just once in a very blue moon

and then there's Blue Moon Odom

a sense of humor is required

Degas' real name was de Gas. He changed it in 1873. He trained as a lawyer. He was once present when one of his paintings was sold at auction for $100,000. When asked how he felt, he said: ' I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey'.

  

No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament, I know nothing. EDGAR DEGAS

after exhaustive research

news of the living dead

darwin award contender

incognito ergo sumus quod sumus

Hi, I'm from Wassila. I'm here yo help you...

bachmann turn her over drive by mugging

Irony Alert

by BarbinMD

Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 08:42:03 AM PST

An interesting factoid from yesterday's freak show at the Capitol:

By the time it was over, medics had administered government-run health care to at least five people in the crowd who were stricken as they denounced government-run health care.

And then the crowd shuffled back to the socialist Metro to go home ...

a jaundiced and misanthropic view...but then...

all people to get from streets

when swine flew

by ussr standards we're halfway there

Waste deep and the big fool says to push on

a shrug is as good as a wink

The very form of her novels makes the same point: they are as cartoonish and sexed-up as any best seller, yet they are constantly suggesting that the reader who appreciates them is one of the elite.

(Many in the Continental tradition think her celebration of self-interest relies on sophistic logic, and as a result have not thought her work worth any serious consideration.)

Asked for a comment from beyond the grave Rand said "No, I simply Kant."

here's yer commodius vicus of recirculation

As the pilots said when asked about the incident,

  "bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner- 

ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk."

we are all Rush Limbaugh, got it?

getting mainstreamed may not be for everyone

Asked for a comment Rusty said "Lorem ipsum vim ut utroque mandamus intellegebat, ut eam omittam ancillae sadipscing, per et eius soluta veritus."

from the something new every time pile:

5/11/2003: The Cardinals were at Wrigley Field and a 23-MPH wind was blowing out to right field. In the bottom of the first, Moises Alou of the Cubs hit a 2-run homer off Brett Tomko to centerfield. In the top of the second, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam to leftfield off Matt Clement. Corey Patterson led off the bottom of the second with a homer to rightfield. In the top of the third, Tino Martinez hit a solo homer to leftfield. Troy O'Leary hit a 2-run homer to leftfield in the bottom of the third. In the top of the fourth, Martinez homered for the second time in the game. This time it went to rightfield and scored 3 runs. In the bottom half of the fourth, Alex Gonzalez hit a 2-run homer to leftfield. He was the last batter faced by Tomko. The game was rained out in the top of the fifth inning. The final count in this day's barrage: seven home runs and a score of 11-9 St. Louis ahead all lost to the weather.

you otter been there

when good a otter goes bad

on saying sooth

we've all had some of these days

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 193–206

evangelical, dog gone it

a Logan's run kind of a day

well OK then, I'm in, if that's the way you're gonna be

crossing Chappaquiddick

all in all 'twas a mixed bag with Ted, and we're the better for it.

health care vs heath bars

public option

less paul sad to say

electric icon

late breaking update

aft gang aglay

gotta give 'em points for being trieu to each their milieu

brand recognition, baby, that's where it's at

innovation

smarter than yer average bear

the fine print

new rider in the ethereal choir

.

mamaduke second from left tended by decidedly hairy garcia 1971

evidently all roads lead to Cooperstown

.

the 'Nuke' LaLoosh of his day

give 'em an inch...

Hey! Where's my mile?

averaged all the chatter out. it settled here:

send self-addressed stamped envelope for recipe:

secrets to the grave

played i† close to the vest did he not?

further on down the Dusty Rhodes

pinch hitter extraordinaire

within the confines of the pasture

see here

a thing of beauty a joy  forever

he's lost that lovin' feeling

WALL OF SOUND FALLS ON IT'S INVENTOR

what I did on my nearly summer vacation

And that's the sight of the chain working on this man's vascular gang

a life well spent ends

Koko Taylor 1927-2007

life mask by sharon mcconnell

a story for which the world is at last prepared it would appear

 Apocrypha wrapped in fabrication

served open face 

the critics weren't prepared either

from the gang aft agley department

the Burns proposition reconsidered

wish I'd said it

"Every revelation in "Angels & Demons" has a "Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick" vibe." 

It was cheesy (ed.)

Abner Doubletake

Jack Kerouac- former baseball impressario

an iconic moment

Fiasco to the bitter end it was.  As it is mores the pity

on walkabout

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

O me O my O

It was Cinco de Mayo, and I was down on the bayou

With my good friend Venus de Milo,

We were watchin' Hawaii Five-O

She wanted some French fry-o's, or maybe apple pie-o

And I said why, oh, why-o? We got pico de gallo!

Pico de gallo, you oughta give it a try-o

Even if you're from Ontari-i-o, it'll get you by-o.

don't get it in your eye-o unless you want to cry-o

So come on, don't be shy-o, eat some pico de gallo!

So come on, don't be shy-o, eat some pico de gallo!

Lyrics: Pico de Gallo,

Trout Fishing in America 

Dorothy, always Dorothy

Its Kansas some more.

as closely reasoned as I need. I'd vote for it.

The bench could not come up with a good reason for "all" to have a bong but otherwise found itself pretty much in agreement with the currently prevailing notion of pot legalization.

 There was a minority opinion that will miss the  underground.

O death

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

what's in a name?

A LOT BY THE LOOKS OF IT

 try playng the name game with that one

gotta be chocolate jesus

Dont go to church on sunday

Dont get on my knees to pray

Dont memorize the books of the bible

I got my own special way

Bit I know jesus loves me

Maybe just a little bit more

I fall on my knees every sunday

At zerelda lees candy store

Well its got to be a chocolate jesus

Make me feel good inside

Got to be a chocolate

jesus

Keep me satisfied

Well I dont want no anna zabba

Dont want no almond joy

tom waits 1999

full disclosure you see

...seen being comforted by her dad after the hearing "and making a pretty darn good case for inherited genetic traits," murmers the bench, "and learning to mug for the camera."

as true today as it was fifty years ago

yeah, huh?

Kafka flaps his gums

and learns to fly

fickle finger of fate

today the award goes to Jerry Jalava

he sang mommy kissin Santa Claus

unleashing the singlemost irritating Xmas song ever. later in life he lapsed into the smarmiest Huck Finn ever. 'never quite lived it down' opined one of the bench folk, 'probably what got him.'

arrest both of them... bench unanimous

Bush and Bashir John Gilberts Canada 09/03/2009 Bush before Bashir On March 17, George Bush will visit Calgary, Canada. He will do so as a private citizen, without immunity. Canada is a signatory to the ICC. Clearly there is more than ample evidence to arrest Bush. Is Canada not obligated to make the arrest? Many think so. Arrest George Bush in Calgary March 17! www.peoplevbush.ca JG

lovecraft redux

HP hisself Darwin points and all.

GO Miskatonic U!

people's park

the mothership

the standard poodle is an especially nice touch eh?

the Shining has lustre still

the digital vegetarian

When I was young and the world was flat

been rainin' all the days

I'm sorry for your trouble, lady, but...

Let's rethink our position here. I mean she didn't write The Satanic Verses for god's sake. A person's religion has no place in the public discussion, but this IS a  rather lunique statement, eh?  It does beg a question or two or three.

if you go for this sort of thing

Corporate America's wet dream:

Cradle to the grave minimum wage