Some things to brag about (from the wonderful world of entertainment)

** Clay Aiken found the courage to come out. He's really set the movement forward by coming out while he still actually had one evangelical fan and her 57 cats in rural Iowa believing he was straight and would one day arrive at their doorstep with a diamond ring and 57 cans of tuna. ( not hatin': do your thang Clay!)














**Best Buy has snagged the exclusive rights to the long anticipated, Guns n Roses album, tentatively titled "Chinese Democracy". YESSSSSSSSSSSS! What better place to campout waiting for it to go on sale? Plenty of eye candy to help pass the time. ( Nothing makes me wanna go back to a man's mom's basement quite like a blue polo and khakis!)




** The daytime emmy foundation should be very proud that they just awarded this woman:


Thanks a lot emmys for encouraging Tyra to do countless more pieces of mind-riveting journalism and tributes to her own greatness.

R.I.P. Paul Newman

"There is a point where feelings go beyond words. I have lost a real friend. My life — and this country — is better for his being in it." — Robert Redford.

Your kids will hate you for this

With the mega-success of games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, it was only a matter of time until there was a Christian knock-off.   Enter Guitar Praise: Solid Rock.  I was sceptical of its quality until I saw DC Talk on the artist list.  

Hopefully it will be more successful than their attempt at making a Christian Dance Dance Revolution.

I wouldn't bet against this very game making an appearance at my parents house for Christmas '08.  I better practice up on my Newsboys riffs.

R.I.P. Norman Whitfield

Norman Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) - American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Motown during the 1960s.

Banksy in N'Orleans

Banksy, one of my favorite artists ever, just did some new stuff in New Orleans to "highlight the clean-up operation".  I love the way he incorporates the background into the piece itself.  

                                

You can see the rest of the pictures here:

www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm

While your on the site make sure to check out the manifesto section.

R.I.P. David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace at Harpers.

"lipstick on a pig"

I hate to drag down the MB Blog with politics, but since this is the third day in a row I am still reading articles about Obama's infamous "lipstick on a pig" comment I feel it is my patriotic duty to set the record straight.  

I know that not everyone has obsessive compulsive disorder with hitting refresh to google news, so I will summarize the controversy.  In a recent speech Obama said that McCain's plans for the future were just repackaged versions of Bush's.  He then said "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig"

Sounds pretty sexist against Sarah Palin right?  Right?!  That's what the appointed head of the "Palin Truth Squad" (not making this up) has been saying.  It has been so successful that there are now attack ads running in battleground states accusing Obama of sexism.

The supreme irony of this is that McCain himself had used the exact same phrase against Hillary Clinton's Healthcare plan multiple times, and it is also the title of a memoir by Ronald Reagan's press secretary.

Obama summed it up best in his rebuttal today.  "The McCain campaign will seize on an innocent remark, take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad because they know it is catnip for the news media."

The media has obviously taken the bait, but hopefully the American people will know a little better.  

R.I.P. Jerry Reed