http://ectoblog.com "May God have mercy on your unintentionally ironic soul." Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:33:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was 11 I had a teacher at Green Acres called Mrs Thornhill. Mrs. Thornhill had some sort of malady and went away for a couple months. Or maybe Mr. Thornhill had the malady and Mrs. Thornhill had to be home to take care of him; as I recall ... http://ectoblog.com/2008/11/20/charades/ Cereal Box Archive I remember eating a scary number of these cereals. And I remember seeing an even scarier number while plodding along behind my mother in the only grocery store aisle that made the trek even minimally worth it to my 5 year old self. I mean, come on: Booberries! http://ectoblog.com/2008/11/18/cereal-box-archive/ From divisibleby0.com: How to Turn Your Car Into an Unstoppable Murder Machine Step 3: http://ectoblog.com/2008/11/13/how-to-turn-your-car-into-an-unstoppable-murder-machine/ I believe that in the future we'll come together, liberals and conservatives alike under President Obama, and work toward making the country's future a bright one. But in the meantime, all y'all Old Man Blinky/Sarah Palin voters can suck my dick. http://ectoblog.com/2008/11/05/with-malice-toward-some/ CNN: Barack Obama wins presidential election - CNN.com It's a fuckin golden day! http://ectoblog.com/2008/11/04/president-barack-obama/ Goodnight, sleepyheads! Tomorrow's Christmas! http://ectoblog.com/2008/11/03/a-miniature-sleigh-and-eight-tiny-reindeer/ I long for the days when Madonna's splitting up with some English dude would have been front page news in the morning paper. http://ectoblog.com/2008/10/26/boil-the-wiggling-millipede-songs-that-made-the-hip-hooray-gee-a-roll-a-sour-grape/ As far as Palin: I cannot imagine her as President. I don't think she's an idiot, any more than I think W is an idiot, but she won't find herself talking to Alex Trebek in Final Jeopardy any time soon, either. She has gobs of confidence. In fact, she reminds ... http://ectoblog.com/2008/10/25/as-far-as-some-things/ Baskets full of puppies aside, the fear is that Barack and the Democrats will somehow snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in November. It's a very familiar fear to any New Orleans Saints fan. In fact, I can't think of a better metaphor for the Democrats of the last ... http://ectoblog.com/2008/10/24/the-new-orleans-obamas/ Congressional committee lamblasts Greenspan - Oct. 23, 2008 "We are in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami," Greenspan told the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Except that it hasn't really been a century though, has it? What is this, one of those "100 year flood" or "trial of the century" ... http://ectoblog.com/2008/10/23/greenspan-i-have-something-both-very-obvious-and-incredibly-stupid-to-say/