"Will our younger viewers get this Soap reference?"

I'd completely forgotten how much I loved Family Guy.

Hee! Me too!

Didn't Michael Stipe come out about ten years ago?

I remember back in the late 90s laughing at the news that Stephen Dorff stopped telling friends he was dating Stipe once he realized that none of them were shocked or even thought it unlikely. At that time the only thing I knew about Stipe was that I needed to change the channel whenever one of his songs came on, but I just inferred that he was publicly known to be gay.

I read this here:

In a 2-1 vote, a Commission on Human Relations panel found that two signs at Geno's Steaks telling customers, "This is America: WHEN ORDERING 'PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH,'" do not violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance.

...Shop owner Joe Vento has said he posted the signs in October 2005 because of concerns over immigration reform and an increasing number of people in the area who could not order in English.

All other issues aside, how many of the people he's addressing can read the sign?

I expect all Americans, when traveling or even living in a foreign country, can do something simple like order food without resulting to hand gestures or asking the waiter for help.

No? Funny how that works.

Batshaped mini Spyplane!

Batshaped mini Spyplane!

Somewhere I read they were going to call it "ComBat."

There's this artist who did a series of works on 3x3 Post-It notes. I can't explain why I like this one so much: [link]

Curious what the people behind the subprime mortgage mess are like?

CEO of subprime mortgage broker fined $29,000 for dropping 73 f-bombs during deposition

Q: This is your loan file. What do Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald do for a living?
A: I don't know. Open it up and find it.
Q: Look at your loan file and tell me.
A: Open it up and find it. I'm not your fucking bitch.
Q: Take a look at your loan application.
A: Do it yourself. Do it yourself. You want to do this in front of a judge. Would you prefer to [do] this in front of a judge? Then, shut the fuck up.
Q: Sir, take a look--
A: I'm taking a break. Fuck him. You open up the document. You want me to look at something, you get the document out. Earn your fucking money, asshole. Better get used to it. You'll retire when I'm done.

Apparently, depositions make him cranky....

eta: More details here in The Legal Intelligence: [link]

For some reason I have the Beatles song "Across the Universe" stuck in my head. However, for years and years and years I thought they were saying "kangaroo David" instead of "Jai guru deva om", so it is stuck in my head that way. Not only that I didn't realize it was the Beatles, I thought (because of the Kangaroo thing) it was sung by that australian gay man who married Liza Minnelli and had a musical about him made starring Hugh Jackman. Peter Allen.

Peter Allen.