Month: June 2008

Will July be National Mortgage Crisis Month?

Oh man, that’s just cruel: Bush declares June “National Homeownership Month”.

I think my favorite bit has to be, “My Administration is committed to helping Americans achieve their dreams of homeownership.” Presumably foreclosing on them now will teach valuable life lessons they’ll apply to owning a home many years after they climb out of record debt.

This, of course, follows a long tradition the administration has of naming everything as if it was Opposite Day: No Child Left Behind, Operation Iraqi Freedom, etc.

Via Cynical-C.

The weekly guessing game

The lyrics, they just won’t go away:

  1. “I Know There’s an Answer” by the Beach Boys, guessed by Eric B.
    I know so many people who think they can do it alone
  2. “Who Can it Be Now?” by Men at Work, guessed by Eric B.
    Go away, don’t come ’round here no more
  3. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” by K.T. Tunstall, guessed by Kim
    He said, “Don’t look back, just keep on walking.”
  4. “Finish Line” by Lou Reed
    And nothing’s forever, not even five minutes
  5. “I Was Meant for the Stage” by the Decemberists
    Here I was fated to reside
  6. “Myriad Harbour” by the New Pornographers, guessed by Kim
    Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city
  7. “Hanging Around” by Counting Crows, guessed by Generik
    I’ve been bummin’ around this old town for way too long
  8. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Eric B.
    I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead
  9. “Can You Picture That?” by the Muppets, guessed by Eric B.
    Nothing’s really where it’s at
  10. “Odalisque” by the Decemberists
    And what do we do with ten baby shoes

You know the drill. Or, if you don’t, you could always check out what happened last week and figure it out. As always, best of luck!

I spam what I spam

I’ve been getting a lot of comment spam recently. WordPress catches most of it, and e-mails me to moderate or delete the rest, but it’s really weird that it’s all coming from this single post. Seriously, what’s up with that? Is the idea that, because it’s off the main page, I won’t notice it? But then why all the same post? Am I getting hit by one, very stupid but very persistent spammer?