complaints

Before you click any links in this post, be warned that this is seriously adult material -- no joking, stuff you probably don't want your kids reading through above and beyond the normal level of affrontery that I publish here -- and you don't want your kids clicking through in spite of the fact that the links are to a PDF at my host site and the original at Yahoo! Financial news.

Here's the Yahoo! Finance link and the PDF version hosted for when the Yahoo! story goes away.

Here's all I'm going to say about that: read the Larry Flint quote in that article, and then ask yourself what sort of mad self-deception it takes to say something like that. As if condoms were the problem.

Dr. Horrible

Don't watch it. Especially, don't watch episode 2. And when Episode 3 comes out on Saturday, don't watch that, either.

Listen -- I'm not even linking you to it, so don't blame me if you watch it -- you had to go out and google it, and figure out which site is the fan site and which has the episodes on it, so when you found it and watched it (and I'm saying: don't watch it, so if you watched it, it's because you chose to) it's because you chose to.

I mean, the police do watch the vodcast, so they know.

Just, you know: it's the internet. You shouldn't watch everything on the internet.
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UPDATED: well, but you should at least read the COMIC BOOK so you're not completely without sociological and missiological context. Seriously: don't live in a hole.
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UPDATED AGAIN: Ok -- first of all, no spoilers. And if you're not watching it like I said, that won't matter to you anyway. But in the first place, Who knew this was a tragedy? Man -- that was unbelieveable. And in the second place, that's so 70's to end like that. I mean, [spoilers omitted]? That's how every issue of Spider-man ended between 1972 and 1983.

However, I would say this: this little 40-minute musical gives great insight into popular culture's self-perception.

I'm going to give you all a week not to watch it (or watch it, if you don't mind a couple of relatively clear but brief adolescent man-humor incidents), and then I'm going to tell you what I really think about this 3-part (not to say "threepenny") opera.

seriously now

I want to find a Maltese or Maltese-mixed puppy for $200 or less, and I don't want the dog "shipped", so I'm looking for some animal within 150 miles of zip code 72734 that I can drive and go get. We would prefer a female if possible.

Because that's what my kids want. I tried to talk them into a Noble Beagle or a mighty Great Dane (Scooby Doo is a Great Dane), but they won't hear of it.

Any help?

two things to talk about

[1] How should I feel about having a higher technorati score than Donald Miller

[2] Podcast. I am starting to get serious about doing one, and I want to do 30 minutes once a week. However, I think podcasting my sunday school class is frankly redundant and not really about the blog -- not the same brand, not the same flavor. If the non-negotiable of the podcast is a book review every week (with an author interview when possible/available), what other 10-minute segment would you like to see in a weekly podcast?

Our new baby

After three weeks of looking, I got a great deal on a 2007 Nissan Altima with only 2500 miles on it at LanderMcLarty Nissan in Bentonville, AR. That's the canned photo of the Altima from the Nissan web site, but that's the one I got. My sales guy was "Arty".

Special thanks to the guys at Ken Dobbs Hyundai, particularly Ken Dobbs and his salesman Ron Austin. They worked hard to get a deal we could walk away with -- and if you're looking for a new or used car, they have some really good deals and are men of integrity. Give them a shot.