“It is the duty of every citizen according to his
best capacities to give validity to his
convictions in political affairs.”

- Albert Einstein

The picture below may look a little unusual, but it's really Tiger Lilly's latest weapon in her ongoing war against the terrorist cows "Cow-spiracy": Tactical Bovine Observation and Neutralization Equipment (T-BONE).



This specially designed vehicle lets Tiger Lilly infiltrate unobserved, eavesdrop on secret plans, unleash a devastating surprise attack and then make a speedy getaway quicker than the cattle can say "Mooove-on.org."

The factory rep brought this over for her to inspect. Channeling Christian Bale in "Batman Begins", and thinking of the ninja cows, Tiger Lilly's response was: "Does it come in black?"

Today is Tom Lehrer's 80th birthday, and yes, he's still alive. I posted a video from him several days ago, but thought I'd celebrate the occasion with another of his classics that has eerily remained relevant more than 40 years after it was written (the text inserted briefly in the middle of the video was not from Lehrer).



Edgy, cynical and more than a little liberal, Lehrer still had a gift for sticking his needle right in your funny bone. Despite his television exposure in the 1960s, he ultimately chose a lower profile in academia. In an interview he once said he would have gone crazy touring and doing the same songs every night. Besides, he said, "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."

Happy birthday to one of the greats!

The NuttyBuddy — a next-generation upgrade on the athletic cup — is getting somewhat infamous in certain, um, parts of the blogosphere. My friend KingDavid, unpaid and unofficial spokesperson for NuttyBuddy, gave me one of the company's promotional tee-shirts for my birthday last week. While I'll proudly wear the tee-shirt, I don't know that I'd go to the lengths the guy in the video below goes to to demonstrate the efficacy of this new technology.

It's hard to tell what is more disturbing, this clown's (let's call him a "Crush Test Dummy") willingly and repeatedly standing in front of the Nuke LaLoosh of pitching machines, or the constant cackling of the off-screen woman who was feeding the (supposed) baseballs into the machine. Somehow she reminded me of the sound Hillary must have made while coming up with her health care proposals.



One positive thing about this video, however, is that at the end — after taking repeated shots to the gut and thigh and a couple direct hits on the NuttyBuddy — the guy says, "I don't think I'll ever be able to have kids."

On behalf of the gene pool and future generations, I thank him in the name of all humanity.