Another post pushing Three Bullets, three FREE Nero Wolfe novellas, written by myself and whipped into shape by the remarkable labors of Alex Avenarius, who not only edited Three Bullets, but put them in coherent electronic form for the web, for downloading for Kindle, and for iPad/iPhone/Android. In addition, another individual, “rogue ronin,” contributed the…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Pseudo-New Yorker
Legal humor here. “This is not being discreet, big boy. This is being on a budget, and I am resenting the hell out of it.” “Yes, the voice of the Delaware River Estuary and Environs Environmental Awareness Council is small, but we do intend to be heard, at whatever cost.” “Well, if we’re not allowed…
New at Bright Lights
I have a tri-parte review up at Bright Lights, “Heavy TV,” trying to shed some light on the multiple phenomena of Breaking Bad, Girls, and Mad Men. The issue itself, NSFW as always, here. A list of my reviews of all of Fred Astaire’s dancing films is here. A list of my reviews of all…
The Education of Fred Kaplan
You’ve got to hand it to Fred: he’s not turning his back on Afghanistan, no matter how crappy it gets. Long ago, I used to ridicule Fred for his Pollyanna reports on our cool weaponry, including a 15-ton “Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System” that, Fred insisted, people called the “70-kilometer sniper round,” which, coupled with our…
Data Manipulation 101: Matt Yglesias Edition
I agree with Matt Yglesias about 60% of the time, which, for me, is pretty high. But Matt, like so many liberals, is particularly hot on the issue of global warming, which is one place where we part company. In a recent post, “Natural Resource Scarcity Is a Real Thing,” Matt posts the following graph…
’Becca Redux: The Cunt Punt Critique
When I first posted on ’Becca, the ravin’ Terrapin, I linked to two videos mentioned in New York’s write-up, by Mike Shannon and “The Most Popular Girls in School.” Later, I decided to actually post them in my blog, which I did, along with a slew of others that I discovered while tracking down the…
Milt Jackson—“Round Midnight”
https://youtu.be/-5u7TZhL22U Milt Jackson, Mike LeDonne, piano, Ira Coleman, bass, Mickey Roker, drums, Japan, 1990. Posted by diegodobini2
Pseudo-New Yorker
Legal humor here. “I really thought it was going to be little green men.” “I guess those peas were radioactive.” “Yes, dear, there goes the roof garden. And a lot of other things.” The enviro-skeptics are going to have a field day with this one.” “I guess for him this is vegetarianism.” “Unless he’s seriously…
Obama’s red line
I guess I wasn’t paying attention, but why, exactly, is use of chemical weapons by Syria a “red line” with Obama? Why did he have to say that? I get the feeling that he said it because he felt he had to “say something,” that is to say, he had to threaten to go to…
You had me at cunt punt: If looks could kill, my job would be soooooo much easier.
Yes, it is NSFW Thursday. Didn’t you get the memo? New York, Gawker, and Deadspin all have a very good time with a beyond steamin’ email launched by a University of Maryland Delta Gamma sorority sister—a “board member,” apparently—aimed at retarded Delta Gamma asswipes who don’t know how to make a man happy, particularly Sigma…