Posted on August 28, 2008 by virgotex
Millennia ago, back before the Interwebz, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there was a particular classified ad in the Austin Chronicle miscellaneous section, the heading of which was I Danced on Stage with Bono! The person who had run the ad, and who had danced on stage with His Eminence, was desperately seeking photographs of [...]
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Posted on August 24, 2008 by virgotex
Finally got a post up about Episode 6 of Generation Kill. And only a half-hour after Episode 7 started! Loved the book and love this show but will not miss writing about it.
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by virgotex
No, not that kind of rehab!
Something to brighten up good neighbor PoliticalCat, whose bloggin’ hand’s been all stove up this week. Let’s hope it’s better by Caturday.
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by virgotex
How’d I miss this? Via yesterday’s NYTimes, apparently MSNBC has been reading the tea leaves, or the lesbo newsfan collective unconscious, or the blogs, or hey, maybe their ratings. Looks like Rachel Maddow just might get that show that everyone keeps saying she oughta have already…
“At some point, I don’t know when, she should have [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by virgotex
*Funny Because it’s True
This sketch is in high rotation on the BGSS repeats but it never fails to make me guffaw.
And yeah, we’ll be revisiting Ms. McKinnon and Ms. Goldman later, as they are both FDITW contestants.
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by virgotex
Queer? Tired after a long week at work? Stayin’ home on Friday night? Grab the popcorn and margaritas, there’s an awards show on tonight!
The 19th Annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards ceremonies will be aired at 7p.m. EST on BRAVO (we so own that channel, honey).
And yes, I [...]
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Posted on June 22, 2008 by virgotex
As some of you may have deduced from the widget on the right, the New Package blog is gearing back up again. Yeah, The Wire is over, but David Simon’s new HBO miniseries, Generation Kill, begins July 13. The seven-week series is based on embedded reporter Evan Wright’s book about the first 40 days [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by virgotex
Michelle does The View. Fist jabs all ’round. I don’t see a flag pin in the bunch. Why does The View hate America?
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Posted on June 17, 2008 by virgotex
Simon’s commencement tribute to Ashley Morris.
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Posted on June 9, 2008 by virgotex
From The Uptake, via Huffpo:
At the National Conference for Media Reform 2008, a producer for FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, Porter Barry, ambushes PBS’s Bill Moyers and peppers him with questions regarding his political affiliations and his “refusal” to appear on O’Reilly’s show. Moyers disputes FOX’s “facts” for the record and asks to interview someone at [...]
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