a little random bellyaching
March 16, 2003
There's a couple of things I ought to share with you.
"Charlotte's Web 2"? I think I've already stated my opinions on unneeded sequels, but what the fuck is the idea behind this? First of all, [Caution: Spoilers ahead, if you're a complete illiterate who hasn't caught up on the White oeuvre in the past few decades.] THE SPIDER BITES IT at the end of Episode I. How the hell can her web have a part two? Unless she returns from the grave, reassembled by some Jurrasic Park team with access to her DNA, and the whole CW2 thing is a brooding rumination that takes off from there, stopping only to riff on the implications of genetically modified crops. Judging solely by the fuzziness of the stuffed animals being marketed for the new movie, I'd guess that's not the case.
Fleetwood Mac sucks. I'm sorry, it's just true. I know, I know, Rumors is genius, and hey, did you know they all fucked each other and Stevie Nicks used to shove cocaine up her ass? That's all great, but they suck. I'll give $40 to anyone who can assure that nobody will ever hear their music again. Get rid of the Mac and all their later solo efforts and the fee goes up to $75, no questions asked. I'll PayPal it to ya.
I know that the whole "blogging about beverages" thing has been done to death recently, but Twinings tea sure sucks balls. I guess I was born into being picky about tea, (it's an Indian thing) but their Earl Grey is just lousy. Or perhaps it's merely appropriate, as drinking the stuff gives me the uncanny sense that someone's been teabagging my cup of hot water. And not in a literal way. Hold the cream.
Though I really like all the features and have admired the way they're constantly innovating as far as weblog software goes, I've now seen the single most compelling reason not to use Movable Type software. I think I'm gonna puke.
In just one more display of what a bunch of lying fucking hypocrites right-wing political bloggers are, they all got in a twitter about PETA equating food animals with Holocaust victims, but they've been egging-on Rush Limbaugh's use of "feminazis" for more than a decade. It's inarguable that PETA's been totally marginalized into a haven for nutcases by having been hijacked by extremists, but if you consider animals and humans morally equivalent, then the slaughter of millions seems like a fair comparison to make. On the other hand, if you think, as most feminists do, that a woman should get equal pay for equal work, then it hardly seems as if business owners who disagree are the same as people who were marched off by the trainload to be slaughtered. In short, warbloggers, learn this lesson: misogynist millionaire entrepreneurs are not equivalent to the jews, gypsies, and homosexuals who were murdered by the million, and the many women I care about who are trying to protect a woman's right to choose are not equivalent to those who ran the gas chambers.
I don't understand why I need to explain any of these things.
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oh boy are you gonna get it now...but not from me, bravo brave boy!!
I can't believe that it was you that got me hooked on the news reader thing, and yet you only have excerpts in your index.xml file? Interesting.
Meanwhile, that is quite a cute photo of the Trotts!
I think one of my templates has excerpts and one has the full version. I'll post about that once I get time to look 'em up.
Early Fleetwood Mac -- the Peter Green era -- is quite good. That's back when they were a kick-ass British blues band, with P.G. on lead vocals.
After about 1971, though, they got lousy. It's a pity they didn't change the band's name. Now those early Mac days are overshadowed.
Boy, someone has a case of the Mondays a day early.
I think both Rush and PeTA are a bunch of nutcakes. Maybe you'd like Fleetwod Mac if they were a bit more like Kiss, theatrically speaking.
Oh, no. OH no. I'm going to staplegun you to a barcalounger and force you to listen to the Stevie Nicks songs on Tusk. Your hatred of Fleetwood Mac is the real holocaust.
Word up on everything else though.
I confess, its been 20 years since I had Charolette's Web read to me, but as I remember it, the book ends with millions and millions of baby spiders spreading out into the world bringing, their message of speech & literacy like a wind borne plague of 8 legged Levar Burtons.
Maybe it can be like Arachnophobia re-cast from the perspective of the spiders as they do battle against Ashcroft and the forces of ignorance.
Does the photo with the milkshake disprove Aaron's theory that the Ben & Mena are actually siblings?
What Choire said, you poor deluded Justin Timberlake fan.
Ah, the killbloggers: lonely but xenophobic, cocksure but physically hideous, no attention span but remarkably focussed, gaga for free markets but spending all that time generating free PR for men who wouldn't hit the brakes etc..
They sure know how to throw a party!
damn. who pissed in yr tea today? oh right...
anyway this is one of the best posts you've had in a while.
There is nothing wrong with Justin Timberlake!
I freely admit I know nothing about tea, and I quite enjoy Twinning's Earl Grey.
What would an example of quality Earl Grey be, 'cause if I like this horrible stuff as much as I do, the good stuff will probably blow my pansy-ass tastebuds away.
Well, Charlotte did have fifteen billion baby spiders, I would assume one of them would be featured in the sequel.
Which doesn't make it right, mind you.
Like cCranium, I like Twinings Earl Grey. I like it better than most Earl Greys, but I was raised on Lipton and still drink it daily, so it's quite likely that I'm a barbarian. What Earl Grey would you recommend?
if there's money to be made why not?
Thank you for talkin' shit. It's what makes good blogs great.
Joe Grossberg
I'm with you on the majority of Twinnings, but I have found one bright spot: their blackcurrant is about the only fruit-flavored tea I can stand, having just the right balance of sweet and tart.
Re: the Trotts -- you're sickeningly cute, too, but you don't hear us dissing your work because of it. ;)
i think someone needs a ((hug)).
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Wouldn't you pay to see "Wilbur versus Babe: Celebrity Deathmatch"? I would.
babe would own.
When an otherwise normal 20ish male is a fan of teenbopper Justin Timberlake you are advised to take any of his musical views with a grain of salt.
A very BIG grain.
re: tea suggestions, I'm no expert. Hell, I like Lipton. But I just know Twinings Earl Grey tastes like ass. Personally, I hire my cousins in India to climb the foothills of the Himalayas and bring me individual tea leaves that they fedex to me one by one.
Yum!
Dude, you rock the muh-fuh'in house. I'm wondering if you could talk more about what Stevie Nicks shoved up her ass?
"%^|"
I tend to dislike sequels, especially cheap Disney versions immediately sold on video, fed down children's throats, made to convince all that they're valuable assets to their "fun-filled" anthology of poorly drawn-out stereotypes! Anyway, the only sequel I somewhat enjoyed better than the original was The Godfather, but cartoon sequels...BLEH.
Funniest damn thing I've read in a long time. Thanks for the laughs, even though I do like Fleetwood Mac (sorry). But I'm with you on unnecessary sequels, inconsistent politics, and Twinings Earl Grey. Although any Earl Grey tastes like ass to me... why drink it when there's Darjeeling out there?
D00d, you can't really comment on Meetwood Flac without specifying which VERSION of the band you're talking about. Clearly not the Peter Green version, maybe the Mac of the Latter Day Taints?
Humans and animals are morally equivalent? A punch-drunk comment due to lack of sleep, no doubt. Better lay off the tea for a few days, or switch to decaf.
Uh, I never said humans and animals are morally equivalent. I acknowledged that some people feel that way. I love how you obsessives focus on the one point that tweaks you. In case me beating up on a bunch of has-been rock stars that haven't had a hit in two decades doesn't make the point clearly enough: This post was for fun! Funny fun fun fun!
Sequel to Charlotte's Web? Blasphemy.
PG Tips. Good tea.
I agree on the tea bit - a bit harshly put, but you *do* have a point.
But it wasn't always like that - Twinnings *is* the first to make Earl Gray tea and it used to be great! But since years already they've stopped using bergamot oil and switched to bergamot aroma (which is horrible!).
I think currently Taylors of Harrogate make the best Earl Gray that I know.
Hmmm ...I think Twinnings would be the best example of a tea merchant sell-out ;)
hook out >> gone to make some tea and study