Posted
12/25/2002 12:19:10 AM
by Edward Driscoll
POSTING WILL BE PRETTY SPARSE on Christmas day. In the meantime, let me take this opportunity to wish everyone:
Posted
12/24/2002 11:13:55 PM
by Edward Driscoll
THE OMEGA OF ALL GREAT UNKNOWNS: If you haven't read James Lileks' Christmas Eve Bleat, and you're a fan of the original Star Trek who has a broadband connection, you owe it to yourself to check it out (for the background details), and then visit...
Posted
12/24/2002 01:42:44 PM
by Edward Driscoll
SCHOTTENHEIMER'S REVENGE? I wonder if San Diego blocking Deion's return to football was a little revenge by head coach Marty Schottenheimer, who got nothing but bad blood from "Prime Time" when when Schottenheimer was the Redskins' head coach. In August of 2001, sportswriter Dave Sabo wrote:
Yes, Deion gets the money for nothing, but Schottenheimer has taken away the one thing Deion craves more than cash: the spotlight. Because the ‘Skins own his rights for the next seven years, if he wants to play football again, it’ll have to be for Marty and the ‘Skins.We can easily rewrite the above quote to fit the current news:
Schottenheimer has taken away the one thing Deion craves more than cash: the spotlight. Because the Chargers now own his rights, if he wants to play football again, it’ll have to be for Marty and the Chargers.And it won't be in the playoffs this year. Sorry about that, Prime Time.
Posted
12/24/2002 01:38:25 PM
by Edward Driscoll
CAN'T DECIDE ON A LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS GIFT? Before you hit the stores, check out my book and DVD reviews on the Blogcritics site and elsewhere.
Posted
12/24/2002 12:48:10 PM
by Edward Driscoll
DEION IN SILVER AND BLACK? Three teams consider spoiling his Christmas wish.
UPDATE: Apparently, one of them did.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The San Diego Chargers claimed him and put him on their "reserve-retired" list, meaning that Deion won't be wearing lighting bolts. And San Diego is out of the playoff race, anyhow.
Posted
12/24/2002 11:57:58 AM
by Edward Driscoll
LOTS OF GOOD STUFF ON THE JOURNAL'S "Best of the Web Today". James Taranto notes how Christmas is "tolerated" by liberal and open-minded regimes such as Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority (and the British Red Cross), and gaining acceptance--believe it or not--in China, new Reuters insanity, and more.
Posted
12/24/2002 11:40:57 AM
by Edward Driscoll
"USEFUL IDIOT": Sean Penn learned little on his Baghdad visit, Clifford D. May writes.
If you haven't read it yet, when you're done with May's essay, you might want to read this New Republic article on what it's like to be a reporter in Iraq as well--the two make interesting (and downright scary) back to back reading.
Posted
12/24/2002 11:13:23 AM
by Edward Driscoll
BUSH SENDS PAGAN YULE MESSAGE. No word if he included Festivus greetings, however.
Posted
12/24/2002 11:10:30 AM
by Edward Driscoll
"A FEEL GOOD EXPERIENCE": Scott Ott reports that "Shoppers Eager to Pay Web Sales Tax".
Posted
12/24/2002 10:53:09 AM
by Edward Driscoll
PAYING THE PRICE: Think the British Red Cross will get the message?
Posted
12/23/2002 02:28:06 PM
by Edward Driscoll
GOVERNMENT WINE: Growing up about a few miles outside of Pennyslvania, I always got a chuckle out of Pennsylvania's exceedingly silly state run liquor stores.
Now they've become Web retailers. There's just one catch, however...
Posted
12/23/2002 01:58:52 PM
by Edward Driscoll
QUOTE OF THE DAY (heck--maybe the century), comes from Glenn Reynolds:
"There's just no room for self-pity when you're contemplating vast quantities of seasoned pork."Tough to argue with that!
Posted
12/23/2002 10:30:03 AM
by Edward Driscoll
NAVEL-GAZING: It's kind of funny to see old "navel-gazers" canard hoisted up when discussing Weblogs. As I've written in the past (actually, about five minutes before this blog went online), that's exactly what I thought blogs were all about a couple of years ago, even though I was routinely reading Virginia Postrel's blog, and (less frequently) Andrew Sullivan's as well.
I didn't even think of those as Weblogs. It was only right around the time of 9/11, when I started reading Glenn Reynolds' InstaPundit blog, which at the time had a prominent Blogger logo, that I began to put two and two together, and it finally dawned on me that Weblogs could be more than just day in the life, or relationship oriented.
Those types of blogs almost always leave me cold--which is why you rarely see that sort of material here. Of course, describing details of my life, which consists of long periods of sitting behind a keyboard typing, would put most readers to sleep faster than Sominex.
...although I did manage to connect the digital audio output of my PC's soundcard to my home theater receiver yesterday. And my wife and I had sushi for dinner! And I cranked out two reviews for Blogcritics, while watching the Raiders and Broncos, and Jets and Patriots games!
(See what I mean?)
Posted
12/23/2002 09:38:00 AM
by Edward Driscoll
FROM THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT YOU THE VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY: Hillary Clinton is apparently playing fast and loose with the truth once again. Jay Caruso writes:
She said specifically that two Republican Senators were elected this past November on the Confederate Flag. Problem is, being the coward she normally is when she makes such accusations, is that she didn't name names. So who was it? Elizabeth Dole? Lindsey Graham? Saxby Chambliss? Lamar Alexander? Which one? Bill Kristol was going off about this on Fox News Sunday and for good reason. If United States Senators have to be accountable for the things they say and give explanations for what they say, then Clinton is no different. Chances are, Hillary won't say anything else about this unless asked and for good reason: It's a lie. That's right. She didn't stretch the truth. She didn't exaggerate. She flat out lied, and she should be held accountable for it.She won't be, which is too bad, because the Democrats have racism problems of their own that need cleaning out just as badly as the Republicans removing Trent Lott as senate majority leader.
Posted
12/23/2002 02:27:36 AM
by Edward Driscoll
Posted
12/22/2002 11:12:09 PM
by Edward Driscoll
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE GREAT SATAN? Iraq claims "U.S. Prejudges Weapons Inspections", which Charles Johnson calls "the O.J. defense".
Of course, this is from the Middle East, where innocent commuters and 30 year mothers who give birth out of wedlock are routinely murdered, and death threats against authors and are routinely issued. So they know all about pre-judging.
Posted
12/22/2002 10:46:18 PM
by Edward Driscoll
LINDA TRIPP, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Whistleblowers are the Time "Person" of the Year for 2002
As to why these women are the "Person of the Year", and why people like Tripp or Whittaker Chambers are reviled by the Left, see if this review by Orrin Judd resonates.
And yes, it's too bad the PC police won't allow women to be Women of the Year, and men Men of the Year anymore at Time. But then, gender is fluid, men and women are all the same, etc., etc. You know the drill, right?
Posted
12/22/2002 08:24:58 PM
by Edward Driscoll
Posted
12/22/2002 08:09:02 PM
by Edward Driscoll
HOT ONE-ON-ONE LESBIAN ACTION! Err, not really, but the Googlebots should love that headline. Actually though, my review of Kissing Jessica Stein is up on Blogcritics.
Posted
12/22/2002 05:42:07 PM
by Edward Driscoll
AXIS OF EVIL, SOUTHEAST ASIA BRANCH: AP reports that "In a defiant declaration that triggered alarm in foreign capitals, North Korea said Sunday that it had begun removing U.N. seals and surveillance cameras from nuclear facilities that U.S. officials say could yield weapons within months.
Posted
12/22/2002 04:43:18 PM
by Edward Driscoll
WHAT DO THEY THINK THE CROSS SYMBOLIZES? The Red Cross has banned Christmas decorations from its fundraising shops in the UK. Group Captain Mandrake has the details.
Posted
12/22/2002 01:37:27 PM
by Edward Driscoll
MORE STRANGE NFL RUMORS: Deion Sanders says he's in discussions to join the Raiders in the playoffs.
UPDATE: Oakland clinched the AFC West division title today, by beating Denver, incidentally.
Posted
12/22/2002 01:28:48 PM
by Edward Driscoll
WE ARE THE 80s: Orrin Judd looks at why the heirs of Ronald Reagan are doing so much better than Margaret Thatcher's, and has a must-see chart for as well.
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