Band names from The Wire

(Started by Clusterflock) As listed on that thread, my favorite is The Lawyerly Affectations. Also a big fan of Pawn Shop Unit.

Some of these might be better as song titles...

• Chain of Command
• Bubbles Depot
• Prop Joe
• Wallace and the Squatters
• Play or Get Played
• Bubbles and Bunk
• Shakima Griggs
• Tweedy Impertinence
• Cutty and the Mama Tappers
• WMD and the Pandemic
• Always Boris (for a Russian band)
• Snoop Loved That Nail Gun
• Omar and the Ayyyy-Ohhhhs
• Brother Mouzone and the Bow Ties
• Draft Dodging Peace Freaks
• Bodie and the Prairie Home Companions
• Wee-Bay Takes 'Em All
• Hauk and Carver

Quite possibly the best flow chart ever (via NY Times)

Colbert's NY Times Op-ed

I Am an Op-Ed Columnist (And So Can You!)

I’d like to thank Maureen Dowd for permitting/begging me to write her column today. As I type this, she’s watching from an overstuffed divan, petting her prize Abyssinian and sipping a Dirty Cosmotinijito. Which reminds me: Before I get started, I have to take care of one other bit of business:

Bad things are happening in countries you shouldn’t have to think about. It’s all George Bush’s fault, the vice president is Satan, and God is gay.

There. Now I’ve written Frank Rich’s column too.

And it goes on. Genius. And also, before ending this post, Colbert's fantastic Fresh Air interview from last week:
Colbert Builds 'Report' with Viewers, Readers

Emperor (not King), a sweater & sushi

Best. Lawyer bio. Ever. Under awards, Kevin notes that he was Oakwood Elementary School's "Boy of the Year".

Kevin, a Shareholder practicing in Otten Johnson's real estate group, was raised by penguins following a childhood boating accident. He graduated magna cum laude from Colby College, where he learned that not all issues can be reduced to black or white. He received his law degree from Boston University, which he attended on a full football scholarship through an administrative error. Thereafter, he worked for four years as an associate at a large law firm in New York, where he once rode an elevator to the top of the Empire State Building. He lectures frequently to his children on a variety of subjects. He enjoys swimming and fishing, despite the painful memories.

[Thanks to Jim for this gem.]

More than meets the eye

Dear Mr. Prime,

We have received your accident-claim reports for the month of June—they total 27. I regret to inform you that GEICO will not be able to reimburse you for any of those repairs. I feel that I have sent the same letter to you once a month for the last six months, and I am now sending it again.

Since becoming a GEICO customer in January of this year, you have reported 131 accidents, requesting reimbursement for repairs necessitated by each one. You have claimed not to be responsible in any of them, usually listing the cause of the accident as either "Sneak attack by Decepticons" or "Unavoidable damage caused by protecting freedom for all sentient beings."

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