Sooooo glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read this

I can't often be bothered to blog about the antic caperings of the various political punditti and pundettes in my native land, but every now and then something comes up that's just so, so ...!!!

I was browsing through Wonkette, as I sometimes do, and ran into this in the midst of a transcript of a recent "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" show. Ann Coulter was a guest, and Bill Clinton's name came up --

Ms. COULTER: I think that sort of rampant promiscuity does show some level of latent homosexuality.

DEUTSCH: OK, I think you need to say that again. That Bill Clinton, you think on some level, has — is a latent homosexual, is that what you’re saying?

Ms. COULTER: Yeah.

(snort) But wait, there's more! Get this:

Ms. COULTER: No. I think anyone with that level of promiscuity where, you know, you — I mean, he didn’t know Monica’s name until their sixth sexual encounter. There is something that is — that is of the bathhouse about that.

DEUTSCH: But what is the homosexual — that’s — you could say somebody who maybe doesn’t celebrate women the way he should or just is that he’s a hound dog?

Ms. COULTER: No. It’s just random, is this obsession with his…

DEUTSCH: But where’s the — but where’s the homosexual part of that? I’m — once again, I’m speechless here.

Ms. COULTER: It’s reminiscent of a bathhouse. It’s just this obsession with your own — with your own essence.

DEUTSCH: But why is that homosexual? You could say narcissistic.

Ms. COULTER: Right.

DEUTSCH: You could say nymphomaniac.

Ms. COULTER: Well, there is something narcissistic about homosexuality. Right? Because you’re in love with someone who looks like you. I’m not breaking new territory here, why are you looking at me like that?

(eyeroll) That poor woman really needs to stay out of the psychological mode.  (chuckle)

(And since when is nymphomaniac a term one applies to a male? [bemusement...])

 

An unusual result of a Technorati search on the word "wizard"

That'll teach me.

A popular wizard dish is Shrimpy Halfling Jambalaya. Just take any combination of leprechauns, goblins, elves, whatever, and throw them into a big cauldron. Add some mustard and whatever smoky potions are kept in test tubes and garnish with parsley. Voilà!—a delicious, nutritious meal. Serves six.

So, in conclusion, wizardry is some very tricky stuff, and not to be taken lightly. Also, crystal meth. Tricky stuff, do not take lightly.

The title of the article, in case you were wondering, is ""A Muggle's Guide to Harry Potter". Subtitle: "Written by a guy who never read the books or watched the films, but is pretty good at figuring things out."

Ooooookayy.  In the same vein, a tale of the Creation:

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was without form, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And God said, “Let there be Sonic the Hedgehog.” And there was Sonic the Hedgehog. God saw Sonic the Hedgehog, and it was good. He totally loved it so much that he played it all night. Thus there was night. Morning followed. The first day.

...On the fourth day, God invited his friend over. His friend played a little, but said it was stupid. Super Nintendo was better, he said. And TurboGrafix 16 was better cuz it had Bonk, he said. And NeoGeo was coming out and even though it cost $600 it had totally radical graphics and it was better too, he said. God’s friend was being an idiot. God made his friend into a tree and thus there were flowering plants. Super Nintendo was for babies. The fourth day.

So there you are. I don't quite know what's going on over at that website, but it made me laugh today. 

For this alone, J. K. Rowling goes to heaven

In my book, anyway.

More than half of kids ages 5-17 say they did not read books for fun before the Harry Potter series came along, according to the report, which surveyed 500 children and 500 parents nationwide. Among parents, 76 percent say reading the series has helped their child perform better in school, while 65 percent of children agree.

And there's a happy thought in the last paragraph of the article:

So, what will happen after the seventh and final Harry Potter book comes out? Half of the readers surveyed say they will look for a new series (wannabe-bestselling authors take note!) and 27 percent say they will read whatever Rowling publishes next.

Oh, and while we're talking about HP: Daniel Radcliffe, nude

Seriously. Via Blog of a Bookslut (hi, Jessa!):

Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter, will appear nude in a London stage production of Equus.

Now playing: Elton John- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (with George Michael)