Just be thankful this isn’t your date

Today is your last chance to make the Baby Appel cry. I don’t win…I break out the Malkin Cheerleader video. Then nobody wins. Except gravity.

When we last left the boys one or both of them had managed to clamber up onto my desk where they discovered and consumed several Lisinoprils and a handful of doggy antibiotics. Obviously these were gateway drugs because yesterday one or both of them managed to clamber up onto some metal bins, launch him/themself onto [...]

Here is where I defend Christine O’Donnell. First off: Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of Delaware Republican Christine O’Donnell to determine if the former Senate candidate broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. The person spoke to The Associated Press [...]

Before getting to the year-end list of my favorite (not the best, they’re just my favorite) CD’s of Year 2010, here’s yer end of the year Random Ten thingy: Crystalized – The XX Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? – Buena Vista Social Club Jungle Telegraph – Eels (My Girl’s Got) Excellent Technique – Belle & [...]

Yes and yes Their fans should insist that they lead their team/party in the future. Please Jeebus, make this happen.. Also, pay no attention to those “everyone in Alaska hates Sarah Palin polls”. They’re a bunch of atheist haters. In any event, it’s completely hypocritical for Palin’s opponents to cite Governor Palin’s ratings in one [...]

Andrew Sullivan’s call up from The Atlantic’s farm team is a little slow on the uptake. Maybe Sully can trade him to McMegan for a broken calculator and an intern to be named later.

Just to be clear, I would be quite pleased to see my Bill Kristol Is Invited to Eat A Bag Of Salted Dicks post win The Daily Dish “Moore Award“. It’s not that I need the recognition or the award to fill up some empty space in my life or on my shelf. Jeebus knows, [...]

I have just been notified that I have been nominated for a Golden Globe Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Award the Baseball Hall of Fame sainthood a Sully Award for this post. Colby Hall is right: I am somewhat unpleasant. Yeah, Colby can eat a bag of salted dicks too.

Verbatim Ross Douthat: But when it comes to the hard challenges ahead, comity won’t be enough. Real courage is required as well. And this month’s outbreak of bipartisanship was conspicuously yellow-bellied. Republicans and Democrats came together to cut taxes, raise spending, and give free health care to the first responders on 9/11. They indulged, in [...]