Fears of a clown

Who says prisoner rehabilitation doesn't work? And that zombies don't walk among us?

So good to see the late horrorshow John Wayne Gacy out and about, working again, serving coffee in a Pittsburgh area café.

An open letter to Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC)

Dear Advertising and Public Affairs Divisions of PCNC:

Regarding the commercial aired Tuesday, October 30, between 7:30 and 7:45 AM, to my knowledge the President of the United States is not a "baby-killer," as claimed by Jane Roe/Norma Leah McCorvey. Rather the President and the administration uphold what is currently law in the United States, the right for access to the medical procedure known as abortion.

I assume, as a commercial enterprise, you do not necessarily support every item or issue advertised on your channel. Nonetheless, as a commercial enterprise using the federally administered broadcasting spectrum, I would think you would bear some responsibility for inaccurate and inflammatory statements made and transmitted via your station. To allow a commercial in which the speaker states, "Do not vote for Barack Obama, he is a baby-killer," is not merely offensive and untrue (to my knowledge, the President has not personally performed abortions in the White House or other locales) but also dangerous. Abortion generates a great deal of emotional distress, especially among those opposed to it. Calling the President a "baby-killer" would seem to be waving the proverbial red flag in front of those highly opposed to the matter.

Thus, I would respectfully request you reconsider airing this advertisement on your channel. Surely your need for advertising revenue is not so great as to broadcast content such as this.

Thank you.

Homestyle

So . . . I just saw a commercial for a local furniture company, and one of the lines the store advertises for sale is created by that noteworthy designer of household comfort . . . Paula Deen.

Which begs the question: Just how much Naugahyde furniture does the average American home need?

When you think of pizza, think of dead South American revolutionaries with an "image" problem

I can't believe I forgot all about this pic!

From my Edinburgh trip this past summer: Lassies and germs, I give you Che Pizza somewhere in Old Town.

Whoever said Che was assassinated by a Bolivian junta? Nah, he just fled to Scotland and started making the most delicious pizza, wraps, and burgers known to working-class humanity!

¡Delicioso, comrades!

WTF FTW

I am old. I'm starting to feel like one of those parents that kids make fun of for not getting internet memes or text abbreviations. For example, "LOL" means "laughing out loud," not "lots of love." "ROFL" means "rolling on the floor laughing," not a quick way to refer to the massage/body work term, "rolfing."

 These I get.

However, I only recently learned that "FTW" stands for "for the win," rather than a transposition of "WTF,"  aka "What the f**k."

I feel slightly less stoopid now that I know the real meaning, but I think my original interpretation was actually better. 

"F**k the what, dudes, it's only Thursday! This week will never end." 

See? Very useful.

I still don't get what a "meme" is, though. WTF?

Old.

 

Bindered and gagged

Svensk "gaffelpärm," Holger.Ellgaard, 2007. CC-BY-SA 3.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaffelparm.jpg

Binders of women you say?

What about a Rolodex stuffed with gals?

A file folder full of females?

A ledger laden with ladies?

A desk drawer crammed with dames?

The possibilities are endless! The equal opportunities, not so much.

I am the decider

Cribbed from CNN, 7 October 2012

A baseball bat? A sledge hammer? A taser? Waterboarding? A sharp stick in the eye? A hot metal poker? Back-to-back episodes of Honey Boo Boo? "Legitimate rape" by a liquored-up Newt Gingrich in full Dune-inspired Baron Vlad Harkonnen mode? A whiff of Mitt Romney's banana-oiled hair? Holding a gun to a kitten's head? A time-travel machine back to 2004? 2008? 1858?

I give up. You losers just want to make the rest of us losers.

Tomorrow never dies

And Facebook never lies.

I'm dreaming!

Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie

But please don't wake me!

Watching Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie perform October 5, 2012, at the Palace Theatre, in beautiful downtown Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Please note: This equals one of the best birthdays ever.

Cherry bomb

Nutella, forewarned: Quite possibly, you have met your match.