Scary thought for the day

John Kerry is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Prez Dispenser

Stimulus

MATHEMATICIANS DISCOVER LARGEST NUMBER

Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman

Joaquin must've been pretty effing high. Letterman got a few good laughs from it.

Slate has a little fun with Cheney

Slate imagines some quotes from Cheney's memoir. Most of this is the same ol' bash Cheney crap but it's kind of funny. My favorite:

I knew from her glassy-eyed grin that Lynne was well into her fourth tequila and valium. "Guesh what," she said. "Your pretty little daughter has gone and got himself a girlfriend."

And the winner for unsupported subheadlines goes to...

...this article for Lincoln's Laws of War: How he built the code that Bush attempted to destroy. The story actually contains nothing about how Bush destroyed the Laws of War except the implication that he authorized torture. The description of Lincoln's experience with the laws of war is much like the situation Bush found us to be in. And they way Bush approached the problems of war seems very similar to how Lincoln approached it as well. Needless to say Bush is evil. Don't forget it. There seem to be a lot of stories going around with needless reminders of this state of mind. It is rather pathetic and humorous in so far as Obama has not made much of a break with Bush's policies in this area as of yet and he seems to be affirming what the Bush administration did.

Grammys

Didn't watch but was glad to see Robert Plant and Alison Krauss won 5. What I've heard of their album is pretty good.

Fine, everyone does steroids. I give up.

Somewhere on this blog I wrote that I long for the day when Alex Rodriguez takes the home run title away from Barry Bonds because, despite the fact that their both big jerks, at least it would be less fraudulent if Rodriguez has the title.

Well, eff me. Baseball is so stat-driven, this cannot be allowed to continue. I now advocate for a massive purge of all quasi-suspected suspicious performance-enhancing drug users from baseball and the record books by an impartial robotic commissioner-overlord, who can also travel through time.

More than just cool...

...you can even be nominated to oversee the IRS.

Bad news for Nick?

Shrinking numbers of positions and increasing numbers of applicants for tenure-track jobs in the humanities. Although, not as bad in the sciences a lot of what is said probably hold true here, too.

And the Miami Vice movie? Not too good. I'd stick to the original.

So do I have to pay taxes? Harvard doesn't take out withholding, so in light of recent events it seems totally cool if I just skip out on that.

Best Headline and Subhead Yesterday

From James Taranto:
Marion Barry for Drug Czar
Democrats love taxes. Paying them, not so much.

Miami Vice

Didn't Michael Mann produce the TV show? Had some good writers and directors on that show. Did anyone see the movie? I want to watch it but I hate Colin Farrell.

And yes, it's pretty cool.

Coolest thing ever?