Look, a dog! It’s not mine because the War Dog is a real American (style lab) and does not care what Will and Kate are doing like those British (style labs). Continue reading
Daily Archives: July 13, 2011
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I once read an article that speculated that hormones given to cows are the reason that young girls are developing earlier and, uh, more amply. Either way, I was ahead of the curve (ha!) and gifted with a pair of assets that I sometimes am grateful for and sometimes curse for holding me back from accomplishing interesting things like being a ninja. Continue reading
It’s been a year since television’s finest hour of drama was on the air but this Sunday Breaking Bad returns for its fourth season. It’s difficult to express exactly what the show has become since its high-concept beginning. For those who are completely in the dark, Breaking Bad is about the exploits of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer and turns to producing and selling pure crystal meth in order to support his family and pay his medical bills. White enlists the help of a former student turned middling drug dealer Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and together they provide delicious meth for the children of New Mexico. Along the way they run into the usual: Drug cartels, twin assassins, elderly men who can only communicate via bells and sexually unsatisfied women. Continue reading
Welcome to Book Club: The Next Generation. Before I present our next book to be discussed, allow me to get some housekeeping out of the way. You may have noticed that this book choice was not a result of several voting rounds. That is because there has been a decision to have Book Club operate under the purview of DogsOfWar. Dogs will select the person to lead each book group. If you wish to be considered for leading a discussion, email Dogs at CommentsOfWar at gmail dot com and present your book for consideration.
Now that we all are on the same page (heh), allow me to present our next book, The Preservationist by David Maine.
Although it would be easiest to describe Maine’s debut novel as a retelling of the Noah’s Ark story from the Bible, it is much more than a simple reinterpretation. His narrative takes the few chapters about God’s judgment and punishment of his failing creation and expands and adds essential missing characters, as well as filling in the holes and questions left by the incomplete Biblical narrative. Continue reading
Today’s question is going to require that you bare your soul and admit some of your worst judgement. It’s ok though, you will not walk alone in your shame. Even The Grand Inquisitor (who is more punk rock than any of you) has her moments of musical disgrace. Continue reading
Remember the data visualization of racial and ethnic divides in America we saw a few months ago? The man behind it all, Eric Fischer, is back. This time he looked at geotagged Flickr photos and Twitter tweets to create See something or say something. He used red dots to represent Flickr photo locations and blue dots to represent the locations of tweets. If something was posted to both, a white dot was used. Like his previous projects, the results are pretty and informative. Continue reading
Alright you guys, who’s drunk as hell right now? I am but hopefully you’re not because if you’re reading this it’s the morning time and you’re on your way to work or whatever it is you do on Wednesdays or maybe it’s like quarter to one in the afternoon and you’re just getting up and the only thing you have to do while waiting for the coffee to brew is check out Crasstalk. Either way it’s probably not four in the morning and you’re probably not just getting home from the bar/work. So here’s some things you might not know because you don’t check the news at four in the morning. Continue reading
You would think this is pretty much a no-brainer…well, you would be wrong. Michele Bachmann seems to think that the institution of slavery is just where she should rest her presidency-seeking laurels…endorsing it, creating make believe people who fought to end it, you know, just all around bastardizing American History and offending a large part of the nation with racist statements and all around stupidity. Yes, indeed, this is the way to win votes in this country. Let’s discuss the tenets of slavery…erroneously! Continue reading
Wouldn’t you like to take a cool dip in a multimillion dollar pool? Or maybe just a community pool would do. Continue reading