Comments from donmiguel

donmiguel commented on Back When America Was Goofier

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:36:24 EDT

@CopyofBlueboy: Ray Conniff ROCKS. I wanted to be one of his singers -- those folks who hummed on tracks.

@collegecallgirl: When I first read that I thought of the wife cutting of his air supply at the end -- so she could finally go on a cruise and maybe meet one of the oldster male dance escorts.

donmiguel commented on Trapped In An Elevator For Six Minutes

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:24:34 EDT

@Clarence Rosario: Are you freaking serious? That is the funniest -- so what did the other people do as you dropped your deuce? With what did you wipe?

donmiguel commented on "Eating a Six-Foot Cake in Slow Motion"

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:22:05 EDT

Someday, I too will have a star...

donmiguel commented on Shepard Fairey, Blind?

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:14:56 EDT

Unbelievable -- if there is a G-d, Her sense of humor is, as usual, frightening.

donmiguel commented on The Most Important Interview of Our Time

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:10:51 EDT

I'm begging. Please, someone -- fix these here boxes. Is Tom Cruise the closeted gay film star of our time -- like Rock Hudson was to his? If so, are we the homophobic louts of our time when we clown him for his many bearding activities? He's only hiding because to be out would mean to lose everything - and he has lots to lose. Thoughts?

donmiguel commented on The Most Important Interview of Our Time

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:07:39 EDT

So here's a thought: If Tom Cruise is, as I believe he is, the Rock Hudson of our time -- that means he's a closeted gay actor afraid of coming out and ruining his career as a leading man. Aren't we crappy as well if, even though we know all this, we continue to ef with him? I mean, does ironic distance mitigate homophobia? Not that Cruise isn't just as creepy as all get-out..

donmiguel commented on About Time That Children Had Their OWN Water

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:31:48 EDT

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: Phew. I thought I had pudenda eyes or something...

donmiguel commented on A Touch Of Down Syndrome

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:28:08 EDT

@arguablythemostfamous: That's a joke, right? About Mrs. Mariah Cannon?

donmiguel commented on Happy May Day (And Also Law Day)

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:25:01 EDT

Not to digress, but I was getting a mani/pedi while Lou Dobbs and I tried to count how many times he said Law Day. But I lost count at a bejillion. Zounds, he combines defiant douchenastiness with an inexplicable pomposity. Of what is he so proud? Vent over. As you were.

donmiguel commented on Stephen Colbert Again Confirmed To Be As Cool As You'd Hoped

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:17:03 EDT

Colbert is the man -- sometimes watching the show is scary (in a good way) like the old Carson -- it seems like anything could happen.

donmiguel commented on Can This American Idol Be Saved?

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:05:41 EDT

Jeebis, Paula is the main reason I watch the show, it's like Sigmund and Freud, I mean, Roy, or auto racing -- you're always want to see if the bad thing is going to happen this time.

donmiguel commented on Barbara Walters Senatorial Sex Scandal!!

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:02:40 EDT

For a woman of her generation to admit miscegenating back in the day -- I mean, those people thought Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was "edgy." I'm sure some folks her age are scandalized by that little factoid...

donmiguel commented on About Time That Children Had Their OWN Water

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:58:25 EDT

Is it me, or does the bottle really look like a Henry Moore sculpture of the classic nutsack and prong. I mean, there are the two bits, and the kibble is the spout from which one, ahem, drinks.

donmiguel commented on DC Madam Deborah Palfrey: 1956-2008

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:43:27 EDT

@BalknChain: Thousands is a huge lie, but the side suey is revealed and incontrovertible truth?

donmiguel commented on Newsday Slipping From Murdoch's Clutches

Thu, 01 May 2008 05:54:42 EDT

Finally someone steps up -- Zuckerman versus Murdoch is a difference without a distinction...

donmiguel commented on IAC's Summer Explosion

Thu, 01 May 2008 05:52:30 EDT

Does this mean that Diane Von Furstenhoweveryouspellit will get famous again?

donmiguel commented on Three Steps To Getting A Book Deal For Your Blog

Thu, 01 May 2008 03:37:27 EDT

@belltolls: @BalknChain: Did you just get a ghost of a chance at a book of your own?

If that is true, my blog book will be, Watching a Book Come To Life One Comment At A Time -- that whole exchange was kind of intense.

donmiguel commented on Literary Love Connection

Thu, 01 May 2008 02:50:39 EDT

@Hamud: That last bit, to lizzybennet, was breathtakingly pithy, compassionate and yet rapier sharp. Damn.

donmiguel commented on Generational Change In Loss-Of-Innocence Industry

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:36:54 EDT

@Smitros: Let's just hope that "Connect with Ira" is a PG rated feature.

donmiguel commented on Will The Wackness Be, Um, Wack?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:43:19 EDT

The Wackness is the apotheosis of self description.

donmiguel commented on Ferguson in DC: "Shut the Hell Up, New York 'Times'"

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:40:26 EDT

@Mediahohoho: @skahammer: Actually, it was craven lickspittle -- very nice usage.

donmiguel commented on Generational Change In Loss-Of-Innocence Industry

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:30:43 EDT

Pardon the digression, but every time I see the words "Rollover for more," on the ad for This American Life - it kinda sounds dirty. And yes, I AM that bored.

donmiguel commented on Why It's Annie Leibovitz's Fault

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:23:22 EDT

Is anyone here a Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus fan? Why is this girl so famous? Friends with daughters go nuts for her shows and are up in arms over Nakedshouldergate.

donmiguel commented on Saudis Release Blogger Jailed For Inflammatory Listicle

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:17:41 EDT

Look at the bright side -- jail is lots better than having one's hand chopped off. Wasn't that the Saudi penalty for theft not so long ago?

donmiguel commented on Every Night is a Wild Night for Jailbait Actress Lev Rambin

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:15:40 EDT

Little x's and o's always make me misty.

donmiguel commented on The Best of Late Night!

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:34:57 EDT

@In Other News...: Ok. Is it wrong if that turned me on?

@Ryan Tate: I too read yer late night posts. Without you night time is nothing.

donmiguel commented on Times' Historic Mass Firing, A Sneak Preview

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:05:02 EDT

I'd protest the verdict, but don't want to be murdered by the new, heavily armed kill squads riding the subways. So, don't mind me, I'll be off in the corner -- obeying.

donmiguel commented on BREAKING: Wesley Snipes Has Three Years In Prison to Prepare For Next Role

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:52:45 EDT

@Little Mintz Sunshine: Let's send Marcus to the big house too, dammit! (Ok, I was over the top with the shrill after rereading -- but my point was to deflate Snipes' hubris). You can't even claim stupidity - what could possibly have made him think he'd get off without doing the maximum?

donmiguel commented on Wait, Why Did We Buy A Record Company, Again?

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:43:14 EDT

Howie Schultz is really trying to shake it up over there at 'Bucks. Too bad Nostradamus predicted that they'd ALWAYS make crappy coffee. Peet's coffee is the best and always will be.

donmiguel commented on Jimmy Fallon To Replace Conan O'Brien

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:41:29 EDT

Jay Leno gets dissed, Letterman keeps his show plus the Late, Late show and justice is finally done. My question is -- why is NBC kicking him to the curb so hard -- is it age? Getting young blood in and all that? Or is Leno just hated?

donmiguel commented on Hills Star's Awful Fashion Award

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:38:04 EDT

It's kind of disheartening -- Lauren C. is famous for NOT being famous enough. Gah -- it's like meta-crappy.

donmiguel commented on Um.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:35:20 EDT

His brother stocks groceries at a Von's in LA. Marlon, people, one of the Jackson Five, is in aisle six right now making sure there's enough Cap'n Crunch on the shelves. And Michael makes sure he stays there by cock-blocking the careers of his brothers.

@Mike_Jahn: That was droll.

donmiguel commented on Idol Loser Judged A Witch

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:32:50 EDT

Oy. What to say about the kids who live in the middle of our fair land? (I'm assuming these are the ones angered by lyrics of age-old Broadway musicals).

donmiguel commented on Sarah Jessica Parker Bravely Dons Bathroom Rug To Promote Film

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:28:57 EDT

Sarah Jessica Parker? Or Seabiscuit? You make the call. But she's always looked like a horse to me.

donmiguel commented on Times' Historic Mass Firing, A Sneak Preview

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:27:41 EDT

Holy crap. Rice is expensive, Jimmy Fallon is Conan O'Brien and the New York Times is having layoffs. All of a sudden I live in Bizarro world. If I see a Superman zombie I am going to lose it for real.

donmiguel commented on Police State Party!

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:57:11 EDT

@intothelight: Haha, point taken. Right after 9/11, which I spent in DC, it was kind of frickin scary -- the plane, or whatever it was, had just hit the Pentagon. There was a feeling that anything could happen and I lived near the Naval Observatory in Glover Park. And then, like it was a dream, four or five F-16s did a fly-over and it was awesome. You could hear cheers going up all over the place.

Yeah. Then we found out that, hey, bla bla maybe "they" knew in advance that 9/11 might go down, maybe that "plane" that hit the Pentagon was a missile -- and now I have heavily armored dudes on the subway, DNA swabbing if I get arrested and rice hoarding at Wal-Mart. Okay. Kennedy frickin killed himself with Oswald's magic bullet. Colin Powell was RIGHT about the yellow cake uranium. Dubya won the election and nothing weird happened.

But surely, you'll admit, things are being slowly tightened up on us. It's not like the scenarios we all joked about in 1984 etc happened all at once. It's like crabs in boiling water -- they do it a little bit at a time. Shite, with the industrial strength comedy and sarcasm we all have, the police state will happen and we'll be too busy trying to be arch to notice. Can anyone tell I need a drink?

donmiguel commented on BREAKING: Wesley Snipes Has Three Years In Prison to Prepare For Next Role

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:40:53 EDT

I'm sorry, but Wesley is black. I'm a black man and I know that, Tiger and Barack notwithstanding, folks are just itching to see a many of us behind bars as possible. I'm not judging -- I'm just saying -- it's true. What the hell did he THINK they were going to do to him for not paying his taxes?

It'd be one thing if he were, say, a Kennedy and he'd just raped a girl then killed her with a golf club. Then he might have a shot at getting off. But this is America and he is a black dude. His black ass was jail bound from jump street.

donmiguel commented on Thomas Friedman Gets Apology About Pie Thing

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:31:26 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: @rosaluxembourgeoise: I'm kind of, well, stunned at the wit wattage being thrown down here. It'd be a comedy moquary for me to step in here. Seriously funny.

On an unrelated note, I hope Rickie doesn't try to get a job anytime soon. This missive is likely to live on the internetz a good long time.

donmiguel commented on Would Andy Warhol Have Satisfied His Magazine's New Dress Code?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:24:55 EDT

Hasn't Interview sucked for years?

donmiguel commented on Has Skull and Bones Become Just a Regular Old Fraternity?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:15:47 EDT

Skull and Bones folk run some serious shit. That is all.