Selflessly Throwing My CyberBody On The Kiddie Pool Grenadine So That Others My Have Time To Prepare A Proper C&J For Your Edification During The Long Night Of Bill in Portland Maine's Key West Debauchery. Oh, and from the fog shrouded Central Carolina STMCbOTKPGSTOMHTTPAPC&JFYEDTLNOBiPMKWD© Headquarters.
Good Morning, Kossacks. Hope you enjoyed your respective evenings. Consider this space an escape zone from the Anna Nicole Smith, Britney Spears, miracle baby, local horror-story-of-the-day and Australian-Gets-Bitten-By-Shark news barrage. (Although the Australian guy was pretty cool on Letterman last night.)
First Things First. Give it up for Number One: Had George Washington nailed that corporeal immortality thing, he would be 275 (that's 1925 in dog years).
More C&J below the fold.
Coincidentally, 1925 is the year Edward Gorey was born. If you haven't read Amphigorey, do so today.
Disclaimer d'jour: Any similarity between this diary and any other diary masquerading as Cheers & Jeers is purely accidental not to mention unlikely.
Gratuitous Gorey Drawing. And quote: Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.
Cheers to Bill the AbsentVacationer for creating the Kiddie Pool. The steady-ish stream of Classic Snark and Sharply Tuned Observation make many mornings tolerable.
Cheers to Andy for the Regular Monday Fill-in Duties. Nancy is a fine addition to the team also.
Cheers to those who post/play from beyond the borders.
Cheers to the Pool Regulars.
Some Cheers & Jeers:
Anticipatory Cheers to the Libby Jury. Just do the right thing, that's all we ask. If it involves small rooms and roomies with bad attitudes, we can live with that.
WTF!! Clown Massacre.. (H/T to the bobette who wants to know the whereabouts of the Kossack formerly known as DD at the time.) Update: He claims to have an alibi, but under what alias?
Cheers to investigating AG Gonzalez, Harriet Miers and the rest of the hacks in the Justice Department. Let the hearings begin.
Cheers to
Giulietta Masina who appeared in, among other movies, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Swindle, and White Sheik. She had one of the best and most expressive faces ever. Married to Fedrico Fellini, Ms. Masina was born this day in 1920. She stole my heart in La Strada and never gave it back.
While we're in Birthday Mode, give it up for Edward Kennedy, 75 today.
Cheers to Having A Damn Excellent Press Agent. How many of you have two whole freaking Continents named after you? Say "so long" to Amerigo Vespucci, passing to history in style in 1512. We came this close to being Vespuccians.
One Year Ago: The Al-Askari Mosque was bombed, setting off protests and violence across Iraq. Mission Accomplished? Just sayin'...
Jeers to Urban Renewal. Baghdad, Before and After. The trailer park is an especially attractive touch.
The British are leaving! The British are leaving! The Danes Are leaving! The Danes are leaving! The Lithuanians are leaving! The Lithuanians are leaving! The light show at the Old North Church would have blinded Paul Revere and made Pink Floyd proud. And Cheney thinks this is a positive sign. For whom?
And in another clever segue, we said good bye to Katina Paxinou who appeared in For Whom the Bell Tolls and went to cinema heaven in 1973.
Those Scandinavians!!
In 1989, The Finnish Ministry of Public Health created the sex vacation to thwart stress. But what about performance pressure? BTW, I want to be Social Director. I must be Social Director. (Note: I could find only one citation for this item, so the factualness might be in question. But if it is true, the Finns have my undying admiration.)
And About The Fifteen Minutes Title: Andy Warhol's monent of fame expired twenty tears ago today. Why do I crave soup?
Jeers to everything about Tony Snow. Can a human say less with more words than this mouthpiece? Lies, lies, lies.
Jeers to the White House. Not only do they mismanage every crisis thrown at them, they create their own problems to screw up. from Katrina to the MidEast to Walter Reed to Health Care to ... The trail of carnage is breathtaking.
Cheers to Senator Tim Johnson and his continued recovery.
Cheers to the Bobs and Bobettes in the Cafe keeping C&J on track while Bill is in Key West. The Official C&J Stand-In Schedule will be posted in today's edition.
The Usual Lists are below in the comments.
What are you cheering and jeering about today? And remember to play nice. Chlorine ain't cheap.