October 2009
Andy's #RejectedPalinTitles
shutupweirdo:
Total Awesome Ultimate American-ness: The Sarah Palin Story
Death Panels!!!!!
Buy 10 Copies If You Love America
It’s OK That McCain Lost, But I Need to Win Next Time
Hop on GOP
September 2009
“Since the 1980s, the United States has spent well over $150 billion to develop...”
– Fareed, with a nice dispatch from the reality-based community. (via newsweek)
If you’re not following Newsweek, you should.
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At Christopher & West Sts., a tweed-coated man just asked me how to get to the Stephens Inst. I had to tell him he’s in the wrong state, but it’s that tall bldg on the othere side of the river.
nedhepburn:
The Undertones “Teenage Kicks”
Friday's Topic: Inappropriately Happy
shutupweirdo:
Do you love to attend funerals? Cheer when criminals get away with it? Laugh at the death scenes in Tarantino movies? Then you, sir or madam, may have experienced inappropriate happiness.
it’s nothing to be ashamed of (yes, it is). We’ve all been there (no, you freak). It’s not like national leaders like George Bush or Rudy Giuliani haven’t been inappropriately happy over one...
“no. first, i thought it was tomorrow. second, i have nobody to go
with. third,...”
– Frangry (via e-mail) on why she didn’t come out to see Andy perform stand-up.
On the plus side, I went on just before Jim Gaffigan (great as always), who complimented me on some of my jokes. Score!
Special thanks to Brendan D., Cathy F., and Beth H. for making the show.
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“When you’ve lived to be 91, death is not untimely. It is not a tragedy. And my...”
– Jesse Ellison, in a smart, thoughtful piece on the way we die. (via newsweek)
How dare _________!
newsweek:
southpol:
Michael Kinsley:
No matter how important or otherwise the underlying issue may be, it seems that about three-quarters of American politics can now be distilled down to “How dare you say that!” Taking offense at someone else’s possibly over-vigorous exercise of free speech, demanding an apology and so on has replaced much serious discussion about, oh, health care, the...
ANOTHER HELPFUL REMINDER: If you're coming to... →
shutupweirdo:
More Media Lies!
Him: "Have you read the House health care bill?"
Me: "Yes, parts of it."
Him: "Do you think it covers illegal immigrants?"
Me: "No."
Him: "Then you haven't read it!"
Slate on the 9/12 protests: http://www.slate.com/id/2228110
Ahem. If you're coming to Andy's 9:30pm show at... →
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“But I realize now that those in history whose lives were short and mean and...”
– John Hodgman, September 25, 2001. (via merlin)
Some effing 9/11 anniversary.
suddenly:
This is bullshit. Google didn’t even change its search page logo. How goddam much trouble would it have been to make the each o into a wide, panicked eye looking toward a little airliner crashing into the l, pimped out like the towers. The small g and the e are easy to make into plumes of dust and debris billowing from the collapsing towers.
Nobody cares.
Friday's Topic: What Makes You Uncomfortable?
shutupweirdo:
This week we celebrate the uncomfortable legacy of 9/11 by asking what makes you uncomfortable. The less said the better. We’ll just leave it at that.
Call us on the air this Friday (201-209-9368) with your uneasy feelings. Listen in from 6 to 7pm (Eastern) on WFMU 91.1 (NYC area) or WFMU.org (Greater Alphahville).
Shut Up, Weirdo: The promise of joy. The magic of blather.
“Dear Liberal Media: Did it ever occur to you, sitting there in your fancy New...”
– Balk again, addressing Newsweek’s cover story
OTOH, If You Send Your Kids to Private School,... →
Sorry, but I don’t see a contradiction in having attended private schools and urging those who attend public schools (as I did and my children do) to strive for academic excellence. You should urged to do well in school, whether it be public or private. Isn’t that right, George Bush?
“Have you seen those pictures of me with a Hitler moustache? Well, here’s the...”
– Obama, via Balk