more chicago style

hey, so check this out! they're makin a movie about humboldt park in the neighorhood i live in, ukrainian village! here's the imbd link ... for those unfamiliar with chicago geography, humboldt park is a predominantly puerto rican neighborhood of chicago just south/west of ukie village. my ma (100% ukrainian) grew up in humboldt park in the 50s n 60s when the area was still mostly ukrainian/polish (slavic immigrants, mostly post-world war two refugees, my ma was a DP) ... regardless, the way they've set up shop in my neighborhood makes me think the scenes here are gonna play a major role in the movie. so for those of you who see it (cause i probably won't) look for a bodega with a puerto rican flag outside it. that used to be (swear to god) "ukrainian village grocery store" and was as ukrainian as they come. recently a big ol' dominicks came to my block forcing this small grocery store out of business (usually this would infuriate me, but ukie village grocery store SUUUUUUCKED! only produce they ever had was moldy potatoes and rotten garlic (literally) ... i only bought beer there) so the store front had been fallow for a few months until last week when i came home and saw "BODEGA" where the "UKRAINIAN VILLAGE GROCERY STORE" sign used to be ... anyway, it's not like humboldt park is THAT bad that they would need to shoot the film literally 8 blocks away, but i'm sure the owners of the former grocery store aren't mindin' the fat check they gettin from the producers.

and one more chicago reference (specifically to hipsters and wicker park), this one from the prolific david cross in his wired article Games Gone Wild! ... that post is via pimpernel who is havin' his hair, toes and nails did and can't blog at the moment. real talk.

doin it to death

The man who wrote the McDonald's "I'm Lovin' It" jingle has committed suicide at the age of 40.

i was searching for suicides in the google news as i have the day off today because of one. i work in the historic flatiron building in chicago's wicker park, which is mostly occupied by artists who rent the spaces as studios (although the vast majority of artists in the building are the most hackneyed "artists" you will ever meet). the last couple days there were complaints from coworkers about it smelling like sewage in the building. this morning, before our gallery was even open, cops were on our floor "cleaning up" the remains of an apparent suicide. i have no idea who it is, but i'm sure it was one of the artists in the building as it was inside one of the walled off studios. homeless guys do get into the building at nite to stay warm, but i woulda noticed a rotting corpse in the hallway on my way to work (they'd have to literally break through a door to get out of the hallway and into a private studio). no news yet in the online papers, but i'm keeping an eye out.

put yer pants back on

not that kind fellas ...

Descending almost 500 feet under the permafrost, the entrance tunnel to the seed vault is designed to withstand bomb blasts and earthquakes. An automated digital monitoring system controls temperature and provides security akin to a missile silo or Fort Knox. No one person has all the codes for entrance.

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Bogardus, You Better Hurry

Cause I got an army of baaaaaad mammy jammin' cell phones comin' your way!

Shankincell's Monster and Cellbot 666

Actor: Call me Adam

More than meets the Eye

New contender for the most useless thing I can't wait to own

PLAY NICE! or - I'm On Your Blog Advertising My Business!

Here at the bluntest it can get a little crude and rude, a little angry, even a little NSFW at times.

But in our lives away from the internetings we engage in pretty darn wholesome activities.
Bogardus for example, no joke, makes a living giving pony rides in the suburbs.

Which brings us to this exciting announcment --

Play On

A new educational theatre company based in Evanston is here to rock all of your educational theatre needs.

Notice the sleek hip rad neato look? Thats cause The Driznastic is an 'ole softy at heart and is our graphic design.
---Side note: Pimpernel's heart is that of a baboon

So check the website! If Driznastic is nice maybe he'll edit this and post the pretty brochure he just finished.

tape cassette optional

ladies and gentleman, we have officially entered ...

THE FUTURE!

meet BEAR, or The Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot. point 1 of BEAR ...

1. Teddy bear face designed to be reassuring

kinda like if teddy rupskin was given steroid pills and then forced mated with the robot that fixes luke's hand at the end of "the empire strikes back".

after i get fragged, and am lying; dieing on the battle field... i don't know that i want my last visions to be of a san-rio military bear robot. well, if i could change the cassette in his back to some foreigner... maybe.

She's Got the Cosmetology Down, but Anatomy?

My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants. Very exciting if you like elephant wang. (Take that Maryn Smith, 4th grader from Great Falls, Montana!)

ABC News is Trashy

"Bra fitters tell me that an E cup is the new C cup . . . We have to remember that while more women are showing more cleavage, you really have to use your breast power responsibly"

And I was worried I was running out of search terms for porn, thanks ABC! (And I like that it's sponsored by Jell-o)

My only explanation for this article is American starlets have discovered underpants

Why have only one celebrity sex tape article?

HD-DVD or Blu-ray? What does the porn industry have to say?

Why, ABC? WHY? (I blame Grey's Anatomy)

teh immigants! they made me late!

more conservative wankery, this time from our friends at numbersusa.com.

this is one of the funniest things i've seen from our friends across the aisle in a long time. seriously, check out this "graph" ... its so scientific and official looking!



the numbers don't lie people.
look, if you don't buy it, check the sources! they're clearly labeled at the bottom!
everyone knows that 1970 was the final year immigrants to america could be converted to our glorious way of life, by now the islamo-fascists have taken root in EVERY COUNTRY OUT THERE! and have indoctrinated all people to their FREEDOM HATING WAYS! believe when i say canada is a powderkeg waiting to go off!

don't be tricked!
people, if this graph is accurate (and i have no reason to believe it's not) within our lifetimes we will see a sweeping takeover of our nations government by ILLEGALS who will flaunt their illegal status until THEY become the majority, and us TRUE AMERICANS become the minority. that being said, DO NOT TRUST THE IMMIGRANTS WHEN THEY OFFER YOU FREE BLANKETS AND "FIREWATER"

and remember, sick of the traffic sprawl (i'm pretty sure you can't use those two words like that) and congestion? BLAME TEH IMMIGANTS!

this has been a public service announcement from "The New Project for America to Get Ahead in a Century of New American Progress"

it is a grand ol' party, ain't it ?

i don't care anymore, the current GOP sucks. its supporters, officials, and pundits are the most hateful, small-minded, bigoted individuals in this country. i can sympathize on some GOP views on fiscal policy, but that's about it. that being said, lets look back at how awesome the GOP has rocked the house lately ...

"All's going to be right with the world when the great prophet from Chicago takes the stand, and the world leaders who want to kill us will simply be singing ["Kumbaya"] together around the table with Barack Obama," Cunningham continued." ... that from bill cunningham, the enigmatic conservative radio host and all around american-style douche bag. he hates the media! and accused the new york times of pushing obama's agenda as well as calling down every other news outlet for unfairly portraying poor bush jr and cheney as bad guys! awww. well, look, when your jesus-god-baby-president has an approval rating 19%, maybe you should stop pointing fingers and start wondering "why?". oh, but mostly... just shut the fuck up.

i know this is weeks old, but i feel it got swept under the rug due to the primaries. its (yet another) shining example of closeted pervs hiding within the GOP ranks in order to appear moral. it's rep rober mckee of marlyand! and guess what! he loves teh child pornos! so much in fact that he was executive director of "Big Brothers Big Sisters" (a child mentoring program) and sponsored bills such as "Child Protection From Predators Act" and a bill to collect DNA from other sexual goof-balls! nice work robby, he must be glad that his diligent efforts to keep our children safe worked so well.

whoa. this is starting to get into a level of conspiracy theory even i'm uncomfortable writing about with sincerity. however, the sources are all cited, "seem credible" and lead to one very disturbing conclusion that many of us know, but don't want to admit. that republican "think tanks" and "advisers" are calling alot more shots then we ever thought. from the supreme court to your local tv.

Let me handle my business, damn

He officially has 100 problems now. Jay-Z is being sued for Slave Trading

He likes to be squashed

I may as well go get my nails done and start dishing on celebrity gossip because my heterosexuality is out the window after seeing this

mind your wangz

in response to this

as a heterosexual male that's pretty confidant in his sexuality and who also has no real issue with teh gheys or transgenders, it really kinda gets to me when i see websites (read: blogs) out there that just love to bash on what they perceive to be "gay bashing in the media". now, don't get me wrong, gay folk are one of the only "kinds" of people that still have to put up with unabashed hatred from the majority of our society, even to a certain extent, in large "liberal" metropolitan areas. however, if a local news report refers to a transgender's gender as their birth gender, it is by no means a right-wing-media conspiracy to deprecate that life style. instead, i earnestly believe it is simply the reporter (probably a hack journalist to begin with) not understanding how these people wish to be referred. i have a couple transgender acquaintances (they used to be very good friends, but over the years our paths separated and so the friendship diminished) who i only knew as females (their birth gender) and who are now full fledged males. of the couple times i have seen them in the recent past, it was near impossible (especially as the night progressed and i got drunker) for me to not call them "girl" in the affectionate way i call most of my female friends (ie "damn girl, what you been up to?") however, since these two individuals were (by now) confidant in their decisions, they took no offense to my accidental slip-ups, as there was obviously no malcontent, and i'll be honest, it is still a foreign concept to me as i do not usually interact with transgenders on a day to day basis. so what am i getting at ? i guess just that education is really the key here. when people act ignorant, most of the time it is simply because they are either misinformed or so unfamiliar with a situation that they cannot wrap their minds around how to act. especially in a city like chicago, i think most people are open to listening if you present your ideas in a rational way and don't immediately cry "bigot!". of course the media is still ignorant (the "white people finding vs black people looting" story out of new orleans last year comes to mind) yet i must insist that kind of story is extremely more inflamatory then calling someone (who wasn't openly transgender) by their birth gender. that's not to say there are not indoctrinated idiots out there that believe (and preach) hateful ideas and ideologies, just that if you're in chicago/new york/la, you probably won't run into many.

so chill the fuck out already.

and help people understand instead of immediately jumping to conclusions.

that being said, this is funny ... though i don't agree with 99% of it.

i don't like sitting right next to my friends if i don't have to, but that's cause i like my space, not because i'm afraid i'll end up making out with them by the end of the night. sheesh. again. don't jump to conclusions people, please. that's called prejudice, and the people screaming it are just as bad as the people dishing it out ... some of the time anyway.

oops pow surprise?

i know this be ancient ... but ...
you knew there was one

this has been the diss of choice lately, which i have no problem wit.

The Fletcher Memorial Home

The video

In case you can't read (then this won't be of too much help), Fletcher was the name of Roger Waters' dad who was killed in World War II. Can't help but think that the headline at 3:50 was a little too much like something the current administration would say. Dig it.

turning them, and adjusting them

ol girl hooked me up with ...
41 hilarious science fair experiments

but wait, look what i found ...

a young pimpernel!


a young bogardus!


a young actor!


nice job fellas! you make science proud!

THIS SUNDAY ...

SUNDAY NITE
FEBRUARY 24, 2008
DELILAHS
(lincoln + diversey in chicago)
9pm-2am
THE BEST IN REGGAE + SOUL
NO COVER

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DRINK SOME WHISKEY
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HAVE ANOTHER!
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Youtube Deers

You lose the game of hunting

You win the game of swing

You lose the game of swimming

You win the game of fishing

Cougars and Bear Fight

Gorilla Fight

Tiger and Monkey

If you get attacked by a tiger, climb an elephant

Polecat fight

Bankruptcy Info Tapes

A Chicago icon

Auntie Anne To Be Canonized

pretzel that resembles nothing to be sold on ebay for (most likely) alot of money

you got till march 1st

gotta get my recs

i don't know how it works, but goddamn i want one! ... the Sony Flamingo Portable Turntable

the linked page is the only information/image i could find on this glorious product anywhere on the interwebs ... if anyone knows more, please throw in your two cents ... i don't even understand how it operates, i see no needle or arm or anything ...

ADDENDUM
--------

ok, so it looks like sony was just bitin' The Sound Burger ... here's some awesome 80s video of the beast ... but still, the Flamingo looks like it operates vertically ... still some unanswered questions here ...

Reality reflects Art

Then

and

Now

DRASTICS TONITE in CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

TONITE
FRIDAY, FEB 15
COURTYARD CAFE
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA
9pm-1am

THE DRASTICS
+ FADA DOUGOU + ZULU ON THE MIC
ANTHONY SPINS THE BEST IN REGGAE+SOUL IN BETWEEN SETS

ATTENTION
Due to unforseen circumstances, The Drastics annual "Slip-n-Slide-Off" has been canceled. Our condolences to the Lil' Bails family, we had no idea yer boy would be consumed by the mongooses so quickly! However, our annual "Maple Syrup Super Soaker Battle" is still on as scheduled, but space is limited. Team sign up is located in the dumpster behind Safeway.



TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN
Stop bringing yer damn metal detectors, the shit just beeps all throughout our goddamn set, and ya aint gonna find no treasure! Seriously, who the fuck brings a metal detector to a reggae show !?



ALSO OF NOTE
My hand won't stop twitching. It's starting to worry me. Seriously.



TO OUR PATRONS
Ostrich rides and crafts will be provided on the night of the event. The first 5 ticket holders to transcribe and return the manuscript from "Deuce Bigalow 2: European Gigalo" will recieve free pecks from our prize ostrich Gertrude. The Drastics are not responsible for injury incurred.

Scaryroll

Just when you thought Rick Astley was annoying and awful, someone decided to make this.

Enjoy your AIDS and nightmares

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK

Don't call it a comeback

I been
here for years

Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear

Makin the tears rain down like a MONSOON

Listen to the bass go BOOM

Explosion, overpowerin

Over the competition, I'm towerin

Wreckin shop, when I drop these lyrics that'll make you call the cops

Don't you dare stare, you betta move

Don't ever compare

Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced

Competition's payin the price

I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out

male eagle gives virgin birth

all good chicagoans will remember this ...



i've got something for yooouuuuuuuuu........

and here's an awesome little slice of chicago nostalgia ... The (de)Evolution of The Empire Carpet Guy

When Old People Get Angry

He's a WWII veteran, former firefighter and lifelong John Wayne devotee. In short, even at 80, he is someone you just don't mess with. . . . "The only problem was I run out of bullets," Picket said.

"Do you want our Chinese women?" he asked. "We can give you 10 million." After, Kissinger noted Mao was "improving his offer."

hey, look at that!

so instead of making a valenti(n)es day card with a young barack obama on it, i redesigned the sight ... and for the record, saying "valenties day" in a pooty-tang kinda way totally works... and was what i was going for... seriously. dude, seriously.

and actually this design took me 3 days and a couple of nights of being up (literally) until the sun came up ... i'm not very good at making templates cause i don't like committing to one static look. after some inspiration the usual chicago-proud feeling took over and manifested itself in these here purty pictures. look for posts featuring rejected designs/ideas in the next couple day, cause filler is awesome!

oh,

and happy valentines day!

i guess the rest of our bluntest blogger-brand bloggers were out gettin' that sweet sweet valentines day lovin'.

a very obama valentine's day, pt. 3

JUST SHAKE YA RUMP!

also, east coast operative surjeet linked me with this

a very obama valentine's day, pt. 2

your cards for the day



btw, bogardus hunny, that page you posted goes to someone trying to SELL that domain name, you can't actually buy anything there. all the images on there are from someone elses cafepress site or something ... however, i do like the button of obama wearing his own shirt.

UPDATES!

more cards



presenting ... YOUR FEDERAL BUDGET! ... this is awesome, and has a neat lil application so you can zoom in and check the details, just how does the US government squander YOUR tax dollars, find out! its the 2008 Death and Taxes Graph ... oh, and someone should buy that and give it to me. thanks!

Obama Yo Mama

You can actually already get Obama boxers along with t-shirts, buttons, aprons, greeting cards, mugs, and, if you want to mix it up, a button of Obama wearing an official Obama Shop T-shirt at Obama Shop

SURVEY TIME - What would make a better band name: Black Moses of Love or Democratic Banana Hammock?

a very obama valentine's day

ask and ye shall receive pimpernel ... give one, get one!

It's the official 2008 Barack Obama Valentines Day Cards!

more each day!

Obama is for Lovers

So I found these on the Republican National Committee website (Ok, I saw one on Wonkette):




Not very creative in my opinion. Apparently the best the masterminds at the RNC could come up with to attack Obama is (in no particular order): 1) he's a liberal, 2) he hasn't been in the Senate that long, and 3) ummmm . . . I don't really know, maybe his voting record? And I can't forget the most important one. Apparently Republicans get pretty lonely because they have to use St. Valentine's Day as a way to take shots at the Democrats and in a not very clever way, either. Serious, if you didn't know that Obama is young, then you haven't actually seen him. If you didn't know he's a liberal, then you probably shouldn't be voting. And if you can decipher the third amorphous Valentine allegation (Valentallegation?) then you win a cookie.

So this leads me to this proposal. Someone with graphic design skills (Driznastic?), can you please make me a picture similar to the ones above but reads "Obama is for Lovers"? I'm thinking of getting some underpants made or something, hopefully in time for St. Valentine's Day. Nothing says romance like a Democratic Banana Hammock. It'll be awesome, I promise.

MORTALEM UITAM MORS IMMORTALIS ADEMIT

Bernie Barker, we hardly knew ye
Careful of this link if you're at work or not confident in your male sexuality)

Bernie Barker, July, 31 1940 - March 21, 2007

Davey Dance Blog

Pick a song

Pick a place

Dance

DRASTICS in MADISON this SATURDAY ... 18+

FEBRUARY 9^th
THIS SATURDAY

HIGH NOON SALOON
in beautiful madison, wi
doors at 7, bands at 9 / 18+

THE DRASTICS +
NATTY NATION +
URBAN EMPRESS & THE URBANITES +
TROPICAL RIDDIMS SOUND

JAMAICAN FOOD!

ATTENTION!
For who it is concerned with. Please complete the following form and return to any drastics-brand representative and receive a complimentary pair of "Chuck Norris Action Jeans"! Supplies are limited, so please be prompt. Incomplete forms will not be honored. Please have at least 4 forms of ID ready at time of turning-the-form-in. Visa and Mastercard accepted, sorry, we do not take Diner's Club. Please to notice the extra stretchy-ness around the crotchular region. Ninja's and killer robots will no longer be a problem in your neighborhood as you wipe out crime without ripping the seams of trousers. Have you ever been laughed at by your fellow vigilantes for tearing your pant-groin while in the middle of a brawl with thugs trying to kidnap the president's daughter? Well, you're a Bad Dude and you don't take no mess, and now with your "Chuck Norris Action Jeans" you are a Bad Dude who battles injustice with ease, comfort ... and style.
Hooray to Chuck Norris!
Hooray for Reggae Show you can wear "Chuck Norris Action Jeans" to!
Hooray!

name change

I'm gonna change my name to Optimus so I can fight this guy

the longest day

crap on a stick, its 8:20 and i'm still at work ... actually, this is barely a contender for "longest day" cause during the festivals i have worked several 24 hour shifts, no joke ... i guess better would be "the most annoying and long day" ... see, as the un/official IT guy here at the gallery i work for i am responsible for all things technological ... being a non-profit we have no money which makes all our technology about 4 years old AT BEST ... i've done a pretty good job keepin things goin, including movin all our info onto one PC to make sharing easier, reduce on duplicate copies, etc ... and its worked pretty well for about 1.5 years until las nite when the server wouldn't turn back on (after it was accidentally shut off) ... anyway, this isn't interesting, all i wanted to say is that today was spent building a new computer, which is good, except that i had to make 2 trips to micro-center and 1 trip to staples since i know nothing about PCs anymore (pretty strictly mac at home) .... but now the fucking hard drive is fuckin' up and i have to format/reinstall EVERYTHING and once that's taken care of i have to backup about 160gb from our offsite backup server ... crap on a stick ..... goddamit ... i'm not comin in till 2pm tomorrow ...

What Do All Pirates Want?

I want a real pirate ship - got one?

Handicapped Accessible . . . . notice the location

Kids these days . . . .



(And yes, this is the first time I put a picture in a post. I just figured out how to. Shut up.)

vote vote in the moat

i'm being bad today and not voting ... i know, way to set an example, but i moved last year and didn't update my voter registration info so i'm still registered in my old neighborhood which is no where near a train, and a pain to get to on the bus. ya see, i thought when i renewed my drivers license they would also update stuff like that, but i guess not ... i work till 6 and the polls close at 7 ... plus i have rehearsal at 8 ... so get off my back already, god! plus, we all know the Big B.O. got chicago on lock, and thats who'd get my vote ... bros before hos .... ya heard !?

helpful links ...

chicago board of elections
cook county board of elections
the best man for the job
the best woman for the job
there's some other guys running too i heard, but i'm pretty sure they're a bunch of backward-thinking hate/war-mongering fundamentalists, so they get no love.

courtesy of pimpernel who can't post at the moment
rules for the illinois primaries

CNN Endorses Sexual Harassment/Permiscuity

Last summer, Cheryl, 26 -- happily married for two years and six months pregnant with her second child -- found an easy self-esteem boost in her work boyfriend's adulation. "He fawned over me, complimented me on my cutting wit, my sassy outfits and sizzling personality," she says, which left her "flustered and giggly schoolgirl-ish."

Serious CNN, I don't need to be hearing about pregnant chicks in sassy outfits and the like. And now look what you made me do. I've shared it with the bloggers.

Happy Super Fat Tuesday!!!

"Hatcher's name, image and likeness have been linked to so many competitors' products," the lawsuit said, "that it is anyone's guess as to what product keeps her skin and lips youthful."

Hatcher's attorney Alan Wertheimer has called the lawsuit an "unjustified and public assault on Teri Hatcher's good name, reputation and celebrity". . . . and the lawsuit is for $2 million, Lawyer will probably get at least 10%. I'm going into the wrong field of law.

And Happy Super Tuesday. Go out and vote.

And Happy Fat Tuesday. Go out and get drunk or something.

The Bluntest would like to remind you that when you vote, vote responsibly.

This guy just woke up and headed off to the polls

This guy voted twice

This guy is having a real hard time making a decision

Even the imperial guards vote!

How much for your Children?

Nate's dad, Jeff Moore, uses the "Weepublican" shirts as an introduction to politics. "When we see the big elephant, what does it stand for?" he says he asks his kids. . . . . Stranger Danger?

smurfed up!

Unicef commercial against war.
Designed as a UNICEF advertisement, and with the approval of the family of the Smurfs' late creator Peyo, the 25-second episode was shown on the national evening news after the 9pm timeslot to avoid children seeing it. The scene starts with happy peaceful Smurfs and butterflies, who are then bombed by warplanes, ending with a lone Baby Smurf surrounded by dead Smurfs. The final frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."

link and title courtesy: actor

SATURDAY NITE ... the drastics + chicago afrobeat project

alright, listen up all ya'll little snow bunnies cause the time has come to strap some tennis rackets to your feet and get out the damn house!

SATURDAY NITE
FEB 2, 10^pm
KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO

the drastics +
chicago afrobeat project

ATTENTION!
In addition to the bakeoff being held between the two bands (judged by YOUR applause), over 1 ton of pure Siberian snow is being imported at great expense to the proprietor for use in the first annual "Snow-Creature-Modeling-And-Fabrication-Competition". Registration for this grand event opens at 6pm sharp in the lobby of the White Castle on Ridge Ave. Last year, the Burmese delegation took grand prize with their astounding representation of what they called a "Snow-Man"!



made of nothing but snow, snot and bourbon. Simply amazing!

PLEASE NOTE!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not be allowing any sand-based entries into this years "Snow-Creature-Modeling-And-Fabrication-Competition". The management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.



IN ADDITION!
Your hosts for the evening have secured, by less-than-reputable means, 4 dead squirrels and will be awarding these at various times of the evening, along with kits on how to make "America's Rodent" into a charming and decorative lamp! The awards will be given out for, but not limited to:
1. Practictioning of Yo-Yo Skills
2. Toaster-Oven Proficiency
3. Paint-by-Number
4. Drinking
5. Ability to Transmogrify

So there's this strike going on

So if you've been watching TV recently or not watching TV cause there really isn't anything good on anymore, you've probably noticed that the writers are on strike. I don't watch much TV to start with and when I do it's typically reruns of "Law and Order" or C-SPAN (which has a killer website, by the by), or porn. On a whole, things not depending on writers. Or do they?

So I was watching the Daily Show this morning and then the Colbert Report. I like the shows, but it seems like they've taken a bit of a hit from the WGA strike. So I went to check out the news to see how bad their struggles are ratings-wise. Apparently they're doing fine, maybe better.

So the original plan for this post was for me to find an article about how the shows are doing poorly, then finding an article written by a conservative pundit about how the liberal unions are destroying those liberal bastions of mock news shows. I still wouldn't be surprised if there'll be an article written to that effect, even if the facts don't support it.

If you're looking for something to do tonight, STS-9 with Rahzel at the Congress Theater. Nothing like electronic jam music with beat box.

Stay warm Chicago!