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August 07, 2007
They seemed like good Questions at the Time...
Why does Dennis Kucinich get to participate in the Democratic presidential debates?
After almost six years, why hasn’t the World Trade Center been rebuilt in some form?
Did you see The Hill’s current list of the 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill? This year’s top ten shouldn’t be in the same room as 2005’s top ten.
When asked (at the last Republican presidential debate) what he considers to be his biggest mistake, did John McCain considered saying, “Cheating on his first wife?”
Does President Bush really think he’ll be viewed favorably by history?
Wouldn’t it be nice if public bathrooms included wet wipes in addition to toilet paper? (Or at a minimum, how about toilet paper that doesn’t double as sandpaper?)
What was Michael Vick thinking?
Where will Jay Leno land once Conan takes over The Tonight Show?
How is it possible that Gene Siskel didn’t like Silence of the Lambs?
Is there a better line in the history of film than Wilford Brimley uttering, “Not just screwing, Mitch, but the kind of intimate acts, oral and what not...” (The correct answer is NO!)
Can you believe it’s been two years since Peter Jennings died? He was the best.
Can you believe I watched an entire episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood yesterday? What if I told you I watched it by myself? He’s on my top ten list of people who have made the world a better place.
Why hasn’t Washington, D.C. mastered the complicated art of air conditioning? My office often feels like it’s auditioning for the leading role in a menopause commercial. The temperature on the subway platforms, well, don’t even get me started on that.
Finally, if there are oral sex conventions, do you think the caterers are barred from serving asparagus?
Comments
Favorite line from this years Hill most beautiful list:
“I completely suck at science and math,” Oo said. “It’s really going against the grain for an Asian."
What the hell? I think when I make the list I will say "I have a huge cock and I spend money freely. It's really going against the grain for a Jew."
Posted by: over_educated at August 7, 2007 07:57 AM
Ha! Brilliant, over_educated!
Posted by: Fool at August 7, 2007 08:43 AM
That Nancy Pelosi is a fox.
Posted by: mm at August 7, 2007 12:14 PM
Gene Siskel is a complete moron. Is it wrong to speak ill of the dead? Oops. Too late.
Posted by: Harmless Error at August 7, 2007 08:50 PM
I remembering looking at the list in 2005 and thinking there is no way I could approach that kind of beauty. This year's list, I look at it, and I think, "So that's why smart people have a reputation for not being that good looking."
Posted by: lily graypure at August 7, 2007 08:55 PM
Your comment about air conditioning reminded me of this passage in the book "The Supreme Court" by the late William Rehnquist. Rehnquist is speaking of Justice Robert H. Jackson, for whom Rehnquist clerked in 1952 and '53.
"I remember once that, right after the decision in the Steel Seizure Case, he arranged a fishing trip on Chesapeake Bay for his secretary, Elsie Douglas, George Niebank, me, and himself. He chartered a boat and we went fishing for rockfish out in the bay. Although I have never been any great shakes as a fisherman, I greatly enjoyed this expedition. Driving back on that hot June day past some government buildings, the Justice commented that he thought one of the great harms wrought by central air conditioning was that it had enabled the government in Washington to function during the summer, rather than closing up shop and leaving people alone the way it had formerly done. As we talked about this effect, I realized that his comment was only half in jest."
Posted by: Nye! at August 7, 2007 10:02 PM
Oh my, Nye! May Robert Jackson's spirit be resurrected! That is fabulous! (I tried to read that book when it came out, but found it incredibly boring. Perhaps after the passing of a few years, I'll find it more stimulating these days.
Posted by: Fool at August 7, 2007 11:12 PM
Conan.
*sigh*
Yes. Clearly my priorities need sorting.
Posted by: Buffy at August 8, 2007 02:01 PM
