Scalzi Beaten To The Punch By… Al Franken?
In the wake of the Stephen Colbert Whitehouse Correspondents dinner kerfuffle, I was cruising the Internet[s] looking for prior precedent for comedians excoriating a sitting president to his face when I stumbled across a draft version of Al Franken’s routine at the 1996 WHC dinner. As I perused the speech, I noted with interest [...]
Posted in Books, Humor, Military, Observations, Politics
A Very Merry Un-Birthday, To Me? To Me!
Well, it’s time to celebrate your birthday, it happens every year
We’ll eat a lot of broccoli and drink a lot of beer
You should be good and happy that there’s something you can eat
A million people every day are starving in the street
Your daddy’s in the gutter with the wretched and the poor
Your mama’s in the [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Outright Geekage, Television
