State of the Union

A way to evaluate if your drinking game was successful:

iPad

I have no desire to own this thing.

Masochism

A New York Times food writer gets the urge to replicate The Olive Garden's spaghetti and meatballs at home.

I'm not sure why anybody would want to do such a thing. I don't mind eating at bad Italian restaurants every now and then but spaghetti and meatballs is the last thing I'd order or want to reproduce. At most restaurants the red sauce tastes like it has sweet n' low in it, and when you just order pasta, there's really nothing else to conceal that awfulness.

Maybe next week I'll try to make a Taco Bell Gordita Supreme from scratch and tell y'all about it!

Well, Well, Well...

Guess who got caught trying to bug the phones in a Democratic senator's office?

He may have played a pimp for the cameras, but I'd bet it's more likely he'll play the bottom bitch in prison. Idiot.

UPDATE: Now this is really bad news for Mr. O'Keefe.

Why can't we do both?

I've always found this apparently unavoidable dichotomy a little ridiculous.

It seems to me the sensible thing to do is both. Tell teens they should avoid having sex if only to avoid the very real threat of pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, and at the same time, inform them about effective birth control methods because a good number of teenagers are going to have sex anyway despite anything we do or say. Further, don't demonize those who want to wait for marriage, and don't demonize those who find waiting for marriage antiquated.

Once they get to college, or at least out of the halls of our high schools, let them do whatever the hell they want, just as we do now.

Holy Hell

Prepare to be terrified.