Missed this the other day:
Steve in Manhattan
baked does Manhattan
Dunno if anyone is a fan of the Ricky Gervais podcast, but this new show, where they send Karl Pilkington around the world, should be even funnier.
New York Jets QB “Mark Sanchez’s 17-Year-Old Lady Friend Has Found A Lawyer.” Just like Big Ben, but hopefully without the rape part. [Deadspin]
It would be irresponsible not to speculate!
But the reasonably reliable National Enquirer says to hell with speculation:
He was Mozart’s teacher, and he was probably the greatest orchestrator the world has known. Oh, and he was Beethoven’s teacher as well. Here’s his Symphony 100 (!) finale, played at about the correct tempo (in my mind):
This morning I sent a link to one of my contacts at Car Talk for their Links We Like section (I currently have a link in the top 3). I was surprised when gmail thought the word “Oldsmobile” was a misspelling. I checked “Plymouth”, but it knows that word, presumably because it’s a place.
On the day I was born you could have walked into an Olds dealership and driven away in this car. How long ago it was:
BURR DEMING • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Thank you for this, nojo. He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human…
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Oh, and there’s a Catholic church across the street. Maybe I can do a little dance for them!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Now that I’m in NYC, plenty of pigeons to poison in his honor.
NOJO • All the Vice President's Men 2025 update: Nothing happened. And here we are!
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Weeping Angel Imagine going from hope to Fascism in less than two decades enabled by greedy ass (millionaire)…
NOJO • Nightmare at the Museum From the last time he threatened to bomb Iran, 2020. Remember that one? All a misty blur now.
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: I have birthright citizenship in Cascadia, so I think I’m good.
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @nojo: Only the sane parts... like the West coast, New England (minus the Bruins and…
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: So, can you guys annex us now?
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! PP is done. 51st state, my ass.