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January 07, 2009

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Michael Blowhard writes:

Dear Blowhards --

* Polly Frost offers a much-needed new service.

* You mean you can't trust what you read on the Internet? Oh no!

* Another deserving industry demands a bailout.

Best,

Michael

UPDATE: Click the button on Shouting Thomas' inspirational Lard-Ass-O-Meter.

posted by Michael at January 7, 2009




Comments

The article on Larry Flynt gives new meaning to "stimulus package."

Posted by: Lester Hunt on January 7, 2009 8:02 PM

Damn that Polly Frost. She always gets there first.

Posted by: communicatrix on January 7, 2009 8:09 PM

I wanted to post a comment but I ...UH...BLOCKED MYSELF...

Posted by: Ramesh on January 7, 2009 9:23 PM

Apparently, Michael, you've missed my Lard Ass-o-Meter, which is the funniest thing to hit the web since yesterday. Also, it may be the most worthwhile Flash game ever programmed.

A musician friend of mine sent me this Flash animation, which may be the wittiest I've ever seen.

Posted by: Shouting Thomas on January 7, 2009 9:24 PM

Does Polly make house calls?

Posted by: Charlton Griffin on January 7, 2009 10:20 PM

The Polly Frost thing is hilarious.

Posted by: MQ on January 8, 2009 1:18 AM

Michael,

The war against my own lard ass... whew!

The 40 extra pounds I'm carrying around colors everything in my life... temperment, physical strength, psychological outlook... what a drag it is!

The Flash animation I mentioned is quite remarkable... an insider joke for Flash animators. For those who don't get it, the background is the Flash interface.

It's Elvis Presley's birthday. Happy birthday, Elvis! I was born on Elvis' birthday! Why didn't I inherit Elvis' karma! I mean, except for the dying on the toilet after shooting up. Elvis would have been, I believe, 74 years old today.

Turns out, according to a number of sites that I've visited, that Elvis ain't really dead. He's hiding out undercover as a DEA agent, helping the feds in the War Against Drugs.

Posted by: Shouting Thomas on January 8, 2009 9:17 AM


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