“The fact is you don’t have to be able to read to enjoy The Springfield Review of Books. Just look at these amusing caricatures of Gore Vidal and Susan Sontag.” – Sideshow Bob Iraq-Vietnam comparisons got Presidential approval last month; then on Wednesday I was reading the 11 October issue of The New York Review [...]
Archive for September 2007
I Find Remakes Tedious
Pickup Truck X-Games
“No Peter, it’s perfectly normal to siphon jet fuel from an active runway with the intention of flying a pickup truck.” – Glen Quagmire I watch a lot of football on weekends. Consequently, I watch a lot of pickup truck commercials and I’d like to briefly deliver some bad news to the advertising folks at [...]
Back Where We Were
“Chef, we’re in a repeat.” – Stan Marsh “A repeat?” – Chef “Cartman was visited by aliens again last night, and now it’s like we’re living a repeat of a previous day.” – Kyle Broflovski “Ah dude, I hate repeats.” – Eric Cartman What a difference a couple of weeks can make. We went from [...]
To Go or Not To Go: The Art of the 4th Down Argument
“I think I know why your son beat you. Apparently you’re a, you’re a twelve year old pre-pubescent girl, which is good cuz I finally have someone to give this training bra to.” – Peter Griffin Football has been back amongst us for a few weeks now and I’ve already been reminded countless times how [...]
I’ve Seen the Fat Lady, But I Haven’t Heard the Fat Lady
“I don’t think they’re giving you enough information Dad.” – Lisa Simpson “I’ll figure it out. I’m gonna to use all the power of my brain.” – Homer Simpson It was a great week if you’re prone to despair about the Iraq War. Starting on Monday, during the lecture that General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker [...]
Equal and Opposite Reactions
“Dad is taking this in a less than heroic fashion.” – Lisa Simpson Yesterday saw a lot of memorials, moments of silence and, “What does it all mean six years later” type articles. Today, the anniversary of the day after the attacks, deserves some reflection as well. Even though most of us didn’t know anyone [...]
Idiots and Maniacs
“I’m sick of you people, you’re nothing but a pack of fickle mush heads.” – Mayor Quimby “He’s right.” – Springfield Woman “Give us hell, Quimby!” Springfield Man Today the 2007 NFL season really gets going, thirteen games in eleven hours. We are also gearing up for what could be a major debate on the [...]
Return of the America Shield
“What could be more exciting than the savage ballet that is pro football?” – Lisa Simpson Tomorrow night the great spectacle of the National Football League will once again begin to cut its annual swath of destruction through the culture and attention of America. Football is the American sport; it is ours in a way [...]
The Baskin Robbins of Bullshit
“Fool me seven times, shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me.” – Amy Wong When it comes to the discussion of the Iraq War these days I can’t help but feel a bit like Ned Flanders. Specifically, like Ned felt when an unconscious Homer bounced right back into the burning [...]
