that the Iranian government would jam the broadcast of a film (that HBO graciously put online from the git-go) about Neda:

Nobody could have predicted:

In retrospect, the pattern seems clear. Years before the Deepwater Horizon rig blew, BP was developing a reputation as an oil company that took safety risks to save money. An explosion at a Texas refinery killed 15 workers in 2005, and federal regulators and a panel led byJames A. Baker III, the former secretary of state, said that cost cutting was partly to blame. The next year, a corroded pipeline in Alaska poured oil into Prudhoe Bay. None other than Joe Barton, a Republican congressman from Texas and a global-warming skeptic,upbraided BP managers for their “seeming indifference to safety and environmental issues.”

Yeah – BP was so on top of this shit:

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The Megane Renaultsport:

Looks pretty good, eh?

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Believe if or not,  it’s a Buick, circa 1922, and only 22k on the clock.  That’s the year my dad was born. And it’s for sale, although no price is listed.

Wonder if the Chinese would like this Buick as much as they like the others.

1922 Buick [Hemmings Motor News]

Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons:

Got the beef stock going early – added a porcini soup cube to up the mushroom flavor.

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Because when SFL demands food pron, I get busy:

Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons

2 medium boneless skinless chicken breasts (a.k.a. suprêmes)
5 tbsp. butter
1 shallot, minced
1/4 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 c. beef bouillon
1/4 c. dry white vermouth
1 c. whipping cream
1 tbsp. fresh parsley, minced
big pinch white pepper
salt to taste
pepper to taste
lemon juice to taste

I’m doing 3 chicken breasts w/ 4 breasts worth of sauce, but wev:

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Yesterday it was twelve appalling cars, so today we’ll tackle the ten worst movies according to Salon. But there’s a problem – Heaven’s Gate isn’t on the list.  Our favorite movie review of all time, by Joe Queenan (which was actually a review of The Hottie and the Nottie) should be required reading for whoever put this list together. A taste:

This brings me to my major point. To qualify as one of the worst films of all time, several strict requirements must be met. For starters, a truly awful movie must have started out with some expectation of not being awful. That is why making a horrific, cheapo motion picture that stars Hilton or Jessica Simpson is not really much of an accomplishment. Did anyone seriously expect a film called The Hottie and The Nottie not to suck? Two, an authentically bad movie has to be famous; it can’t simply be an obscure student film about a boy who eats live rodents to impress dead girls.

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