The Revolutionary will be Guffawed At...

When I first started this blog, I resolved never to mention a certain supposed right-of-center blogger who happens to practice a form of intimacy that I find repulsive. He doesn't need the extra talking-up, and I've never trusted the man.

Since the debut of the firestorm over an amendment to the Federal Constitution on the question of marriage, his writings had reaffirmed my decision not to trust him. That being said, I found this recently about The Purple Pundit Who Must Not Be Named:

Andrew Sullivan has always been a fundamentally shrill and emotional creature. He's got all the emotional control and intellectual consistency of a mid-pubescent eighth-grade schoolgirl. -- Ace of Spades HQ

It's a good thing that I have a heavy wooden chair with arms on it at my desk, or I would have fallen out of it laughing. It's true! It's true! It's all true, I deny none of it! I couldn't have summed up my reaction to his recent ravings more perfectly than that.

Tip of the Wisconsin hat to Jack Sparks of burn rate for this marvelous gem.

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Friday Five 13 February 2004

Uh, this isn't the blog entry you're looking for. There was collateral damage in the war on spam.

1. Are you superstitious?

Yes.

2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?

I...er...don't recall, Senator.

3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?

Standardized repetition of pre-event procedure, whether it be pre-race or pre-test, or pre-speech.

4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?

Yep. In high school cross-country/track and in college cross-country, I had a lucky necklace that I almost always had stashed on me somewhere. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. It was there for all the victories, be they on the course, on the track, or on the road.

5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?

No, I don't. Too easy to inject a lot of pagan hoo-ha into it. I also have this vague memory of the witch at Endor or something, and bad things happening as a result.

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Friday Five 20 February 2004

When was the last time you...

1. ...went to the doctor?

Er, some time late last year to get some antibiotics, I think.

2. ...went to the dentist?

December for the regularly-scheduled six month checkup.

3. ...filled your gas tank?

That would have been Sunday, for the long-range commute.

4. ...got enough sleep?

Last weekend. Beds are good things. Humans are meant to sleep; that's why our eyes close.

5. ...backed up your computer?

At some point in the past. I'm not entirely sure when.

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Thou Hast Been Weighed and Found Wanting

So there's a bit of buzz on the 'net about some new-ish blog named "Wonkette". Having gone there and read it, I'm not impressed. Billed as "a guide to DC politics and culture", it reads as if it's some sort of gossip rag or Tina Brown-esque puff piece.

Enh. And yet it is popular.

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Much Thanks to Comrade Commissar

It seems that the Politburo, realizing its oversight in not naming your humble correspondent to the DEMCOM Deck of Dangerous Bloggers, has seen fit to award Kountrypundsk with the following:

-Mention in The Bloggers' Bestiary as one of the Commissar's favorite blogs.

Thank you, Comrade Commissar! The Party and people of Kountrypundsk appreciate the munificence of the Central Committee and look forward to the fraternal blogospherist revolution. Someone schedule a spontaneous mass outpouring of thanksgiving and have a parade.

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Friday Five 06 February 2004

1. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?

Running under a moving tractor and trailer, or asking this certain girl to the prom. Both successful.

2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?

Probably street racing, eh.

3. On a scale of 1-10, what's your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it's a lifestyle)

A 6. Calculated risks are standard operating procedure, but I'm not stupid, either.

4. What's the best thing that's ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?

That I got exactly what I wanted with no collateral damage to persons, property, or psyche.

5. ... and what's the worst?

5. That I didn't get what I wanted and there was collateral damage.

UPDATE: Bugger, somebody named Bec beat me to first.

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The Commissar's Cards

Massive crowds have gathered throughout Kountrypundsk in reaction to the latest production from The Politburo Diktat.

Comrade Commissar has followed in the footsteps of Brigardier General Vincent Brooks, USA, and has issued a deck of customized playing cards "to identify dangerous bloggers, regime holdouts, and hardcore Blaa-blaah-ists."

It's an amusing thing, and it is enjoyed, just like every other thing that the Commissar's produced in this vein. As with those other products, CC's put Glenn Reynolds at the top of the heap, as the Ace of Spades. Hrrm. Instahussein?

Unfortunately, the Country Pundit found that this production was not included. It's like being a gangster who finds out that the FBI just doesn't care about you. Might have to go and do something rash, in the words of C-3P0.

Oh well. There's always the hope that I'm scheduled for inclusion in the upcoming collectible card game as an ultra-rare card. If not that, the crowds will definitely march on the local offices of the Diktat, and exact the revenge of the people.

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