Sooo much rain yesterday And wind. Seems we’ll be keeping on with the wet today. Less with the bluster. But just wait for next week. Is it too early for a dusting of snow?
It’s on. It’s off. It’s on again. It’s off again. It’s on again. A Swedish prosecutor now says she wants to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after all, another twist in a rape case that’s been simmering for months.
That shit is spreading. God-scorned Haiti’s cholera outbreak has extended its tendrils into Florida. The disease, of course, is hard to spread if you wash your hands, don’t touch your poop, and have a safe water system. But, then, this is Florida…
I’m rubber, you’re glue, etc. Fox News’ jowly boss, Roger Ailes, says NPR is run by a pack of Nazis. He also calls Jon Stewart “crazy.” He also pleasures himself while watching film of Sarah Palin. (Hi, omnipresent Fox News Big Brother lawyers! That last one was a joke!) Previously, Ailes said Obama hasn’t been “very successful.”
Don’t make “you’re fired” joke. Don’t make “you’re fired” joke. Don’t … YOU’RE FIRED! Damn. Ugh. Anyway, Donald Trump is the latest to play the “Will I or won’t I?” game with the 2012 presidential election. Obama’s “totally over his head,” he says. As for Mama Pitbull Cougar Grizzly Lipstick Reality TV Star? “I’d take her on.”
Men would rather wear rings on naughtier parts of their bodies? A Pew study finds 40 percent of Americans now believe that the institution of marriage is obsolete. And the definition of “family” is … shhh … changing. But, hey, you keep thumping those Bibles, you delightful right-wing family-values types!
Just like Strom Thurmond! Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski just became the first successful write-in Senate candidate in 50 years. The other member of that club, however, was an asshole. At least this a good EFF YOU! to Sarah Palin.
It was “accidental.” For 18 minutes on April 8, 2010, 15 percent of ALL INTERNET TRAFFIC ON EARTH was re-routed through the servers of a state-owned Chinese telecommunications company. Among the gems? E-mail sent from the Department of Defense, NASA, and the U.S. Senate.
HEY, BLAZERS FANS! Stop weeping into your homebrew, already. And be here tonight when Rob Simonsen live-blogs all of tonight’s hot, hoops action.
This isn’t dirty. At least in any sense other than I’m glad I don’t have to clean that floor afterward.

GOOD MORNING, DENIS! GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN!
HOW IS EVERYONE?!?
WHO THE HELL IS ROB SIMONSEN?
GM BT! THIS ROB SIMONSEN’S GUY BETTER BE AS MEDIOCRE AS EZRA OTHERWISE IT JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME BLAZER’S LIVE BLOG WE’RE ALL USE TO
THE BUKAKEE MIGHT WANT TO SAVE THAT ONE CARROT FOR LATER.
GOOD MORNING, DENIS! GOOD MORNING GRAHAM! GOOD MORNING, BIZARRO EZRA! GOOD MORNING, UJFOYT!
MURKOWSKI WON. THAT IS GOOD. BUT, THAT MEANS I AM HAPPY FOR A REPUBLICAN. I AM FILLED WITH CONFLICTED FEELINGS OF CONFLICT.
GOOD MORNING GRAHAM, BIZARRO EZRA, UJFOYT AND ALL THOSE WHO COME AFTER ME. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.
GOOD MORNING BUKAKKETOWN! GOOD MORNING GRAHAM!
I AM FEELING GREAT AFTER DISCOVERING THE LEAK IN MY BASEMENT. FIRST BIG RAIN OF THE SEASON IS ALWAYS NICE.
ROB SIMONSEN IS AN ANAGRAM FOR “NO MIS BONERS” WHICH IS SPANISH FOR “NOT MY BONERS” WHICH MEANS FOR “THESE ARE NOT MY ERECTIONS, FYI”.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
PERSONALLY I THINK “BOSOM SINNER” IS THE BEST ANAGRAM FOR MY NAME.
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I HOPE ALL IS WELL! MY POTW “WRITE-IN” VOTE HAS TO GO TO CAT AND BEARD FOR HILARIOUSLY AND CREATIVELY WORKING THE WORD BONER INTO HIS /HER LATEST POST!
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
NEW COMMENT FILTERS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, EH? VERY FANCY. CAN WE HAVE A “MOST INTERESTING FIRST” OPTION? HOW ABOUT A “MOST INSANE FIRST” OPTION?
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE 2012 ELECTIONS. PALIN IS TO LIBERALS LIKE GAY MARRIAGE IS TO FUNDAMENTALISTS – IF SHE’S ON THE TICKET, FAR MORE LIBERALS WILL LEAVE THEIR HIDEY HOLES TO VOTE.
GOOD MORNING! I BET THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS REALLY NICE TODAY, ESPECIALLY CHINA! I JUST LOVE CHINA! CHINA HAS A FRIEND IN JONESER, IT IS TRUE.
GOOD MORNING. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THE ABILITY TO FILTER REGISTERED/UNREGISTERED POSTS IS AN ABILITY THAT ANYONE REALLY CARES THAT MUCH ABOUT HAVING. THE NUMBER THING DOESN’T REALLY HELP ANYTHING EITHER.
MUCH RATHER HAVE NESTED COMMENTS. AND MY PRECIOUS COMPLAINING.
JOE MILLER FOLLOWS JOE THE PLUMBER DOWN THE POLITICAL/POP CULTURE TOILET. AND THAT MAKES THIS A GOOD MORNING!
GOOD MORNING, YOU RAPSCALLIONS! I FOUND A LEAK YESTERDAY, TOO, BUT IT’S IN A WINDOW SILL SO BLEAH. HOORAY FOR THURSDAY MAYBE.
GOOD DAY BLAZERTAZERS!
ROB IS AWESOME SO SHUT UP ABOUT HIM.
PROPS TO KIALA FOR NOT SAYING GOOD *MORNING*, SINCE HER POST HAPPENED FOUR MINUTES INTO PM TIMEZ.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU ALL.
@GRAHAM & BIZARRO EZRA: I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE TOO NEWB TO KNOW WHO ROB SIMONSEN IS. PLUS, HE’S AT LIKE EVERY MERCURY MEETUP. ANSWER: FREELANCE MUSIC WRITER! C’MON.
@ROM: I REFUSE TO READ THE MUSIC SECTION.
GOOD DAY FOLKS! SORRY HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP ON MY SURFIN’ AND LURKIN’. I LIKE THE EPICURIOUS CARROT-BUKAKKE THIS PLACE IS GOING.
DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET SMASHMOUTH TO PLAY AT THE NEXT MERC’MEETUP?
OHHHH! ROB SIMONSEN! I THOUGHT DENIS WROTE RON SIMMONS, RETIRED PRO WRESTLER AND OVERALL BADASS
I CAN HARDLY TELL WSH APART FROM SMIRK, HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW THE FREE LANCERS AS WELL?