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Great Caesar’s ghost!

Thursday, December 9th, 2004

Well, it was bound to happen. Clark Kent and Lois Lane have been laid off. Is it any wonder Peter Parker can’t find any freelance work at The Daily Bugle anymore? Unfortunately, real jobs are disappearing daily, and I, the headline scanner, can’t do anything about it.

Six degrees or less

Thursday, December 9th, 2004

My wife tells me that her office receptionist’s new husband was very close friends with Dimebag Darrell, who was shot to death on stage last night in Ohio. Darrell was the former frontman for the heavy metal band Pantera, which performed the unofficial anthem of the Dallas Stars. And in case anyone noticed, there’s no Hockey game being played. Not in the NHL, anyway.

But does he fight cavities?

Monday, December 6th, 2004

The one thing that strikes me about the story of the man whose dental X-rays (above) reveal what some say is an image of Jesus is the fact that the patient confesses never seeing Jesus in an X-Ray before. For someone with a (reportedly) great set of choppers, he doesn’t get out much. I’d throw in a joke about biting into the Virgin Mary sandwich, but BoingBoing‘s already done it. By the way, I had never seen a Coke bottle in an X-Ray before, but I’m not sure I want to devote my life to the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. anymore than I already have.

Beyond the 25th word

Friday, December 3rd, 2004

Gotta like this succinct review by Tim Rogers of D Magazine:

I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

The offending reviewee was the DMN’s Eddie Sefko, who challenged the reader to keep his/her lunch after a trip far, far away in the lede to a Maverick’s game story.