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Boozhy Miscellania: You Are SOOOOO George Bush

 

The Status update of my friend Cherika's Facebook page.  I love her boys.

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Boozhy Headlines: Hurricane Ike

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Boozhy E-Mails: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

I received the following e-mail today:

If you donate by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 31st, you could join Barack Obama for a casual dinner for five:

https://donate.barackobama.com/dinner

In the next few days, four supporters will be selected for a new kind of fundraising dinner.  If you make a donation in any amount before 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday, March 31st, you could join Barack and three other supporters for an intimate dinner for five.

What would YOU say if you won the dinner?  I'm already putting together my talking points.

Boozhy Miscellania: Yeah, Give Me the Good Stuff

Connecticut eighth grade honors student is suspended for dealing... Skittles?

Boozhy Miscellania: A Surefire Way to Snare the Mens-es

You would think being witty, charming and devilishly handsome would be enough to get a guy laid.  Nope.  So, these days, I'm taking a more subtle approach (see above). 

OK, OK, I'm joshin' I don't need all that business to get laid (read: yes I do).  All joking aside, if you're in Toronto, make sure you check out the "Come Up To My Room" installation, from which the above photo was taken, at The Gladstone.  The photos look pretty amazing.    Hat Tip electro^plankton.

Boozhy Miscellania: Is Arnold Going to Declare War on California?

Why else would he want his tank back?  Hmmmm...   

Boozhy Miscellania: Karma is a Bitch

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates falls down and fractures shoulder.

Boozhy Political Schedules: McCain Gets Fancy

Ooohhh that John McCain, she's a fancy one!  And on the very same day, W decides to make a very rare appearance at a black people's function.  Coincidence?  from Time.com's daily political schedule.

Boozhy's Partial Best List: 2007

Best Novel:  Later at the Bar: A Novel in Stories by Rebecca Barry. 

Much like another of my favorite novels Winesburg, Ohio, Barry weaves a tale through a series of very independent but interconnected stories and characters.  You can read the book in any order and it loses none of it's poignancy.  A well told tale in a year that didn't have many books I was dying for.  Runner up: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Best Album: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon

Hands down my favorite album.  I think it was a pretty good year for music with Bodies of Water, St. Vincent and even Britney turning out some pretty great tunes, but the quirky and fun Billy Joel alt-rockabilly sensibilities of Spoon's latest venture won me over.  Here's a sample for you...

Download spoon_07_the_underdog.mp3

Best Movie: Lars and the Real Girl

I can't tell you how much I loved this movie, because I don't think I've ever loved a movie quite as much as this one.  I walked out of the theater believing that this movie made not one wrong step.  For a movie with a concept that could easily have been a 5 minute SNL skit, to elevate itself simply through strength of screenplay and acting is a pretty amazing feat.  This movie is the equivalent of an Evelyn Waugh novel, subtle, smart, dark, funny and utterly fascinating.  Runner up: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (God, I love Mariss Tomei).

More to come...