It Was a Dark and Thinly Disguised Roman à Clef

Oh, the worst line. Thanks be to Chakra Khan™.

Button TJ revisted/ May we please have a Chakra Khan™ button?

@JNOV: No you may not. The gag gets diluted with extra sounds. You can have the occasional Guest Button, but that’s it.

@nojo: ::whispers:: okay, although i think an occasionally-updated biden gaffe button would be nice…

I’m a chick. What do I know about comedy? ;-P

For a minute, I thought this was the opening line of a future Sanford tell-all book. :)

@JNOV: noje is touchy about his buttons.

@Benedick: You have to be gentle with them, respect them, and not press them too hard or push them too often. A silver tongue, a listening ear and a willingness to engage is sometimes all one needs to open up the heart and mind of another. A little attention, patience and compassion may make them feel safe enough to allow themselves to surrender to the will of one with the magic touch. It’s a scary place, but only once one has surrendered control over the magic buttons will one truly know what it is to be free.

@JNOV: Also, grease.

@JNOV:

Why does that make me go “ick”?

@Tommmcat Still Gets Carly Confused With Meg: That must be a first.

Hey, it’s Fucking Canada Day. Happy Fucking Canada Day.

@Benedick:

Why whatever do you mean?

@RML: doesnt that mean more Canadians in 9 months?

@redmanlaw: I thought that was Fucking Canada Eh.

Black Metal Babysitting

http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/5165/black-metal-babysitting

Now this is a perfect example of the kind of story that makes NPR so great. You can always count on NPR to spend hours on the Bulwer-Lytton contest, stuttering and murmering and laughing politely. Good times.

@Nojo: What ever happened to Selections from the New York/London Review of Books classifieds Too hard to write new material, or too Spy? I just enjoyed going back in time a bit.

TJ/ was at an outdoor fleamarket today over Here. Did you know that an old copy of “Joe’s Garage” goes for 30 friggin euros over here? I could have unloaded my entire Yes collection and paid for a week in the great hotel we found in Barca.

@Nabisco:

1. Insufficient interesting entries.

2. I canceled NYRB/LRB to pay for the iPad.

3. You’re plooking too hard.

@nojo: I love the NYROB personal ads. I always read them first, aloud if my wife is in earshot.

@nojo: You have an iPad and a new iPhone. Now you want payola? Oh…

@Tommmcat Still Gets Carly Confused With Meg: Harumph. I’m working on my Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest entry.

@JNOV: Oh, right, FTC requirement…

Apple, Inc. is not paying me to pitch all their wonderful and expensive iGadgets. But I’m happy with the business deductions.