The Old Blog

Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge is thinking about stepping down, as his current $175,000 salary just isn’t enough to live on.

Chin up, though, Ridgy. After all, “hope is on the way!”

If you’re a Catholic person who gets easily offended at claims such as, say, the Church is helping the spread of AIDS in Africa, you probably shouldn’t click on zombiedeathkoala’s latest post.

The Miss America Pageant quit deluding itself and finally axed the longstanding “talent” portion of the program. Now the girls are just getting college scholarships for having big boobs.

I’m looking forward to next year, when the evening gown contest is eliminated, and 2012, when it just becomes an all-girl orgy with corporate sponsors throwing dollar bills at the participants.

Wanna know why I don’t visit Drudge very often?

Because on a night when the possible next President of the United States officially becomes a nominee, he leads with a story about swearing.

Aaron Gleeman and The Hardball Times got some link love from Eric Neel, marking the second time in two weeks a Twins blogger has been linked to by the venerable ESPN writer. Aaron also pointed out that Rob Neyer’s column (availble only on the pay portion of the site) threw some hits the Hardball Times’ way.

So who’s next? Steve? Seth? Someone else?

My girlfriend went to the Boston Pops outdoor concert tonight, but I couldn’t join her because I was working.

John Kerry gave a speech that, while not a home run, was a good stand-up double…and he’s looking to steal third.

And now, Jon Stewart is performing on a stage on which I performed first–the Tsai Center at Boston University.

Update (7/30/04):
Apparently atrios/Duncan Black used almost the exact same line to describe Edwards’ speech as I did Kerry’s (I didn’t read it until just now). A great mind and a decent one think alike, I guess.

This is a year old, but wow, has Frane Selak had a life worthy of being called “the luckiest man in the world.”

A federal appeals court upheld the inane (and unenlightened) decision by the state of Alabama to ban sex toys. In its decision, it compared using the toys to committing incest or being a prostitute. In doing so, it declined the notion that the Constitution contains the right of American citizens to sexual privacy.

Whether you use them or not, what business of the government’s is it if you want to purchase something for your sex life? And what uninformed idiots think sex toys are only for perverts and hookers?

In the meantime, expect a rise in the sales of cucumbers, vaseline, and 9-volt batteries.

Yeah, I don’t think this will do much, but it’s a pretty cool technology: using your hybrid to generate electricity and selling it back to the power company.

I wonder if hybrid car owners can jack up their prices in the winter, too…

John Dvorak, the author of this story, isn’t that impressed by bloggers.

Oh yeah, and for more of his incisive thoughts, you can check out his blog.