On the Day He Lost His Life, That's All He Had to Lose

Congratulations to Mr. Joey Halbert for correctly naming "Crosstown Traffic" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience as the Friday Song of the Day.

Question of the Day:

Justin, I'm searching for a seriously disturbing geographic simile in an otherwise excellent piece of writing. Any suggestions?

Answer:

Sure. How about the following sentence from pg. 545 of William Manchester's American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964?

Korea hangs like a lumpy phallus between the sprawling thighs of Manchuria and the Sea of Japan.

I thank the sweet, sweet Lord that my geography teachers never used that descriptor the Korean Peninsula. It doesn't mean that my thoughts of Korea won't be tainted from this point of forward, but it does mean that I was able to avoid that mental trauma up until now.

Ah, the ignorance of youth.

I Can't Stand It, I Know You Planned It

Congratulations to Mr. Alan Robertson for correctly naming "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding as the Wednesday Song of the Day.

Big news today in the legal world with President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. While everyone else will spend hours poring over Judge Sotomayor's legal opinions, I say that the one true test of her qualifications to serve on the high court is a full breakdown of the high-jump technique of the other "famous" (I use the term loosely) Sotomayor, the current world record-holder in the high-jump, Javier Sotomayor.

Question of the Day:

Justin, can I root for Manchester United instead of Barcelona tomorrow's Champions League Final?

Answer:

Sure, if you would have also supported the Axis in World War II.

Current Reading

American Caesar--Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 by William Manchester

I Write You In Spite of Years of Silence

Congratulations to Ms. Katrina Kincaid for correctly naming "Bathtub Gin" by Phish as the Friday Song of the Day.

I'm laying low right now on the blogging front, but do not fear my friends, come next week I will return like Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines.

Prepare yourselves.

I will not, however, have a corn-cob pipe like the one being used by the General in the photo above. Popeye already cornered that market.