Wednesday, September 7, 2005

Last Night's Daily Show

Okay, here we go, trying to link to video clips on the Comedy Central website. The opening segment of last night's Daily Show is there in two pieces. The first, entitled "Inarguable Failure" contains Jon Stewart's desk comments. I think this link should take you to it, and don't be surprised if you have to sit through a brief ad first. Then, you'll want to watch Ed Helms's report, which they call "Beleaguered Bush" and I think you can do that with this link and (again) sitting through an ad.

Linking to clips on the Comedy Central website is, as we all know, far from an exact science. So if my links don't make it happen for you, just go there and look around for the Daily Show clips with those titles. It's worth the trek.

• Posted at 10:04 AM · LINK

Pumped!

Since I've been working at home and not travelling much lately, today was the first time I'd bought gas in several weeks. It was...uh, a bit of a jolt. When it came time to pay, I was tempted to say to the attendant, "How about if you just keep the car and we'll call it even?"

I paid $3.29.9 a gallon and you know the part that really bothered me? That ".9" bothered me. Who do they think they're kidding? When gas was 29.9, that trick made it feel like you weren't paying thirty cents a gallon. Now, no one even bothers to look that far past the first decimal point.

But I paid it. A few blocks away, I passed a station selling gas for $3.39.9 and I felt a little better about it. Next time I fill up, I'll probably be happy to pay that.

I can't recall another time when America was getting screwed so openly and totally, and everyone agreed we were getting screwed. And all we did was just bitch about it a little.

• Posted at 2:16 AM · LINK

Reality Check

Tom Reynolds writes about what it's like to write so-called "reality shows." He's absolutely right. [Los Angeles Times, registration required]

• Posted at 1:19 AM · LINK