Best. Pizza. Ever.

And not a single one anywhere nearby. Typical.

Seriously

Would the world be any worse off if Glenn Beck decided to never again appear in public? Granted, his roundish noggin' becomes more seasonally approach as we approach Halloween, and he does pass for an authoritative news source among a disturbingly growing segment of the population. The truth, though, is that he represents nothing better than the worst of our instincts, and promotes them for nothing more noble than to line his own pockets at the cost of the patriotic values he pretends to honor. Plus he very well might have gay sex with underage heroin addicts in public restrooms, for all you know!

In the case of George Sodini

Based on information from his online blog, and a cut 'n paste to Google Maps, the tragic life that ended in the tragic murder/suicide reported as the 'gym shooter' of Pittsburgh, hails from this tragic home, the address of George Sodini's mom. No excuses, but you can imagine the sadness, right?

A Pitcher's Worth...

All credit to the super fine folks at Dogfish Head craft brewery - the fine, finer, finest beer crafters in the craftaverse

Rare Rationality

Not only has a small gang of human rights abusers been rightfully arrested (including one remarkably narcissistic Joseph Buddenberg, author of this unashamedly self-glorifying whine), but the company hosting the sponsoring website of the enabling organization, stopcalvivisection, has had the good sense to pull all its content, posting this message instead:

Statement by the Owners of pixelexdesign.com

All information concerning UC Berkeley and those involved in animal research there has been removed by the owners of this website (pixelexdesign.com) because we do not approve of the use intimidatory home demonstrations as a tactic in the animal rights movement or the posting of personal information of researchers and others associated with UC Berkeley. Furthermore, we have changed the password to the website, therefore making sure that the activists in California who previously ran and updated the page do not have access and so no one else but the owners have access to pixelexdesign.com and any other folders or sections of the website. It was a lack of judgement that caused us to host the website for the protesters in the first place and the information would have been removed sooner, however we had forgotten about the website for awhile.

While we personally believe much of the work that the researchers conduct at UC Berkeley is reprehensible, we believe any sort of campaign or discussions with UC Berkeley concerning the research should be done legally and peacefully. We also would like to take this time to apologize to those whose names and personal information was on the website, including the contractors, builders, various firms associated with UC Berkeley and even the vivisectors. We are sorry for any issues that might have been caused because of the posting of the information.

-The Owners of pixelexdesign.com

A rare display of rationality and reason, even if it was months too late to head off the intimidation and harassment of people with no more nefarious aim than advancing science.

Editor's Note: In closely related news, is nothing sacred?

Sarah Fresh and Woodsy

Get it while you can. Sarah Palin launched a political action committee today, including a website with two full pages of content. The best part has to be the logo superimposing an outline of the state of Alaska over the heartland of the country. Who knew Sarah was expert in such subtle symbolism.

In closely related news, a woman in California gave birth to octuplets (that's 8 babies, poor thing). For the time being they're named A through H, adopting the Palin's strategy of naming their offspring after random shit.

Greater things

The economy sucks, awful shit continues in Gaza, Israel and elsewhere, and Bill O'FuckmepleaseO'Really still makes boatloads of money. But there are good things too, and one is that a new president is on track - literally - to occupy the White House. It could be that our vantage point from Baltimore is off the national mark, or that the nasty liberal media has cast its evil spell again, but there seems to be genuine excitement in the air. The kind of excitement that signals a shared commitment, a shared optimism, a shared renewal. Then again, maybe it's just NFL fever. Wouldn't that just be typical?