I Need a Raise; Beer Prices to Rise

The Examiner has this article on the rising cost of beer: http://www.examiner.com/a-1017732~Local_breweries_brace_for_price_increases.html

It seems that beer prices are victims of higher energy costs and changing attitudes of farmers toward growing subsidy-friendly crops like corn and soybean.

Although I think creating energy from crops into ethanol is a great idea, we need to realize that this will ultimately raise food prices all around. Ethanol is also not a cure-all for our thirsts of oil.

Who's Hot? Rep. John Boehner, That's Who

Oh, House Minority Leader John Boehner (pronounced bay-ner), what is it about you that drives my skin wild? Is it the radiation from your perpetual tan or the lingering smell of Barclay cigarettes? Cancer may be knocking on your door, but you are still hott!

History Channel Still In 1399

Well the History Channel is premiering a new documentary on Nostradamus called "The Lost Book of Nostradamus", even though it has been 7 years since the new millennium and all of his predictions have failed.

Why does the History Channel continue to air specials on a guy who fooled French royalty 700 years ago. It's not their fault, they still thought the Earth was flat.

But we don't, so stop feeding us this crap!

Do You Remember Me?

Michelle Branch...err..Vanessa Carlton is back and hotter than ever! Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but CNN gave her a full article to promote her new album.

Still don't care? Ah, me neither.

Foreign Affairs: Losing Russia Article

My November/December issue of Foreign Affairs came in the mail this weekend. It takes me a while to get through the entire magazine, so I'm sure I'll have posts throughout the month on it.

The first article I read was Dimitri K. Simes's article titled, "Losing Russia". Dimitri Simes is president of the Nixon Center, a think-tank I have in a way admired for its realist view towards international politics. I also consider myself a Russophile.

Well, I was a bit perplexed while reading Mr. Sime's article. I thought it was biased and blamed America a bit too harshly for its poor relations with Russia today. He also seems to consider the way America tried to spread its influence in the region of the former Soviet Republics as a bad thing. That didn't make much sense to me. In the 1990's, knowing that Russia was weak, wouldn't a realist policy be to take advantage and spread American influence as much as possible in the region, especially towards the new states??

Also, America's policy towards Russia wasn't a total failure during the 1990's. I noticed no mention in the article about letting Russia join G7 to make the G8.

Click here for the article. Sorry Foreign Affairs only gives the first page and so, you have to pay for the rest.

Word of the Week: Menostaxis

Definition: Menostaxis: n. an abnormally long menstrual period.

Pronunciation: men-o-stax-is [men-uh-stak-sis]

Sentence: Your mom is such a bitch because of her menostaxis.

Six Degree of Fire Damage

Sad news. TMZ reports baseball player David Justice's house has been gutted by the California fires, and yesterday Sean Penn's trailer was destroyed.

So that means it's time to Play Six Degree of Fire Damage. How will the two be connected?

-We'll start with David Justice to his ex-wife Halle Berry.
-From Ms. Berry we have her connected to Sharon Stone, co-star of the hilarious-because-it-sucks movie, "Catwoman"
-Before that movie, Sharon Stone made a forgettable movie (I know there are many) called "The Muse", directed by and starring Albert Brooks.
-He went on to co-star with Michael Douglas in the pathetic"The In-Laws" ($7.50 down the drain).
-And finally Mr. Zeta-Jones co-starred with the now trailer-less Sean Penn in "The Game".

Wow, I didn't think it could be done, but I did it!

Keep your chin up, California!

David Chase on Sopranos Finale, Part 2

I read two articles from The Associated Press and from E! that both say David Chase "strongly" suggests Tony was NOT whacked in the finale.

I can't find that anywhere in the interview where he "strongly" suggests Tony didn't die. What I took from it was that he did die.

"There had been indications of what the end is like. Remember when Jerry Toricano was killed? Silvio was not aware that the gun had been fired until after Jerry was on his way down to the floor. That's the way things happen: It's already going on by the time you even notice it."

Bingo, right there you have it. Plus with Bobby's comment on death. Never see it until it happens! Tony died, David Chase is just being "coy" even though he says he is not. He just doesn't want to explain it to us.

I don't get how these two articles got it so wrong. They totally misconstrue the interview, like how they place his quotes to the wrong conclusions.

Please read the entire interview. I think you will see it my way.

Who's Hot?: CNN's Candy Crowley

Is it the way she can name every member of the Senate or the way she can shut Wolf Blitzer up? It's obviously not her hair, but something about CNN's Candy Crowley makes me hot! She's a college girl too!