My pal Joel B tipped me off about Has The HLC Destroyed The Earth?, a site which tells you whether the world has ended yet. It’s not as useful as “Do I Need A Jacket?” (tells you whether it’s cold outside) or “Down For Everyone Or Just Me?” (tells you whether a missing website is your problem or someone else’s). But it does serve some kind of function.
Author: Aaron Weber
I think it’s a crime in France
Calimocho, or jote, is a mixture of approximately equal amounts of red wine and Coca-Cola. Mixing a cheap, dry, tannic wine with Coke softens the harshness of the wine and balances out the sweetness of the soda. Of course, most cheap reds in the US are too sweet already, so it makes little to no sense to drink it in the US. Still, done properly, it’s actually quite good.
But, as I said, I think it’s a crime in France.
About Six Months From Donk Perfection
Spotted outside my office on a regular basis, this late-80s Chevy wagon is about six months from being a perfect donk. It’s got enormous wheels and a custom exhaust, and looking inside you can see that there’s an impressive stereo installed.
Next up will be the addition of hydraulics and/or an enormous subwoofer, then replacing the upholstery and paint. But even now, the contrast between the unfashionably dowdy original car and the slick-as-hell chrome wheels draws stares. When I took these pictures, there were two other people also taking pictures.
No, I have no idea whose car this is and have never met them. But I’m really impressed with their style.
I’m In The Boston Globe
The Globe published my snippy letter to Jeff Jacoby, reminding him that life without government isn’t exactly a bowl of freedom fries.
Barack Obama + Rick Astley
Not sure how I missed this, but it is currently setting the interwubs on fire:
Arresting Noncriminal Hippies
Look funny? Live in a mobile home? If you’re in the Twin Cities, the cops are going to take your house and leave you barefoot on the side of the goddamn highway.
Why isn’t this being reported?
The LA Times Axed My Favorite Column
Throttle Jockey, the motorcycle column, got axed this month. And here I was, wondering why there weren’t any new articles recently. Oh well. Maybe they’ll cover motorcycles in their car-blog from time to time.
Buncha Savages In This Town, I Tellya
Apparently more than one car in the neighborhood got this treatment. I guess I should be glad that this year’s crop of undergrads is supporting a local business like Tedeschi, but it’s still irritating to find a wang drawn on my car’s windshield.
I mean, since they’ve gone with Circus Peanuts as their medium, they could at least have picked Jumbo The Elephant as their subject.
Spirit Of ’68 Comes To The RNC
In preparation for the convention, cops in the Twin Cities are rounding up and arresting hippies. It’s OK, hippies are gross. FDL has more.
Meanwhile, Sarah Palin has a pretty clear stance on abortion and an even clearer stance on church and state and heathens.
Arguing about the end of “Edgar Sawtelle.”
As much as I try to stir debate on all kinds of topics (hello, ad-hominem attacks on Jeff Jacoby!) but the one thing that gets more people commenting here is “Edgar Sawtelle,” the Hamletesque tale of a rural Wisconsin family of dog breeders. So far, I’ve racked up thirty-nine comments. My usual average is somewhere just north of zero.
Secretly Ironic 