Enough said. Bye, bye, W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

So, W. Thomas Smith, Jr., who criticized me for a post I made earlier this year by declaring his holier-than-thou reporting and fact-checking methods, seems to have run into quite a bit of trouble himself over his “reporting” in the Middle East.
The story is all over the Web, but the Columbia Journalism Review blog has […]

Overheard at Halcyon:
An older guy wooing a drunken younger woman:
“Listen to this. I wrote it down. It’s a pick-up line my mom heard in college. A guy came up to her and said, ‘Some girls say I’m hung like a horse.’ Now, remember, this is the 1950s. You know what she said? ‘So are jackasses.’”

Speaking of coffee, Sunday while surfing through job ads on Craigslist (possibly the worst place to look for a job ever), I ran across an ad for staff for a new coffeeshop, Latte Dolls. I’ve never visited the existing shop on North Lamar, but just judging from its site it’s obviously a PG-13 strip-club-cum-coffeeshop.
They have […]

Oh, god, yes!
Appearing on Larry King’s CNN show Thursday night, Stephen Colbert was accused by the host of using the publication of his new book as a platform to run for president. Colbert happily confirmed this, saying that he would likely seek the nomination from both parties.
When King said this was a “cop out,” Colbert, […]

When my father, and later I, was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, C-130s sang me to sleep at night from the runway across from our house (and, later, my dorm).
A new report says it’s “The Best Military Aircraft Ever.” (Warning: PDF)
Which is probably true: It’s a highly versatile aircraft — performing duties as […]

And an idiot. Some would even call me psycho or nuts.
And an asshole.
And I hate myself for it.

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It’s true: Blue October’s “Breakfast After 10” is probably my favorite breakup song ever.
White kitchen walls with a thousand windows
Turn on Winston in the den
And I’m still asleep but I can hear the piano
When you make breakfast after 10
And I smell the coffee on your fingers
I still smell the perfume in the bed
The crushed linen […]

This is an interesting tidbit that validates my happiness at having such a great relationship with my parents:
So you’re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock ‘n’ roll. Maybe some cash, or at […]