I spotted this sign in nearby College Park, Ga. They’re trying to say “Celebrating 10 Years,” which is in fact what the other side of the sign says, in English. However, there’s a problem. N and Ñ are different letters…

He’s buried now, so I can say this without being “disrespectful” in a time of mourning, right? 1. Pope John Paul II did contribute to the fall of Communism. Polish labor leaders like Adam Michnik and Lech Walesa contributed a…

This week’s Scene & Herd features a short review of last Friday’s Guitar Wolf at The EARL. Sadly, the show was Guitar Wolf bassist Billy Guitar’s final show before his death this morning in Japan. I’ve posted some of my…

Have you ever wondering what exactly a journalist is? Harry Shearer answered the question last weekend on his Le Show radio broadcast (for some reason, he did it in the voice of Casey Kasem). What Is A Journalist? by Harry…

The following is a list of my favorite headlines from stories pertaining to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s recent official visit to China Rice arrives in ChinaRice had complicated agenda in AsiaRice suits tastes of changing AsiaRice: Ball in North…

My cousin Mahdad e-mailed some family photos from Iran yesterday.

Here’s a fun headline from last week’s Washington Post Abuse Review Exonerates Policy: Low-Level Leaders and Confusion Blamed In other words, top Pentagon officials investigated themselves and say that they didn’t do anything wrong. In a related story, “Andisheh is…

I’ve put a couple of new posts on MonkeySars, one on a 1942 musical called “Iceland,” the other about Jerry Orbach. Read them if you’d like.

Have you seen the commercial for the birth control pill ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO. (If not, you can watch it here.) The commercial depicts beautifully lit, attractive women walking around pretty settings in slow motion. Underneath the narration about the pill’s…

Today Reuters is confirming year-old reports that the biggest proliferator of nuclear weapons technology to the worst enemies of the U.S. is our so-called ally Pakistan. Here’s a snippet: Pakistan: Disgraced Scientist Gave Iran CentrifugesBy Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) –…