I keep telling you people that the World’s Lamest P.R. stunt is taking some normal gadget, cover it with Swarovsky crystals and announce that you’re selling it for some astronomical price.  Here that lame-ass stunt again.  Oh wait, this time it isn’t SWAROVSKY crystals.  Hmm, now I have a dilemma.  Is it still the World’s [...]

No, that headline is not hyperbole.  I really could end the war in Iraq, if only I had a million bucks or so to spend on the effort.  Since I don’t have that kind of dough lying around, I’ll give you all the concept here in the hopes that some rich guy will pick up [...]

“If Bob Pittman’s judgment today is anywhere near as good as it was in the early 1980s, he may be onto something with a new online video venture.” Bob Pittman is the guy who allegedly “invented MTV.”  Except he kinda didn’t.  Just ask Mike Nesmith (yes, the guy from the Monkees) who had the idea [...]

I know, I know, you don’t listen when Fat Boy (me) says that surveillance cameras aren’t the cure for all scary crime that a lot of people seem to think they are.  Maybe you’ll listen, though, when a Big Time Blog like dailykos.com runs a piece saying the same thing. By the way, I have [...]

Wasn’t it yesterday that I said the Democrats should send moving men accompanied by armed security over to the White House and physically carry Dick Cheney’s desk, phone and that fucking “man-sized” safe out the door?  Yup, it was. Today, the Democrats are considering defunding the office of the Vice-President.  I like the drama of [...]