nov 5 2008, brooklyn
it looked like a shredder."
-Bill Cosby to David Letterman, re: his voting experience on November 4th, 2008
Funny because IT WASN'T A SHREDDER!!! YAY!!!
"The Bush boys have certainly set a standard for the future - lax
regulation, tax breaks for wealthy, an imploding financial sector,
growing disparity of income, loss of jobs, high energy prices,
monumental national debt and growing deficits, a weakened dollar, and
massive government bailouts of private industry with, of course, no
payback to stockholders or to USA of the excessive, obscene payouts
grabbed by former CEOs of the rescued companies and Fannie and Freddie.
What a record for the Harvard B School grad who was going to bring
business principles to government and compassion to conservatism! A
fraud and deception on the country unrivaled since the 19th century. He
even makes Herbert Hoover look like a leader.
What's next?
Wow."
-RGO
*Annie is the bestest, most beautiful bride-to-be!!!
*Ellis has mad skills!
photos w/ KOdigi by Ellis, BK 9.11.08
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Did you catch it? The best part was not when Huckabee admitted
how strong Obama was, but when he admitted that race was not the
ultimate issue. Oh, and also, the tribute to Tubbs was pretty rad.
KO has been a fan of The New Yorker magazine for as long as we can remember.
In fact, years ago we were so inspired by our friend Kayt's parents' artful and clever
bathroom tribute to The New Yorker (they wallpapered the whole bathroom with covers
from the 70s) that we began collecting covers in hopes of someday following suit in a
room in our very own home. Well, we're sad to say we are so very disappointed with the
publication that we are actually considering boycotting it hence forth...Sad! But valid!
The first sign of trouble was Anthony Lane's loathsome and misogynistic review of the
Sex and The City movie (as well as the accompanying artwork by David Hughes). The
bitter, brutal and blatantly hateful review was just beyond justification. It reeked of
rage and forced me to question the integrity of the editor(s). And now, to make matters
worse, the pub. has lowered itself to put a horrific and hateful cover on the stands
featuring an illustration by Barry Blitt. His artistic vision features a very distorted Barack
Obama in full-on Osama Bin Laden mode, American flag burning in the fireplace (of the
Oval Office?) and his wife, complicit with machine gun. WTF??? What's the argument "for"
you ask? Something along the lines of addressing the misrepresentation of Obama in
the press, the "politics of fear," blah blah blah. Sorry, not falling for it. No reasonable,
rational thinking person has gone there, and certainly not a reader of The New Yorker.
So what, what, WHAT is the deal with inciting this kind of fear, hatred, racism?
Seriously?! I could go on, but truthfully, I'm too disgusted and ultimately just too
disappointed. I no longer trust The New Yorker. I no longer respect The New Yorker.
Sad, sad, sad. Disappointment.
***
David Hughes artwork for Sex and the City review on left, above;
Barry Blitt's cover art of Barack for the new issue of The New Yorker, on right
********
Oh, and p.s. please don't try to tell me I have no sense of / for satire. I do.
Yesterday was his holy hotness Vincent D'Onofrio's birthday. Swoon.
Happy Birthday Vincent! Love to you!
Last Monday night KO and rad bro RCO met up for dinner. It was a blast.
The cheese and jamon were highlights. Yum. Thanks again, Rob. To boot,
Beth~ in from Brooklyn for the night!~ joined us for a drink. Such pleasure!
KO, RCO & BP (MC! MC!), Barcelona, New Haven, 6.23.08
KO with Annie and Kayt, Brooklyn, 6.24.08
Kayt gets fit by Ellis & with Annie later, Brooklyn, 6.24.08
with Annie, Kayt, Ellis and India, Brooklyn, 6.24.08
KO with Annie, Kayt and India (first pic by Ellis, 2nd by KO), 6.24.08
While dining at Pastis yesterday with India and Damon, KO spotted
prodigious and prolific funny man Jason Bateman. Yay! He's yummy!
He looked really good. Very clean shaven and lean,
dressed in a black t-shirt and dark blue jeans, sans shades...
...for a quick trip...back tomorrow!
Thank you Annie! See you soon alot!
"I've been single for seven years and as I get older, I think all I want is to be loved.
The world becomes a place where you think, let everyone else have it. Let them all
fight over jobs and money . . . You want things in life that are lovely."
- Alec Baldwin tells the NY Post 
KO loved the Sex & The City movie!!! Alot!
And we loved Samantha's true-to-character story arc...as well as her wardrobe!
Especially this hat!!! LOVES IT!!!
Shia is hosting SNL this Saturday night. Check out these promos
he did with sometimes-funny Andy Samberg. We smiled. We like Shia!
We're sad the Rangers were eliminated, our love was not enough
to save them in OT last night...but we have faith in our favorite player,
Chris Drury's career, and believe next year will be the Rangers year! OoRah!
As you know, KO love love loves hockey!
Just looked at my July 16th 2007 post and I gotta say, if you
are too new to my site to remember and/or just can't recall, please
DO CLICK ON THIS BOLD GREEN LINK RIGHT NOW to see what KO loved
and recommended then and still loves and recommends sha-nah-now. Do it!
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