Mullet-Americans Rally Around Pawlenty

Mullet-Americans are “cautiously optimistic” about rumors that mulleted Minnesotan Tim Pawlenty may soon be named Senator John McCain’s vice presidential running mate.
“It would obviously be historic, and it could really balance the ticket, what with McCain’s embarassing lack of hair below the cervical vertebrae,” said mullet-American activist Billy Rae Cyrus.
Still reeling from the [...]

Tapping Into the Soul of Nucleic Acid Extraction

Hands, please.  Who hasn’t faced the challenge of marketing automated pipetting systems for liquid handling tasks inside a cell culture bench or fume hood?
Or some such.
Here’s one approach. No more pipetting late at night, indeed.

[via Boing Boing]

The Importance of the Right Movie Reference

In this ad, Senator McCain refers to Senator Yes We Can as “Dr. No” for allegedly opposing, among many other things, nuclear power.

The ad from the Straight Talk Express is full of crooked claims, but the irony noted by factcheck.org is that McCain decided to organize an ad about nuclear power around the James Bond [...]

Garbage In, Garbage Out

I recently expressed admiration for Senator Norm Coleman’s nifty use of symbolism in a campaign television ad about the good Senator dutifully taking out the garbage.
Of course, when symbolism presents itself, a satirist could always satirize the symbolism.
Is there a satirist in the house?
Imagine a television ad with the same goofy music as [...]

“Think Blue” - A True Story of One Man’s Obsession

On Thursday afternoon over the lunch hour two young women were observed on Nicollet Mall passing out small cellophane packages, each stickered with this blog’s address and containing a blue silicone bracelet embossed with “Think Blue - 11/04/08.” In the course of about 15 minutes the two passed out more than 200 bracelets and [...]

Your Prediction: Who Will Be Obama’s Running Mate?

With Sen. Barack Obama preparing to take the stage here in St. Paul in a few hours to end the Bitter 3 A.M. Michiganandflorida stage of the campaign, let’s play pundit.
Who do you think will be Obama’s running mate? 
You may use your answer to deliver:

serious analysis
a whimsical wild guess
or, if you’d prefer, a snarky broadside [...]

Our Potential Next President Can Beat Up Your President

Already the subject of countless jokes based on his “seasoned” status here in our society, here is another perspective on the “bad-ass” Presidential Candidate John McCain and what he might offer to the White House. A little bit of muscle and a good chunk carved out of Government spending, take a look at what The [...]

The Art of the Movie Quote

What does Time Magazine’s Richard Corliss think of the new Indiana Jones movie? This is a more complicated question than you might think.
If you go to the Time web site, you can read a fairly lengthy review Corliss filed from Cannes, where the movie premiered. While the review is generally positive, it certainly [...]

Giving the People What They Want…

Like any blogger, I’m completely indifferent to the statistics generated by you, our loyal readers. I never look at the page view counts more than 10 times a day and I doubt anyone would say my fixation on incoming links meets the clinical definition of an OCD disorder. OK, maybe a couple of [...]

Hey, Senators! VP or Not VP?

That’s the question The Hill newspaper put to just about the entire Senate, one by one. Specifically:
“If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?” 
So, let’s see. Perfunctory answers from the Minnesota delegation:
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)
“No. I’m up for reelection and I’ve got the guy who should be vice president. [...]