated when the little pantsuit-wearing bastard (North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il) released two journalists (?) to the husband of fellow pantsuit wearer and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Fortunately for President Obama was spared further humiliation when Clinton's husband, a former President himself, did the honor of posing for a picture with the little tyrant.
