JABbering Stooge

A preview of the Quitbull’s new (ghostwritten) book:

Comedian Rob Paravonian ranting about Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue in D Major at Penn State (circa 2006):

In case you were wondering, the songs referenced are as follows:

• Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C

• Cryin’ by Aerosmith

• the folk song One Tin Soldier

• Hook by Blues Traveler

• Basket Case by Green Day

• Push by Matchbox 20

• Good by Better than Ezra

• Machinehead by Bush (No, not that Bush!)

• With or Without You by U2

• Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

• Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne

• We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister (used as top-of-the-hour bumper music on The Stephanie Miller Show before Obama was elected President)

• Making Our Dreams Come True (Opening Theme for Laverne & Shirley)

• No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley

• Let It Be by The Beatles

Or you could check Ye Olde Wikipedia.

I’m going to be taking a bit of a break from blogging for a while. Economic circumstances and the need to preserve my sanity after the health insurance reform fight dictate it. I’ll probably still blog major happenings, but that’s it. Though with my luck, a major Texas liberal will choose that moment to kick the bucket.

Play me off, Keyboard Cat.

My brother’s cat, Miss Kitty, sitting pretty in her tower:

Believe it or not, just a couple of minutes before that picture was taken, she was laying down in the tower and whipping herself with her tail. I think it’s a game she plays to keep herself entertained. Anyway, she must have heard the camera turning on, because in the time it took me to aim the lens her way, she was already as she appears in the pic.

And here she is hogging the chair in the computer room:

My brother recently compared her to the stereotypical girl in high school who’s pretty and knows it. Does it show?

(h/t, brendan)

Obama sure has brought out the worst in the wankersphere. We’re not even one year into Obama’s presidency, I’m already starting to run out of ideas for mental health breaks!

No, I’m not kidding. Uematsu-sama has been one of my favorite composers since at least Final Fantasy IV. Happily, he has outdone himself yet again in the latest game he lent his genius to, Lost Odyssey. Below are some of my favorite pieces from that game:

Enjoy!

My governor’s a secessionist, so to counteract the pain, let’s check out some funny YouTube videos!

I have a feeling we’re going to be needing more of these before Obama’s presidency is over.