“I’m not saying there is anything wrong with liking The Notebook, but there’s kind of something wrong with liking The Notebook, you know? I mean, this movie is actual garbage. It doesn’t pluck at your heartstrings so much as it barfs on your diarrhea-strings.

I laughed hysterically through the entire synopsis.

#The Notebook - The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time

[via Rosie]

  • Hendrik Hertzberg: I'm calling him a bigot?
  • 'Factor' producer Jesse Watters: Yeah, you said he was a vicious bigot in the article, I have it right here... you don't understand how Newt was talking about people going into a church, screaming obscenities in front of children, throwing things around the congregation –
  • HH: 'Gay and secular fascism'? That does not exist. That is a slander and it is bigotry. And I dare you to use that bit on your show. You'll probably just use the bits where I'm wondering what the [REDACTED] is going on because some [REDACTED] comes up to me on the street.
  • JW: Are you going to apologize to Mr. Gingrich?
  • HH: No. Are you going to apologize to me?
  • JW: For what?
  • HH: For invading my pleasant morning.
“The Obamas gave Queen Elizabeth II an iPod loaded with songs and videos — this after weeks of grief from the British press over the 25 DVDs that the couple gave Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain when he visited Washington. (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)
Okay, I recognize this doesn’t look good for American savoir faire, but what DVDs were they? A box set of The Wire is totally equal to an anti-slave ship penholder, amIright? (from the Times.)

‘cuz we need you, on the front lines
not just writing for the New York Times.
I’m not sold on the idea of the man as Treasury Secretary, but “Hey, Paul Krugman” is a damn good song. [via Cam]

Sooooo NSFW: Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

The ultimate collection of Bush-isms. Some are new to me, little stocking stuffers on his way out the door, others are classics: “Fool me once…”

John August (screenwriter for Big Fish and Corpse Bride) shot a pilot during the writers’ strike about a band of “The Remnants” after some sort of apocalyptic event in sunny Southern California. It’s like a comedic version of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, minus the nuclear winter bit.

Starring the inimitable Ze Frank among others, it is really quite enjoyable. Above is a clip from the middle of the eleven-minute episode, click through to Vimeo to see it in HD and for the whole thing.

Microsoft Songsmith

  • Token: Microsoft, huh? So it's pretty easy to use?
  • Dad [on Macbook Pro]: My daughter showed me how just this morning.
  • Token: So you just sing into it and it creates music, like any song will work?
  • Dad: Just like that!
  • Token: That's cool! [interlude] Songsmith, huh? Well, my band has said my songs have been a little stale lately. Maybe this is just what I need...