Humpday News
Another Wednesday full of breaking, last-minute, news! Humpday News from Sexy Red-Headed Nuns! This week's news:
National News
Obama continues to sound smarter than you. Hillary continues to refuse to accept her inevitable loss. McCain continues to be a crazy old coot.
International
Iraq continues to be a quagmire. U.S. armed forces continue to be abused and stretched to the breaking point. Osama bin Laden continues to evade capture. The rest of the world continues to hate America.
Financial
The economy continues its decline. The housing bubble continues to burst. The price of gasoline continues to rise.
Sports
The Minnesota Twins continue to hover around 500. Hank Steinbrenner continues to be an asshole.
Entertainment
I dunno. Britney continues to do stupid shit. Who the hell cares, anyway? Honestly, it's just sad.
Religion
Fundamentalists continue to try and control the lives of others. Red-headed nuns continue to be sexy as hell!
Last Minute Breaking News!!!
 | Conservative prostitute turned reporter turned blogger Jeff Gannon still looks like a penis! Stay tuned for further updates! |
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Poor Shekey!
Our favorite Twins pitcher is, by far, local boy Pat Neshek. Unfortunately, he just hurt his elbow and is probably out for the season. At least, he won't be needing surgery. Still, it's a blow for both him and the Twins.
One thing we love about the guy, aside from his weird-ass delivery, is that he's really just another baseball fan, one that just happens to play as well. He's maintained his own blog for a few years now.
Carolina Gold
I love Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines. I love their approach to explaining the development of recipes instead of just laying them out. And occasionally, I actually cook something out of them!
Today, we had planned on grilling both salad and burgers. But, alas, it was drizzly today. So we had ham and cheese sandwiches instead.
Cook's Country had a recipe for a mustard-based BBQ sauce called Carolina Gold. (Sounds like a variety of pot, doesn't it.) I'm a sucker for a good mustard BBQ sauce! So I made it, even though we didn't get to make the burgers. I figured it might still be good on the sandwich. It was.
It's basically 2 parts brown sugar, 2 parts yellow mustard, and 1 part vinegar. Plus a few other things. No cooking required, just whisk it together. Holy pig, it was good stuff! Go pick up the latest issue!
Humpday News
Another Wednesday full of breaking, last-minute, news! Humpday News from Sexy Red-Headed Nuns! This week's news:
National News
Obama continues to sound smarter than you. Hillary continues to refuse to accept her inevitable loss. McCain continues to be a crazy old coot.
International
Iraq continues to be a quagmire. U.S. armed forces continue to be abused and stretched to the breaking point. Osama bin Laden continues to evade capture. The rest of the world continues to hate America.
Financial
The economy continues its decline. The housing bubble continues to burst. The price of gasoline continues to rise.
Sports
The Minnesota Twins continue to hover around 500. Hank Steinbrenner continues to be an asshole.
Entertainment
I dunno. Britney continues to do stupid shit. Who the hell cares, anyway? Honestly, it's just sad.
Religion
Fundamentalists continue to try and control the lives of others. Red-headed nuns continue to be sexy as hell!
Last Minute Breaking News!!!
| Conservative prostitute turned reporter turned blogger Jeff Gannon still looks like a penis! Stay tuned for further updates! |
Check back next Wednesday for an all-new Humpday News, only at Sexy Red-Headed Nuns!
Humpday News Archive:
I Do Not Condone This!
I'm appalled at some of the ads that appear in the sidebar:
Just for the record, I do not condone the buying and selling of nuns.
Last Week's Trip
I had business up in Ashburn last week. I took advantage to re-visit the Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center, out near Dulles. In case you've never been there, it's basically some big-ass hangars filled with planes and space stuff. Of course, I took pictures, including a 3D shot and a couple of panoramics.
Summer Movies 2008 (Part One)
I mentioned earlier that this looks like a good summer for movies. And, so far, it has been.
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Stupid, raunchy, goofy fun. Not quite as wacky as the first. And, really, a little weak on the pot humor. But a blast none the less. Don't go looking for deep meaning.
Iron Man
Oh my! This was very nearly as good as a superhero movie gets. Loads and loads of footage of the suit. (And the suit is nice. Really, really nice. The kind of nice that kept me up for a couple hours last night while I thought about how nice it would be to have one.) Nearly seamless reality/CGI transitions. (Only Mark 01 leaving the cave was jarring.) Buttloads of explosions. And a surprisingly hot Gwyneth Paltrow.
The only weaknesses?
- The final battle between Iron Man and the Iron Monger is a little weak compared to the rest of the movie. That's really more a comment on the strength of the movie than the weakness of the ending.
- Too damn many product placements. I think viewers should get a $1 rebate for every product placement they identify.
- All the best parts were already in the trailers. Honestly, if you put all the trailer footage together, you would have 80% of the best parts of the movie.
So, basically, it rocked pretty hard. And there's more to come. Iron Man 2 is scheduled for an April 30, 2010 release. Thor, Captain America, the Avengers, and Ant-Man to follow.
Hard to Believe
It's hard to believe, but the Twins' 5 game winning streak has not only moved them above 500 for, I think, the first time this season, but has also propelled them into first place in the AL Central. Here are the standings:
That puts their magic number at 132.
All Hail Georgia
Georgia? Yes, Georgia. All the recent music releases I've enjoyed lately have come out of the peanut state.
Butch Walker
We went to see Butch the last time he was in town. It was a great show. He's released a recording of the show he did in Atlanta, called Leavin' the Game on Luckie St. It's online only. Only six bucks for a double-CD worth of great live Butch.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. comes out with Accelerate, a mandolin-free release. It's always chancy when an old band from the 80s comes out with a new release. Sometimes they're ready good (the Dictators, the Go-Gos), and sometimes they suck (Blondie). This one is pretty darn good. Certainly the most guitar-oriented, rockin' release from them in years.
B-52s
Hey! It's another 80s band with a new release. Funplex sounds like Cosmic Thing-era B-52s rather than vintage B-52s. It's a load of fun. If you buy it at Target, you'll get a second bonus disc with some live versions of old favorites. The bonus disc is good enough to bother going to Target for it. (Unless you're Andrew.)
Happy Loyalty Day!
Now, toe the line, dammit!
Actually Loyalty Day isn't all that sinister. Its stated purpose:
Loyalty Day is a special day for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom.
It bears pondering that loyalty is earned, not granted by fiat. And this administration has done very little to earn any of my damn loyalty.
