Rocket man, burning down the fuels of Everlong 

Shannon Miller- In Prince’s “Kiss”, the line “Little girl Wendy’s parade” refers to the guitarist he was working with at the time, Wendy Ann Melvoin, who not only played the guitar parts in the song, but is also the only other person to appear in the video (aside from Prince and the dancer, Monique Mannen.)

Not to put too fine a point on it, but you are correct.

“2. In an odd changeup, it appeared to be a woman who mocked her weight in the first place.”

You ought to take a few moments and try living in the real world...

You definitely get it.

I get the history here, I get why Italians are sensitive about this. Back before Italians were “white”, Christopher Columbus was not the national figure he has become. Italian-Americans lionized a two-dimensional caricature of him in their struggle for representation in the origin myth of America. Just like many…

Maybe Truthdig and/or Informed Comment? Though they can both be kind of “lefty”.

Have you checked Talking Points Memo?

I mean racism and “screw you I got mine” aside, what the hell is up with the teenaged angst vibe in the Republican Party right now? Like I came of age under Obama and had my whole anti-establishment Libertarian phase. But then I grew up, gained some empathy, and realized I spent ~4 years being an insufferable douche.

A little early for this, but it’s the bit by Brown I remember best:

It seems this would be the perfect area for, oh say, REGULATION!

“The township’s loitering statute says there are areas of the township where loitering is prohibited. In those areas, the statute says “officers can question anyone they believe is loitering and ask them to leave.””

Their management has been a complete and utter disaster. Some of the best writers leave immediately, kinja is broken beyond repair, and they nix the only politics vertical in a constitutional crisis without notice or comment. Cool.

I see Hamno is already doing freelance work for The Guardian:

No, burying money gives a 0% return. 1.69% may be less than inflation, but it is still greater than 0. 

OK, so you want a quick way to make the type of thin taqueria salsa you would have with homemade chips right before eating an ungodly number of Al Pastor tacos.

a guy at work told me how awesomely funny shane gillis is and that he never ever misses one of his podcasts.  this is how i knew shane gillis was garbage.

My favorite is Green Mountain Gringo Salsa but I’m guessing that was out of the price range?

These taste tests with just your husband and your kids seem... uh... less than definitive.

Uh, that wasn’t Seth Simons that Che went after. That was another guy with a similar sounding first name. Close, though.