There are millions of links in the naked city. These are the ones we didn’t hit today. Roby Brock notes that outgoing AR-02 congressman Vic Snyder will shave his mustache if donors raise $50,000 for Joyce Elliott by Sunday. There’s…
Category: Off-Topic
End-of-Day Miscellany: "Updates! Getchyer Updates Here!" Edition
I see. So, what you’re saying is that even though you are an almost-paralyzed, multiphobic personality who is in a constant state of panic, your wife did not leave you; you left her because she … didn’t get to this…
Shameless Self-Promotion: The Two-Day Hangover, Week 3
In which we complain about the Texans’ performance versus the Cowboys, reference a legendary bluesman, touch on obscure hip hop recommendations, mock poor choices in personalized jerseys, rip apart the idiocy of a Colts blogger, and just generally ramble in…
(Partially) Off-Topic: Shameless Self-Promotion Redux
In which I gratuitously use Anchorman quotes to distract from the navel-gazing nature of this post… “I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.” Week 2 of the NFL season, which means Week…
We're Getting The Band Back Together!
Beth Anne Rankin’s recent foray into the world of lyrics and digital synthesizers gave me an idea for a post. Namely, if all the important candidates were going to compile a double-CD release of songs that best define their campaigns,…
Off-Topic: Shameless Self-Promotion
I have no idea how many people this might appeal to, especially in a state that puts NCAA football ahead of the NFL, but I think some of the humor in it should play with any NFL fan outside of…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] You, Flock of Seagulls … you know why we’re here? Why don’t you tell my man, Vincent, which links we didn’t get to today? Max takes issue with some apparent Republican hypocrisy…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] Here’s what I didn’t get to on a sloooow news day: Jason Tolbert covered the Mike Beebe Campaign Kick-off event today, and noted that the ol’ Gov isn’t singing the same song…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] Here’s the stuff we didn’t get to today (or yesterday, as the case may be): Blue Arkansas says supporting the DREAM Act and painting Timmy! Griffin as a carpetbagger are winning issues…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
According to the Kubler-Ross model, there are five discrete stages people go through when dealing with grief or tragedy: denial (“No…no…this isn’t happening! Lalalalalala, I can’t hear you!!” /sticks fingers in ears), anger (“ARGH! Me smash things! Stupid grief!!! /punches…