We want, we need it; we’ll take it.

God I love the Misfits (Glenn Danzig era – they’re just a little bit too kitsch after that, with the notable exception of ‘Saturday Night’). They were a horror punk band of the late seventies who dealt in three chords and lyrical contemplations of splatter horror themes (the title of this post is taken from [...]

The pinch gets felt at Gawker towers…

Just had a wander over to Gawker and was sad to see this:
Yes, it’s true: Gawker’s sibling sites are laying off 19 people. This site is one of those that will be expanding. The internal memo is after the jump. Gabriel Snyder of W magazine will indeed be replacing me as managing editor and we [...]

The veep debate…

I’ve done a lot of Palin bashing since she was tapped for the ticket. I was convinced that she was completely out of her depth and that, in desperation at her situation, she resorted to lying, hiding and firing out sound-bites.
All of which will make this seem a little odd: watching the debate last night [...]

A disclaimer

Ummm… I’ve had a number of people suggest that I’m coming off as hating the world right now. Strange to say I didn’t notice that so much actually. I thought it was a little clearer than it evidently is that I was being (at least a little) tongue in cheek. Apparently not, so…. I’m actually [...]

Oh my God Palin is so utterly, utterly rubbish. Also, I hate viruses.

I’m really enjoying Election ‘08; every day I wake up and the race for the White House has given me another gem.
Watch this.
I don’t know about anyone else, but this is how that particular interview looks to me:
Little Sarah Palin was playing ball with some friends last week, having a real fun time too. And [...]