sal and richard get down on live tv.

the irony is XM and Sirius were also in financial difficulties when they agreed to merge, and yet even after the proposed merger was not deemed a monopoly the FCC still dragged its feet (seemingly on purpose) which damaged both companies.

the question is, will the government also block (for more than a year) the sale of Merrill Lynch to B of A.

something tells me that because it doesnt involve Howard Stern, this sale will sail through.

h/t lisanti tumblr

people going crazy over tina fey on snl doing sarah palin.

back in my day pretty much every sketch on snl was great. and not just cuz someone looks like someone else.

sure it was good, sure it was better than everything else on the show. but all that sketch did was show how weak the writing is on snl.

youve got all summer, youve got dozens of writers, and home schooled family feud is all youve got?

also lil wayne was better on the mtv vma than snl. wtf.

and toeing that line are golden retriever puppies.

id be lying if i said i dont think about luck

for example i need a new couch.

i got my current one when i first moved in to this place. it was sitting on the side of the road. dogs had probably pissed on it for all i know.

bums had probably gotten drunk and made out with lady bums on it.

but that couch has been amazing over time. ive written nice things on it. ive napped with pretty girls on it. in fact some could say that that particular couch is magical. girls sit on it and… miracles are created.

hell, most of my time writing and editing LAist was on it, and that experience led to this.

but its not very comfortable. and it has some rips in it. and it doesnt fold out into a bed for when i have guests. and, like i said, it was found on the side of the road and was only supposed to be a temporary solution 7 years ago.

but man has it provided me with luck.

next is the bed. not the bed, just the mattress. it was actually my true loves back when we lived in frisco. then it was ours when she moved down here, then she took it when we broke up, then she gave it to me when she went off to africa. because she dated this super huge fat dude the springs are f’ed up in the middle of the thing.

the mattress hasnt given me the best luck. maybe its given me bad luck, now that i think of it. but hows a man supposed to decide how much to spend on a mattress? theyve got some for $200, theyve got some for $1200. theyve even got some for $1700. i went to the store the other day and they wanted $25 for a pair of shorts. i was all, theyre half pants. shouldnt they cost half of what pants cost? not the same?

so if im mr half pants cost too much, how do you think i feel about spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on bedding that isnt a waterbed?

i want a waterbed.

my apartment is so old though that if i got one i bet the bed would fall through the floor.

and they refused to put it on tv.

instead they gave us the white sox

as if the american league mattered

as if having to move the cubs game from houston to milwaukee because of a hurricane wouldnt had meant to some poetically minded in tv land that something special was brewing.

i called directv and said this is why i pay $200 a year extra, so i can see the cubs play. meanwhile my tv says that the game is being blacked out in my “area” as if i live somewhere where it should be blacked out.

LA should be ok to see a game between chicago and houston when its being played in wisconsin.

the lady had me restart my receiver. she had me click around to several channels. finally i asked her to restart Her receiver and click to the station it shoulda been on.

she said it wasnt even on hers.

i said, even DirecTv cant see the no hitter in progress right now?

she said, thats right.

i said i hate you.

apparently there were two rallies today in alaska. one was a Welcome Home Sarah event where people chanted “drill baby drill“, and drew about 1,000 people. the other was a “alaska women reject palin” rally which allegedly drew a little more than 1,000.

there are two groups that could change elections. women and the “youth vote”. im not sure Obama can count on the kids because they’ve never swung an election as far as i remember.

therefore it will be interesting to see what happens with the female vote. will those women who didnt vote in the last elections turn out to vote *against* sarah palin and her “no abortions even in the case of rape or incest”? or will women who didnt vote in the last elections turn out to vote for the first female vp?

i think it would be a good idea to keep an eye on the female vote and there you will find the winner of the next election.

i dont remember liking bill mahers show when it was on every day. and i dont like that they rarely have strong guests from the right, but friday they had some funny moments. this segment was the funniest and id never heard of paul begala before, but i gotta say he was pretty good.

however the line that compared the governor of alaska to a monkey, im sorta surprised, hasnt upset the righty bloggers – yet.

maybe they were at friday night mass.

you might find a need to sublet it over the summer. looks like this lovely group of Irish kids had a summer sublet there and were nice enough to put up some vids on YouTube

this ones called American Birthday:

this ones called Niamh impregnating Olieph

this one doesnt have a title but it gives you a great idea of what IV apartments look like, naturally, after being partied in by anyone, Americans or Irish alike

i cant tell you how happy these vids made me, in that nothings changed in the 93117 other than the accents.

exclusive interview with kristin madpony, esquire

me: everything ok in ok?

madpony: guess who passed the bar exam! (yes.. we are so far north, we are fine. it’s drizzling.)

me: yay and yay!!! whoooo hoooo!!!!

madpony: thank you1

me: what sorta law will you wield?

madpony: litigation. civil litigation mostly. a little government stuff and white collar crime

me: nice – how did you learn that you passed the bar? is there an email? a letter?

madpony: they post it online

me: how modern! how did you celebrate?

madpony: i didn’t really. i had a lot of fun the night before.
way too much fun. so i spent the evening in bed. reading a book. feeling lucky. pretty lame i know

madpony thru the years on the busblog:

second time mentioned in 2003 + photo essay interview 2004 + when kristin turned 22 + the first time we met +

: never go on The View. ever.

and if you want to be a reporter paying dues via hurricane reporting

learn how to party with the kids in the bear suit instead of showing us invisible piers