The following may point to just how naive I am, but I find it wrong that Nissan, in all its corporate wisdom, has licensed a song performed by The Clash, a cover of the roots reggae standard "Pressure Drop," for use in one of its commercials. Given the nature of the products the company sells, including the SUV prominently featured in its latest advertisement, wouldn't it have made more sense for the carmaker to use, say, "Rock the Casbah" or "Bankrobber," instead?
Oh, the irony, the bitter, bitter irony.
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"The center is not the center." - Derrida
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I love quoting dead French philosophers because, in all frankness, the practice makes me feel closer to common folk.
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Oh, the irony, the bitter, bitter irony.
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"The center is not the center." - Derrida
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I love quoting dead French philosophers because, in all frankness, the practice makes me feel closer to common folk.
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My Daddy was a bankrobber,
but he never hurt nobody.
He just loved to live that way,
and he loved to steal your money.
So we came to jazz it up,
we never loved a shovel.
Break your back to earn your pay,
and don't forget to grovel...
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The Grand Marquis Coterie "Song of the Week!" honors go to Teenage Fanclub for "Speed of Light." Yeah!
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One of the more curious headlines on the Internet: "Dating Advice: 'Help, I'm Falling For a Priest.'" Uh, is this supposed to be news?
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It must be pretty obvious to those who know me, but I am getting old. As in, I can see at least two gray hairs on my head, and that shit is pissing me off old. But if only that were the last sign proving that the ravages of age are upon me! You see, if I sit down for more than fifteen minutes, I end up having a dull pain in the left side of my hip. When I stand up to walk around, I feel as though someone had just place a two-ton slab across my body. Such is the terror that has befallen me, but I shall perservere through all attacks against my youth!
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We had chicken for dinner tonight. What did you have?
