Very appropriate letter to those people who call themselves parents:
Dear Dad With a Doo Rag and Mother With a Halter Top and a Belly Piercing,
You may or may not recognize me: I was present at the same screening of Hostel: Part II that you and your family attended last night. I send you this letter in the hopes that you will forward it to all those who share a similar parenting style as you, in the hopes that my request be heard by as many pairs of ears as humanly possible.
I wish to address you concerning a matter of seemingly-negligible importance. Many people - including, I am sure, the both of you - might consider my complaint unnecessary, or simply selfish. Yet in the interest of decency and for the sake of your offspring, I must humbly make one simple suggestion, which you are free to take heed to or ignore at your leisure. The suggestion is this:
Stop bringing your fucking kids to horror movies. [emphasis mine]
I know, that since I had kids, I can’t even watch these kinds of movies anymore. I even cringe now at classic Freddie Kruger-style horror movies, much less the “torture-porn” that these new breed of films are.
Be sure to check out this website tonight, showing you exactly what your ballot is going to look like:
This is just a quick guilt instigating reminder that NPR is current mid-way through its fall fundraiser. National Public Radio, and by extension, WDET (my local NPR affiliate), is approximately 70% locally funded. That’s you, chump!
Chough up some dinero! Or at least promise to cough up something later on, down the road.
http://www.wdetfm.org/ (Detroit NPR Affiliate)
In an effort to help make sure kids don’t go to bed hungry, please consider donating money or actual food (canned, etc) to your local food pantry. My brother, Ed Covert, is trying to encourage people to donate. He’s posting information about various food drives and information about the progress his campaign is making at his site.
If you wish to contribute directely to the Maryland area food banks, please visit here. If you wish to contribute directly to the Detroit area food banks, please visit here.
Thanks.
Keith Olbermann is without a doubt the best news anchor on television today. Two weeks ago, echoing the spirit of the legendary Edward R. Murrow, Olbermann took Donald Rumsfeld to task for comparing critics of the Iraq war to Nazi appeasers.
Broadcasting live from above a desolate and still demolished Ground Zero, Olbermann delivered a stirring eight minute commentary indicting the Bush Administration’s shameful and tragic response to 9/11. The entire speech is worth watching and reading, so I’m posting the full text below.
Link via yahoo news.
Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter.
All the time, I knew that the very air I breathed contained the remains of thousands of people, including four of my friends, two in the planes and—as I discovered from those “missing posters” seared still into my soul—two more in the Towers.
And I knew too, that this was the pyre for hundreds of New York policemen and firemen, of whom my family can claim half a dozen or more, as our ancestors.
I belabor this to emphasize that, for me this was, and is, and always shall be, personal.
Ah, this is good!
Watch out for the gay banditos. They’re coming. Hahahahah
(link is not appropriate for kids or the office: strong language)
(warning: logic might make sense, and should be avoided by any Republicans or Christians who don’t have experience thinking for themselves)

Scott Adams, of dilbert fame, has written a humorous and biting commentary on this latested attempt by our Congress to distract the American people from the real issues.
I don’t care if you like burning flags or don’t; but realized this: you are being used! They don’t want you to actually think about all the real work Congress should be doing!
Article here.
I was delighted to learn that American politicians are trying to make it illegal to burn the American flag. That can only mean that my dedicated public servants have finally solved the problems of crime, drugs, war, poverty, terrorism, healthcare, immigration, and the mystery of why our children are such idiots compared to Norwegians. Evidently those issues are now under control. I was starting to worry that Congress was wasting my tax dollars doing stupid shit.
I heard Senator Frist compare the flag to a national monument. His point was that you wouldnn’t want people to deface our one-of-a-kind historical treasures. Therefore we shouldn’t let people burn an American flag that is one of millions churned out every year by Chinese manufacturers. I think that was his best argument. I know it seems dumb when I recount it, but there was something about the robotic way Frist said it that gave me chills.