The first day on the set, he said to me, “Hey your name is Picardo. It’s so close to Captain Picard. Do the fans make fun of you?” And I said, “Excuse me. Your name is Andy Dick, and you’re going to make fun of mine?”
-io9.com

So the G.O.P. has found its issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to keep chanting: “Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!” O.K., I added that last part.
Paul Krugman.

The author of the article speaks of “Dumpstering your way into a state of Zen”. Oh, give me a break. The belief that buying and owning stuff will make you happy is bogus, but I think it’s just as bogus to tell people that cleaning out their garage will make them a more evolved person.
- Mistress Matisse

…picking a running mate is — no disrespect intended — like picking a pet. How much time are you planning to spend with the little fellow? How much exercise will he be getting on an average day? On one extreme, you have the William Wheeler model (”There’s the living room. Go find a corner and sleep in it.”) On the other end, there’s the Cheney version in which the pet takes over the checkbook, diversifies the family investment portfolio and starts strafing at the neighbor’s cat.
- Gail Collins

zines are like blogs on paper. They’re what old people used to read before god gave us LiveJournal
-Xeni Jardin

…remembers sending off SASEs by the handful…