... I can't tell the difference between The Onion and "real" news sources anymore.
On the Slate website, there is a side bar with three links each from The Onion, The Washington Post, and Newsweek. Here's all nine - see if you can tell which comes from which:
"Why do they hate us?"
Study: Iraqis may experience sadness when friends, relatives die
Trips for Families with Teenagers
Bush Still Doesn't Get It
New Sitcom Pulls Back the Envelope
The Make-Believe of Green Politics
Losing My Jihadism
Drew Carey New Price Host
How Reality TV Influences Plastic Surgery Patients
(Answers: 1, 4, 7 are the Post; 2, 5, 8 are the Onion, and 3, 6, 9 are Newsweek.)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
My take on the I Phone
I was excited when Apple announced the iPhone, most of all because it validated my unaccountable allegiance to Cingular and now ATT wireless.
Now that it's out, I of course don't have one. I'm not ready for it - I often can't even find my current cell phone for days at a time, and while my iPod is sitting right in front of me, I have no idea where the headphones are, which is why on a recent trip to Chicago with my son on Jet Blue, I had to watch "Hey Paula" with no sound while he was able to watch at least nine Simpsons episodes with full audio.
This means, once again, that I'm going to have to turn over the review to my distant relative - who is not me - Kige Ramsey:
A bit more seriously, I've been giving serious thought to how the very idea of same-sex marriage compelled Sen. David Vitter, a noted Christian, to have extra-marital affairs and use a prostitution service that provides, um, more than the basics. Seriously, I think I have this just about figured out, and I'll let you all know if and when I do.
Now that it's out, I of course don't have one. I'm not ready for it - I often can't even find my current cell phone for days at a time, and while my iPod is sitting right in front of me, I have no idea where the headphones are, which is why on a recent trip to Chicago with my son on Jet Blue, I had to watch "Hey Paula" with no sound while he was able to watch at least nine Simpsons episodes with full audio.
This means, once again, that I'm going to have to turn over the review to my distant relative - who is not me - Kige Ramsey:
A bit more seriously, I've been giving serious thought to how the very idea of same-sex marriage compelled Sen. David Vitter, a noted Christian, to have extra-marital affairs and use a prostitution service that provides, um, more than the basics. Seriously, I think I have this just about figured out, and I'll let you all know if and when I do.
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