Maybe it's the Freedom Fries debacle.

Well, that's part of it... but not all. I was annoyed when Reagan wanted to use the name "Space Station Freedom" or whatever.

Pro'lly the way the right wing associates "freedom" with laissez faire capitalism and jingoistic patriotism.

Those are for the South Ferry Terminal, and thankfully, out of earshot for me. The WTC is right across the street.

Something about the name "Freedom Tower" really rubs me the wrong way. Not sure if that makes sense....

It's a side-effect of the whole freedom-naming frenzy from a few years back -- makes it very hard to take anything named "Freedom ____" seriously.

makes it very hard to take anything named "Freedom ____" seriously.

::hugs Freedom Toilet::

Samuel L Jackson's speech at the MTV Movie Awards:

I’m here to tonight to present the award everybody’s been waiting for. Best Movie. Now this award holds a special place in my heart, because next year, I’ll be winning it; for Snakes on a Plane. Now I know, I know, that sounds cocky, but I don’t give a damn. I am guaranteeing that Snakes on a Plane will win Best Movie next year. It does not matter what else is coming out. The new James Bond? No snakes in that. Ocean’s 13? Where my snakes at? Shrek the third? Green… but not a snake. No movie shall triumph over Snakes on a Plane. Unless I happen to feel like making a movie called, “More Motherfuckin Snakes on More Motherfuckin Planes.”

And on another note entirely, I *love* my office today. We had a TON of food at the World Cup potluck, and about fifteen minutes into the game, we all decided we'd rather be watching it on Univision than ESPN (even though most of us don't speak Spanish), because their commentators actually care about the game. Plus, ESPN's commentators don't shout Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaal!

Wasn't New Freedom an old brand of maxipads? Or pantiliners or something? Made by Stayfree?

I also wonder why they call a bank "Fleet" when to me, that it a brand of enema.

Also, Dana's hair looks great, and I love the weird angle piture by Mr. Dana!

Dana, the new haircut looks great. What a great length.

I too have a new haircut, although this is not unlike other haircuts I have had. Longer than I was thinking--my hair comes to my collar bones--and lots of long layers. (I'll see if I can find a similar cut.)

AND while DH was getting his cut, I wandered into the cute clothing store next door (the salon is in a dodgy neighborhood in Venice) and got a ridiculous deal on two pairs of pants and a burn out tee shirt. The pants I'm wearing today? Low cut, brown cotton with a nice texture, fit perfectly, $10. Me happy.

Tommy - I feel the same way about the name. Makes me wonder if people were all eyerolly about the "Statue of Liberty" at the time.

It would totally crack me up if this were true. And, somehow, renew my faith in Americans.

Ah, good ol' enema bank.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaal!

This was our friends' son's first word, pretty much with that inflection. Mom is Guatemalan and Dad is American, both bilingual, so he was spoken to in both Spanish and English from birth. IOW, they have no idea if his first word was Spanish or English.