Lèse Majesté

Who knew Amy Klobuchar was funny?

Check out this report from The Politico about Washington Press Club Foundation's dinner. Sample line:

"I'd like to make this as short as Bill Richardson's tenure as Commerce Secretary," she opened. "I raised $17,000 from ex-boyfriends — true story! I know that is the record in the Senate, but in the house it's held by Barney Frank."

Things you'd rather not know about

So last night I'm enjoying a very tasty dinner at one of the nicer places on the beach here (meaning there's only one cat and no dogs wandering through, and they have ice supposedly made from a filtered water supply, among other things). Their kitchen has two parts - one indoors with the range, fridge, etc., and a kind of back porch area where a couple guys appear to be doing food prep or the like. I was sitting at a table out on the deck overlooking Half Moon Bay and could see a bit of that back porch area.

One of the guys walks over to edge and executes the maneuver we used to call a farmer's nose blow. That is, put a finger against one nostril and expel the contents of the other towards the ground. Only this time he was left with an 8-10 inch-skein of snot hanging off his nose. So he grabs it with his fingers and tosses it to the sand. Then goes back to work.

This may be the reason I got that Hep C immunization before coming down here...

So long, George

Stephen Colbert produced quite possibly the best obituary for George Carlin I've seen. The ending is perfect...

As he says, the seven words you'll never hear on TV are: "This reality show is a terrible idea."

Someone's a little confused at Cub's

Leaving aside the inelegant marketing inherent in the phrase "Pork Parts" (I suppose "Dead Pig Chunks" would have been worse), someone seems mildly confused in the layout of this display...