Cuppabits January 24th

by Walt

Surprisingly, Rosie O'Donnell is calling for the impeachment of Bush after last night's State Of The Union speech.

Note to Rosie: Being a doofus isn't a crime. Otherwise, Rosie, you'd be in the hoosegow, too.

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I hope all you folks stocked up on less pricey gasoline and heating fuel, because Winter is getting ready to come to the central US and stay for a while.

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My reaction to the State Of The Union speech?

You mean, the one that I didn't watch?

Okay, Bush is a doofus that the Republicans think gave a good speech, and the Dems think Bush is a doofus.

Bush is a doofus who has lost his Congressional Majority, and a lame duck doofus as well. Does ANYTHING Bush say matter any more? No.

Sure, Bush is still in charge of the War Effort, and there's fighting on both sides of the "Surge" argument. Listen, it's Bush's war to screw up, let the man do his job. Trying to meddle at this stage risks spreading the blame, and perhaps killing even more troops than if you let the commanders in Iraq alone. Citing tragic incidents involving death may be dramatic, but unless it's a trend, it's not really something you can legislate from afar. Pull the troops from Korea if you feel you must start directing where our troop emplacements are. South Korea is at a relative peace with North Korea. Pull the American troops out of South Korea and see how quickly THAT place gets unstable. That Samsung phone of yours would become a collectible.

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The traffic cameras that detect and then send tickets to motorists in England (speed cameras) are attacked so often, officials are contemplating putting up security cameras to spy on the speed cameras. [BBC]

Oh, this will turn out well.

I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly...

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Does a film need a screenplay to be considered for best screenplay?

Can anyone beside Yogi Berra answer such a question?
[AP]

BORAT is an improvisational comedy, but gets nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Does this make sense to you? Of course not, because it's bullshit. Again, the Oscars remain a joke as well as a promotional tool.

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Not just for gays anymore:

Meatlifting is the most frequent crime in American supermarkets [Slate]

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Alison's son doesn't look like this guy from AMERICAN IDOL.

Sundance Head from Porter, Tx

But this singer looks like all of Alison's son's relatives on his daddy's side, though.
From the same (red) neck side of the woods, too.

If you missed the AI show, that guy can sing. Blues.

The guy singing in the picture is named "Sundance"

Well, better than "Sue" but not by much.

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Paste MagazineBy the way, the best music magazine to buy is PASTE magazine.

Why? Because you get a CD in the month, every month. About 1/3 of the songs appeal to somebody.

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Sound req'd. I won't say anything, but if you can get to the 1:30 mark, it'll make you laugh.

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At the Terry McAuliffe book party Monday night, the [Bill Clinton] was seen dashing away from a flirtatious blonde. Clinton was heard telling one of his security detail, "You've got to get me away from her. I don't know what she's up to, but she's got an agenda."
[Page Six]

A unnamed blonde in Bill Clinton's life with an agenda that Bill is running AWAY from??

Dude, that's your wife!

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Also from Page Six, a note about how Kirk Douglas memoirs will include a story of his affairs -- including one blonde German bombshell who would shout out "I'm A NAZI!" while they were having sex - at which point Kirk's job was to spank her.

It's good to be the Kirk.

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And finally,

a visit from the little man

I don't know why I think a picture of Gary Coleman shmoozing up the Sundance Film Festival is funny... but I do!

Whatsyoutalkinabout?

It's like he's all LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE or something, I don't know.

5 Responses to “Cuppabits January 24th”

  1. Bekke Says:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443453/fullcredits#writers

    I wondered about the Borat screenplay thing, too, but then I vaguely remembered that they did have a bare bones script. Some of the scenes in the movie were scripted (the sucky parts), and as you can see, 4 people are listed as writers, so there had to have been some writing involved.

    The nomination is still bullshit, though. It's like they felt they needed to nominate that movie for something, so they threw a bunch of the minor awards into a hat and pulled one at random.

  2. Walt Says:

    Yeah, getting an Oscar nomination for a "bare bones" script should be objected to by a whole bunch of other actual writers, but I'm not in the Writer's Guild, so I don't have a dog in this fight... but I do get to snicker

  3. Alison Says:

    How come no one is mentioning that Sundance's dad was a singer who was knocked off the charts by The Beatles? They sure let us know about Paris what's her name connection to some other famous singer (who is so famous I can't remember her name).

  4. mike Says:

    you know, if the camera's are being watched, don't destroy them, just put big signs in front of them. nothing illeagal 'bout that.

  5. The Perfessor Says:

    I’m not in the Writer’s Guild, so I don’t have a dog in this fight… but I do get to snicker

    Well Dawg, I am a writer (though not in the Guild), and — while technically I also don’t have a dog in this fight, I do so strenuously object (not that it is going to matter, eh?)

    The Perfessor