It's been a week. Let's see what I can squeeze out of my fingers today:

- If you live in Georgia and you only do one thing for me in your entire life, let it be voting for Jim Martin for Senate.

- Estelle Reiner has passed away. If you've ever had what she's having (which you probably have not if you're one of my former partners or current partner), you owe her a debt of gratitude. [Thanks, Defamer]

- If you like the Beatles and pretending to play musical instruments, you probably wet yourself after reading this.

Finally, a note about the election:

I don't care which way you vote, but please, please, please get out and vote. Not exercising your right to vote is the equivalent of urinating on the grave of John McCain.

Democrats, you'll be voting on November 4th this year. Republicans, you guys are voting on November 5th.

May the best man win.

Labels: Barack Obama, Georgia, Jim Martin, John McCain, movies, politics, the Beatles

We've been reviewed by our old campus newspaper, and in a very grand gesture, they didn't hold that public urination incident against me.

Read the review here.

Buy the book here.

Labels: Binghamton, books, Underrated, YPR

That my powers are beyond your understanding.

From the Los Angeles Times:

Rudy Ray Moore, the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Rap" who influenced generations of rappers and comedians with his rhyming style, braggadocio and profanity-laced routines, has died. He was 81.

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Later Moore assumed the role of Dolemite, a character who became the cornerstone of his decades-long career as a raunchy comedian, filmmaker and blues singer.

From Geoff Wolinetz Is Too Late:

TMZ is reporting that Sho'Nuff has passed away.

Between Isaac Hayes and Julius Carry going in the last ten days, I hope that Dolomite is looking up at the sky for any falling meteorites.

From the New York Times:

Oil prices plummeted on Thursday, falling below $70 a barrel for the first time in 16 months, and prompting the OPEC cartel to call for an emergency meeting next week.
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The drop in prices has already created problems for producers, who have become accustomed to high prices. Iran and Venezuela both need oil prices at $95 a barrel to balance their budgets, Russia needs $70, and Saudi Arabia needs $55 a barrel, according to Deutsche Bank estimates. Algeria's oil minister, Chakib Khelil, estimated on Thursday that the "ideal" price for crude oil was $70 to $90 a barrel.

I feel so terrible for this industry. $4B in proits for the last couple of years, and now oil's down below $70 a barrel and they're ready to go on welfare.

Let me ask this question: if the price of oil is plummeting, how come it's still $3.50 a gallon for gas?

Labels: New York Times, oil

I'm going to tell you all something: if Three Amigos isn't one of the best comedies of the 1980s, my name ain't Samuel Augustus Maverick.

Speaking of which, who's been reading YPR? They've got some cool stuff on that YPR, including yesterday's Guide to Mavericks. Come on down, and bring the kiddies, why dontcha?

It's been some time since we've e-spoken, friends. How are you? Everything fine? How is your mother? Has she taken care of that boil that she needed lanced? Good. Good.

Hey, if you have a minute, take a gander at Bill Kristal's Op-Ed in the Times today. Very good stuff.

Labels: New York Times, politics

YPR live-blogged the debate last night. Check it out here.

Labels: politics, YPR

Here's part two of our five-part series on the Indecision 2008 blog about the most Underrated Vice Presidents. Today's entry: George Clinton.

Enjoy.

Don't forget to buy the book.

Labels: Underrated, Vice Presidents

My good friend Dennis DiClaudio invited Yankee Pot Roast to contribute to the Indecision blog. In the interest of squeezing every last ounce of publicity out of our book (hey, did you know we had a book out?), we'll have a five-part series about the most underrated Veeps, in honor of tonight's Vice Presidential debate.

Here's the link to the first installment.

Here's the link to buy the book.

Remember, one open mouth kiss for every ten copies bought!

Labels: books, Indecision 2008, Underrated, Vice Presidents

[Editor's Note: We've got the Underrated blog back up and posting somewhat regularly again, so please check in on that.]

I don't know that I've ever been as excited about a debate as I am tonight's VP debate. I don't think that Palin's going to make a complete ass of herself (at least not any more than she does on a daily basis just by speaking), because she's probably been told by numerous people "the less you say, the better," but I know there's going to be a couple of gems that slip out of her mouth.

Biden has his own speaking issues. He seems to be prone to rambling and he definitely gets distracted pretty easily. And even though you generally know what he means, he sometimes make silly mistakes (like the TV/radio thing) when he's speaking.

Here's the difference to me: there's always a point wrapped up in what Biden is saying. Sometimes it takes a while to get there. Sometimes he turns around and pats people on the back while he's talking. Sometimes he confuses the mediums that were around 70 years ago. But you never get the sense that he doesn't know what he's talking about. Palin's a whole other story.

Anyway, I'm all geeked up.

Labels: Joe Biden, politics, Sarah Palin, Underrated, Vice Presidents