- RT @HarvardBiz: The Daily Stat: Business Execs Least Likely to Contribute to Society http://bit.ly/4pn6Hl #
Twitter: 2009-09-27
- RT @USCTrojans_com: W. Golf. USC, Song Take Mason Rudolph Titles http://bit.ly/110U6M #
Thomas Jefferson on Freedom
We’re not interested in government fixes, we’re interested in freedom.
My fellow Americans —
This Palin woman stimulates me on multiple levels. She’s absolutely right in what she says. Let’s go back to first principles. We founded this country as “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” not as a goddamn hippie commune for pussies.
I believe in America and I believe in Americans. I believe that the majority of Americans — not as one-sided a majority as there was in my day but a majority nonetheless — do not want to be condescended to, do not want to be talked down to, but rather just want to be left alone to succeed or fail on their own merits.
Yours eternally in freedom,
Tom
The Dominant Pug
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning!
Did you know? The dominant pug enjoys key privileges and first rights to all that is desirable in the pug world.
— Lightning 
Twitter: 2009-09-26
- Redwoods — National Geographic Magazine: http://bit.ly/xNBOV #
Khloe and Lamar’s Gift Registry
Here’s the link to Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s gift registry at Geary’s Beverly Hills.
Least expensive item: a $90 fish fork. Or how about a $1,140 soup ladle?
Twitter: 2009-09-24
- RT @capricecrane: New Word: "Stabtastrophe." A severe phenomenon occurring in a high pressure system of you getting my coffee order wrong. #
Twitter: 2009-09-23
- Re Mackenzie Phillips: Did NOT see that one coming! #
Overheard
[HT: Esquire]
Twitter: 2009-09-22
- RT @sportsguy33: My postgame question 4 Tony Sparano: "Tony, that's one of the worst coaching jobs I've ever seen. I dont have a question." #
- When you find a big kettle of crazy, it's best not to stir it: http://bit.ly/rJ4kd #
- RT @diablocody: "I learned JavaScript, so my personal website is getting really dynamic." #1999IceBreakers #
The Next Generation
Answer Up or Die
Sometimes I’ll say something to my son, who’s 16 now, ask him a question . . . I know he’s heard me but he doesn’t answer. So I wait or I ask him again, and when I do get an answer, I can’t understand it because he’s mumbling.
Someone was telling me that she works with a boy whose mother shot all of his siblings. Why didn’t she shoot him too, you ask? I don’t know — out of ammo?
To be sure, killing your own children is taking things too far, but I’ll bet you that boy answers up promptly when his mom says something to him . . .
Obama on Letterman
I think it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.
Twitter: 2009-09-21
- Why Health Care Will Never Be Equal – http://bit.ly/F1e8P #
- RT @Lileks: I'd paint that with a hammer! #failedcatchphrases #
Twitter: 2009-09-20
- RT @sandiegozoo: WARNING: Contents of this tweet may be 2 cute for some viewers. San Diego Zoo panda cub video!! http://tinyurl.com/mmjkj9 #
Saturday Mornings at the Dog Park
I love Saturday mornings! My owner takes me to the dog park, then we drive through Starbucks and I get a Pup Cup, which is a paper cup filled with whipped cream.
— Lightning
Twitter: 2009-09-18
- RT @TheFatJew: I can't belive Patrick Swayze is gonna be on "The View" next week, too bad he can only talk to Whoopi Goldberg. Too soon? #
Twitter: 2009-09-17
- Best practices premised on good results in the long-term but ppl R rewarded based on the results they got last quarter. http://bit.ly/aH7Vt #
- RT @OCWeekly: Halloween plans for Disneyland: New fireworks show, SPACE MOUNTAIN GHOST GALAXY + more – http://bit.ly/26pBZ1 #
- RT @GettyMuseum: Monkeys wearing hats? Green strawberries? Explore imaginative world of marginalia http://bit.ly/pHFh9 Check out interactive #
- Signed up for a free shot at work. They tried to stick a *needle* in me. #
- Jimmy Carter says criticism of Kanye is racially motivated… #
Twitter: 2009-09-16
- The place is Southern California. The time is the present. These things never change… #
- Don't bring a shoe to a gunfight: Iraqi 'shoe-thrower' shot dead by US forces http://is.gd/3liJF #
Unfair to Dogs
California man suspected of murdering wife, dog arrested at Peace Arch
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning!
Here’s what I don’t understand: If a California man is suspected of killing his wife, why would they arrest a dog at the Peace Arch? It doesn’t make sense and it’s not fair to the dog.
I’m going to stop reading the news. It’s too upsetting . . .
— Lightning