Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Jeff Gannon shifts to a foreign post

Dubya's throwing another mudpie of cliches at the backdrop in DC this morning trying to justify the "stay the course" intransigence we're still stuck with. I just don't have the stomach to parse it. Same bunco, different dayo.

One retread story that I did find interesting came from the once-again surprising USAToday. They lead with better details on the Bushies' plan to plant news in foreign media. The bill thus far has been $300M. As far as freelance gigs go, pretty phat cash. I only wonder how much Jeff Gannon's taken from that kitty.

We rented "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" last night. Loved it. If you're still a virgin, it might give you hope. If you're a slut, it will be an only partly uncomfortable look in the mirror. If you're anywhere in between, you'll see the sweetness throughout unless you're dead inside. My rating - an A-minus. We've not watched all the deleted scenes included in the unrated DVD, but I expect that they will fill in some of the non-sequiter gaps. Steve Carrell is absolutely gut-busting and the cast of goofballs around him split up the hilarity evenly. Catherine Keener's never been sexier. Definitely on my Top 10 list for the year. Rock on.

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