RIP Jack Lalanne
Here’s the proof (as if we needed any) that death comes to all: Jack Lalanne, pioneering fitness guru, has died at 96 of pneumonia. Jack in his youth, at the age of 94: “The good old days are this second.”
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Hello Parent 1, Hello Parent 2
Oh boy, speaking of depressing news, we now have this: The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says. “The words in the old form were ”˜mother’ … Continue reading →
The vaccine/autism connection was a fraud
Not an error: a deliberate fraud. Let that sink in a minute. It’s not been an inconsequential fraud, either; I completely agree with the contention, voiced in the British medical journal BMJ, that Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s original study purporting to … Continue reading →
At the retro concert
I’d never been to one before—you know, one of those concerts that specializes in 60s music. And I probably wouldn’t have gone to this one had it not been free. But there I was, standing because all the seats were … Continue reading →
Want a Chevy Volt?
If you do, be prepared to pay a $41,000 sticker price (you’ll get a $7,500 tax credit) for a blah sedan that can go about 50 miles on batteries if you charge it overnight, or can use conventional fuel. How … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse skewers…
…the hypocritical Sally Quinn. Although from the looks of things, it seems Quinn had already self-skewered. The whole thing’s about the burning topic of ethics and “Dancing With the Stars:” who should have won, and what constitutes cheating in the … Continue reading →
One person’s junk is another person’s family jewels
John Tyner has become a YouTube folk hero for declining a TSA patdown in no uncertain terms when he told the screener, “If you touch my junk, I’m going to have you arrested.” The usually astute Charles Krauthammer demonstrates that … Continue reading →
Surest sign of the decline of the West…
…is a report that Mad Men’s curvy star Christina Hendricks may be going on a diet. Several billion men the world over cry, “Say it isn’t so, Christina!” Oh, okay, here’s a photo, because that’s just how much I aim … Continue reading →
Obama’s Unexcellent Adventure
By Iowahawk. [HAT TIP: commenter “Beverly.”]
Continue reading →Bill Maher’s Christine O’Donnell clips
What does this video reveal? (1) O’Donnell annoys liberals no end, and has been doing so for quite some time. (2) She has a lot of experience being in the line of rhetorical fire. (3) She’s pretty charming, which doesn’t … Continue reading →
Gap says buh-bye, new logo
Well, that was brief. I wonder how much the whole escapade cost.
Continue reading →The logo Gap
Old tried and true Gap logo: New Gap logo for which the company probably paid a gazillion dollars: No one seems happy about it. As for me, I tend to be oblivious of logos in general. If you had asked … Continue reading →