Amusement

There's a guy out there with a serious Rita Hayworth fixation and way too much time on his hands who likes to cut together pieces of her movies into music videos for popular songs which he posts on YouTube. On the one hand, it's kind of a weird obsession. On the other hand, it's why I'll never fall out of love with the Internet. This one is really fun to watch: Hat tip: Roger … [Read more...] about Rita Hayworth Stayin’ Alive

Last year on this date, the New York Times reported that New York personal injury lawyer Eric Turkewitz had been picked as the official White House law blogger. They based their story on blog posts by Eric and several other legal bloggers, but they apparently didn't check with Eric or the White House. It was, of course, an April Fools' Day prank. So, this year, you'd think … [Read more...] about Will the New York Times Ever Learn?

At about this time every year when I was in college, my friend Todd Cohen used to complain about all the businesses that would wish everyone a "Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends!" It was the "to our Jewish friends" part that somehow got on his nerves. With that in mind, I was listening to a few tracks off of The Life and Times of Mike Fanning by Da … [Read more...] about Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel…

In graduate school I had the most trouble staying awake in finance lectures. I always thought finance had to be just about the most boring topic ever.French MEP Rachida Dati, when discussing finance in France, recently said:I see some [foreign investment funds] looking for returns of 20 or 25% at a time when fellatio is close to zero.I guess I was just doing finance wrong. … [Read more...] about I Must Have Missed That Class

Here's something you don't see everyday in the news:Stable hand charged with assaulting horseA worker at Arlington Park racetrack has been arrested and charged with having sexual conduct with a horse.The horse's name was "Buzz My Bell". Given that, and the fact that she was prancing around naked in public, I think she was just asking for it. Besides, how do they know it wasn't … [Read more...] about Buzz My Bell