she’s not a favorite because she happens to be beautiful

shes not a favorite just because she happens to be from the midwest

shes not a favorite just because shes a sexy mofo

shes a favorite because she is an extremely talented writer who can tell a complex story in a super compelling way

and shes hot young and amazing.

the christmas miracles just dont stop.

ps id link to her but i dont know if she wants to keep it a secret for right now. developing…

pps: heres the link!

a) Hookers for Jesus Claim to Convert Strippers for God
b) Mom/Daughter Real Estate Duo Banned For Dressing Hot
c) Girl Scouts Fire Two Troop Leaders For Wearing “MILF” Tshirts
d) Starbucks-Rival Recruits Exotic Dancers to Compete With Chain

story here

and by the way, MSNBC’s comment moderators went back to letting people leave comments on the “Ron Paul didn’t win the ABC News/ Facebook Poll“, but the website refused to change the headline that is clearly wrong.

one more bit of fact, in order to vote on that poll you had to be a Facebook member. a feat that isn’t easy to do. you need a unique email address, and it has to be verified. Facebook is so strict about who has an account that they recently booted one of the world’s most powerful bloggers, former Microsoft honcho, Robert Scoble.

thus the Facebook poll, although flawed, since its a fuckyoufrank poll, is probably more accurate – or less bullshitty – than most of the other fuckyoufranks out there.

also if youre a Facebook user, you might enjoy finding out who, exactly, are the facebookers who approve of congressman paul’s message. (66,000+ facebookers support RP, #2 is Huckabee at half that number) you might be surprised that theyre not as young as the MSM paints them out as being (40% – the highest majority are 49 years old or older; #2 biggest group are between 25-34), and in Arkansas, Huckabee still gets more votes. which proves, to me, at least, that there arent any shenanigans going on, outside of MSNBC’s troubling reporting.

today the NYT gave Charles Gibson a hard time for being laissez faire in his “moderation” especially when Rudy St. 9/11 et al gave Dr Paul the business when he was trying to state his opinion.

and finally the kids over at Metafilter, have an interesting discussion comparing paul to Lyndon LaRouche – which doesnt end as badly as youd expect. But it does have its moments – for both the pro- and anti-Paulites. which is why i heart the blue.

they should just come out and say so

last night was the abc news / facebook debates. they werent bad.

and just like after every debate people had the chance to “vote” for who they thought won.

and just like after every debate, ron paul won.

and just like after every poll, the MSM tried to poo-poo the tally.

MSNBC did something interesting. they just flat out IGNORED the winner of the poll that they chose to comment on.

completely fascinating.

and tell me that this doesnt influence prospective voters out there away from Actually voting for Ron Paul because it might make some think that a) theres something wrong with RP – otherwise why would every single news broadcast diss him so hard – b) if you vote for the congressman, even in a bullshit online poll Your Vote Doesn’t Matter c) people who vote online for Mr. Paul are obviously big huge cheaters and part of some nefarious cabal.

MSNBC, if you dont trust the poll, why report on any part of it?

the good news is, the comments on the poll page are priceless.

Speaking of the comments, what is also interesting is that MSNBC stopped approving comments for the post before 11pm and the thread only shows 12 comments. However in a post about Romney (that followed the “poll”) the comments reached 96, with the moderator approving comments thru midnight.

More proof that MSNBC couldnt care less about Mr. Paul, his supporters, how they voted on Facebook, or what they had to say in the comments.

Looks like Fox doesn’t hold the monopoly on Fair and Balanced.

i hafta write something for work that i wanna turn into my boss first thing monday morn. but i cant do it tomorrow since it’s the Lords day.

as you know my job is to help guide all the blogs at the LA Times. whats interesting is once i got this gig, my dream job, ive noticed people in my little circle of love blogging their hearts out. ive also inspired, somehow, a very pretty girl in canaduh to start a blog. which already includes a nude self portrait.

you can thank me later.

while i was trying to find some of my former tips to encourage both my professional cohorts and my personal friend how to blog more effectively, i flipped open the old chestnut, how to blog. the blook, not the post.

even though im a little bit of a narcissist, i dont read my old stuff very much because it usually makes me wince.

this post below made me smile. i dont know how it will help bloggers at the times, but maybe it can help miss topless.

and maybe it can entertain you:

the stars were out last night. did you see ’em? speeding through the heavens, spinning at dizzying rates. not saying a thing but sending us a message at one hundred and eighty six thousand miles per second. here i am. here i am. here i am.

the opposite of an s-o-s.

or was it?

they say the brightest stars shine strongest right before they die. same goes for flowers. same goes for lies.

what do you do when you get everything you want she asked me like i was qualified. what do i have? and she said me. twirling with velvet revolutions like a deadhead during space arms out with perfect body language blonde hair twinkling with the glitter of spilt moondust.

went to the grove to see adam sandlers punch drunk love but it was sold out so we saw igby goes down and were amazed.

best movie ive seen in a really long time she told me as we flew away to a better place, and i agreed.

jeff goldblum stole the show and i love it when people steal the show. claire danes looks like shes been fighting a hundred years war and i couldn’t believe how well ryan phillipe has so many different ways to play an asshole.

black comedy they call a movie like that and its one of the only times where it’s a positive thing to have black as an adjective i told her.

she said what about my black ferrari?

i said what about my free ferrari?

she said what about my first ferrari?

i said what about my spare ferrari?

we didn’t fly to my bungalow or the beach house we just kept going higher and higher until we reached the place where prayers are sorted into the thanks and the wants.

thank you for this incredible girl.

thank you for this amazing life.

please let me pass chemistry.

if you get me out of this shit i promise i’ll never do it again.

and the prayers kept coming in and the demons had to sort them and they wanted to send them to the wrong place but they couldn’t and that pissed them off more and they suffered and we watched and there was popcorn and there was another culkin tearing up the screen.

what do you do when your dreams come true whispered a cherub on a smoke break exhaling a long stream of pleasant dreams.

savor it replied the blue sky.

remember it said the dead.

hanging upside down from heaven blowing bubbles that end up as dew

what do you say when they question your sincerity

tell em nothing in here is true.

– busblog, 10/13/02

you know, when pop stars faught over who was banging eminem?

even though when i heard him speak last month in LA i was less than impressed with tonights winner of the democratic caucus in iowa

and even though if the election was held tonight i wouldnt vote for him

because i dont think hes truly serious about getting us out of the iraq civil war pronto

and because i dont believe that he is even slightly interested in stopping this madness of pretending that we can be the policeman of the world,

which is bankrupting this country

and causing the world to fucking hate us, rightfully.

but if you dont think im happy that a black man from chicago won handily in a place like iowa, for president of the united states, then you dont know me very well.

how john mccain got 13% of republican voters is baffling because it means the mr matt welch hasnt sold very many of his books – which means there are lots to sell buddy

and its also fascinating that the people of iowa had 13% of their voters give the nod to that dude from Law & Order

n people call me crazy.

back to tonight’s winner, ms huffington has this to say:

Even if your candidate didn’t win tonight, you have reason to celebrate. We all do.

Barack Obama’s stirring victory in Iowa — down home, folksy, farm-fed, Midwestern, and 92 percent white Iowa — says a lot about America, and also about the current mindset of the American voter.

Because tonight voters decided that they didn’t want to look back. They wanted to look into the future — as if a country exhausted by the last seven years wanted to recapture its youth.

and of course she has more here

last night you may have seen Jay Leno return to network latenight talk show mediocrity. you might have also seen Dave Letterman rocking the beard.

Jay, though had an interesting guest, less than 24 hours before the all-important Iowa Caucus. He had born-again preacher Mike Huckabee on the show.

Not only did he give Huckabee a bunch of softball questions, but then invited him to do a blues jam with Kevin Eubanks and his band.

a band whose regular bass player was playing right along with the presidential candidate.

hmmmmm.

last night Larry King interviewed Ron Paul.

but for some reason CNN and King refused to air the Paul interview.

if Leno gets to air his interview with Huckabee, why can’t CNN air their interview with Paul?

now when people say, “who cares about Ron Paul, he doesn’t do well in the polls,” maybe you should ask yourself, “how can a guy do well in public opinion polls if he gets cockblocked from getting on the air?” meanwhile when people actually do partake in the polls, if he does well, those polls are poo-pooed.

if Ron Paul can get a few thousand people to vote on the CNN poll, how come NO OTHER candidate can do the same? What is it about this man that his supporters are the only ones who know how to vote online? Or could it possibly be that he actually has real people behind him, thus all the millions that he’s raised. Or is that a hoax too?

to the left is the Larry King poll that you can partake in now, by clicking here. and below is the interview that CNN refuses to put on their air.

i do, and it took some pics of TO too. take it away, phoney:

this is where tony had two of his favorite meals. it was a Texas rib place. here he saw the Leafs go into overtime

they had Americas Funniest Videos up top for the ladies
and hockey down at the bottom for the gents.
yes people took their wives/lovers to the rib joint to watch the game

you cant buy booze at grocery stores. so if you want beer for your home
or for your hotel party, you have to go to either a gov’t liquor store
or to a private liquor store who charges you double the price.
this was the government liquor store on new years eve at Union Station
the lines went out the door, but everyone was very cool aboooot it.

this little angel was not allowed to drink, so she got her kicks from her lil sled

duane was good enough to call raymi to ask her if Tokyo Sushi was worth it
she said yes, she was wrong.

for some reason tony likes taking pictures of slush

and chinese tourists in the subway. the subway is only two lines. one along one road
and the other that goes up and down. and its $2.75 each way. but lots of people take it.

appitizers at the thai place with christie st hottie et duane

centre and neighbourhoods? ahhhhh so lovely.

tony stayed at the intercontinental downtown on front street.
its a $225 hotel that he got for $120 a night thanks to priceline.com

adios for now,

love the iPhone