Another Word That I've Been Looking For

Vegangelical

As in, "You know I'm never going to give up bacon, so don't get all vegangelical on me."



via Kottke.org, originally from the NY Times

Unplanned Review

Helvetica, a documentary about the typeface and it's affect on our lives. I'm sure you're expecting a dry documentary with interviews with typographers, but no. No, no. It's like freaking 300 with fonts! The final battle where Helvetica turns back the forces of darkness* is unbelievable. The dramatic moment of the year. Seriously, it kept me on the edge of my seat.**


*Arial
**Actually, haven't seen it yet. But I bet it's sweeeeeet.

iDon't Get It

I've still got my doubts about the new Apple iPhone. (If you don't have a clue what I'm talking about, you might want to mosey along now) On the other hand, I've just watched the commercial for it which, in my opinion, is one of the best pieces of advertising I've seen in a very long time. (most likely since I first watched Cog) I absolutely cannot believe they didn't roll this out during the SuperBowl. It would have been 1984 all over again.

This Should Anger You

You should read this article about Bush's proposed budget from the Rolling Stone, by Matt Taibbi.

I really started to get angry about a quarter of the way through. Let's see how far you get!

This part got me, especially:

If the Estate Tax were to be repealed completely, the estimated savings to just one family, the Walton family, the heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune -- would be about $32.7 billion dollars over the next ten years.
The proposed reductions to Medicaid over the same time frame? $28 billion.

More Refreshing Than The Usual

Apparently the CEO of Seagate, Bill Watkins, is a very candid, down-to-earth sort of a fellow. He's impressed me with his honesty, and that takes a lot.
In an interview in San Francisco on Tuesday, Bill put it straight: "Let's face it, we're not changing the world. We're building a product that helps people buy more crap - and watch porn."

Thanks, Bill.

I mean, we pretty much knew that anyway. But it's really great to hear that you know it too. : )

Vocabulary

I didn't have a word for it, before, but I knew the concept existed nonetheless. Apparently, what WalMart is, is a monopsony.

More Delicious Rebuttal...

She had actually gotten up to speak on a different topic, but:

In light of the rantings that went on for 30 minutes by two colleagues from the other side, I'd like to state for the record that America is not tired of fighting terrorism; America is tired of the wrongheaded and boneheaded leadership of the Republican party that has sent six and a half billion a month to Iraq while the front line was Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. That led this country to attack Saddam Hussein, when we were attacked by Osama bin Laden. Who captured a man who did not attack the country and let loose a man that did. Americans are tired of boneheaded Republican leadership that alienates our allies when we need them the most. Americans are most certainly tired of leadership that despite documenting mistake after mistake after mistake, even of their own party admitting mistakes, never admit they do anything wrong. That's the kind of leadership Americans are tired of." I'm not going to sit here as a Democrat and let the Republican leadership come to the floor and talk about Democrats not making us safe. They're the ones in charge and Osama bin Laden is still at loose
—Senator Mary Landrieu (D) Louisiana

Awesome.

Delicious Little Sundries...

Another fabulous quote from Bill Maher, in describing the right-wing view of those who disagree with them re: the war in Iraq being effective in the war on terror, "It's like saying to the exterminator,'Look, I don't think that hitting the vermin on the head with a hammer is the way we should get rid of them,' and being accused of being 'for the rats.'"