Am I flogging a dead horse?

I'm endlessly amused by it, actually. I just have a lot of work on my desk, so I keep zipping in and out of here.

I have to say, that Wonkette picture sums up the situation pretty perfectly.

If the spring cleaning is the bank account's, then yes.

that's what i think too.

I'm with Steph. Plus it's keeping me from killing people at work. (If there are checkboxes with different choices on a bunch of questions, which you seem to have been working with just fine until it comes to gender, where you write 2 in the box. Why?!? What does that mean!?! Are you trying to tell me that even with a name like Jonathan, you are twice the woman?).

I think I'm going to have a smoke.

A few random thoughts on the whole thing:

It should be a big public relations black eye for the Turner media empire if it isn't bankrolling the defense.

It would be a big public relations plus for the Turner media empire to make a sizable charitable contribution to a fine, upstanding Boston charity of its choice. Donating a thousand Lite Brite sets to a children's charity would not be the best choice.

Given the contemporary zeitgeist, I can see how someone could consider the Lite Brite thingies to be terrorist-related. However, this is more a commentary on the contemporary zeitgeist than on the Lite Brite thingies.

Zeitgeist is a pretentious word, but sometimes you can't think of any other appropriate word.

If those two are terrorists, a lot of people who currently aren't widely considered terrorists should be.

until it comes to gender, where you write 2 in the box. Why?!?

Hermaphrodite?

From tommy's link- Hee. They're only answering reporter's questions about 70's haircuts.

Except that they wrote 2 in the box next to female. Wouldn't a hermaphrodite check both boxes?

It should be a big public relations black eye for the Turner media empire if it isn't bankrolling the defense.

I think it's a huge marketing coup, actually. For their demographic, there won't be any negative fallout. The people that would watch Adult Swim will consider this to be a huge, overreaction and it will reinforce that AS is hip, edgy and noteworthy. (As marketers measure these things.)

The judge will likely toss the charges and they get to look like media outlaws and Boston gets to look stuffy and old-farty.

You know, I love TurboTax, but six emails with my "ID"? Starting in December, when I don't get my freaking tax info until the end of January? Please stop. I have an inbox that holds things for more than a day. It's fucking remarkable technology, and it's even searchable.

ION, I love that this Boston story is all about Inignokt, who is laughing his ass off on the MOOON! It's just the kind of thing he would do. Also, adult swim is pretty cool and pretty responsive as a media organization, I have no doubt they won't embarrass themselves. Can't necessarily speak for Turner or TW, but adult swim actually sincerely apologized last night on tv.