my friends just started this website about cocktails.

http://www.cocktailbuzz.com/

from Crooks and Liars "Saddam Wanted Out, Bush Lied About It"

. . .now we are finding out that the entire war could have been averted for letting him get away with $1 billion. That’s just than one tenth of 1% of what this insane invasion and occupation of Iraq, that continues claim the lives of our country’s bravest men and women, has now been forcast to cost. Think about that just for a second. Every single death, Iraqi and American coalition alike, could have been saved and Bush could have had Saddam’s oil, but apparently he didn’t even seriously consider it. Topping that, he then lied in public to the entire world about it just so he could have his war regardless. How’s that for compassionate conservatism? h/t Joshua

sunday

If you are free sunday, free wine, theatre and food.

http://www.mcctheater.com/Literary%20Folder/Readings.htm

and

http://aszym.blogspot.com/2007/09/from-mcc-this-sunday.html

bait and switch or why talk about the issues?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/26/225845/285

Hear Bill Clinton talk about the Senate vote on whether or not to
condemn the Move On Ad, General Betray Us.

h/t Joshua

http://writerjoshuajames.com/dailydojo/

because you need to know

Bog Face Post of note

from apple: "Then there was his trashing of Lucy Thurber's Scarcity, which seemed to suggest that brutality in the "underbrush of American culture" makes for compelling drama coming from Sam Shepard, Tracy Letts, or Martin McDonagh but just spells "Ick" when written by a woman. I haven't yet seen Scarcity (though someone very dear to me, a man, came home raving about brilliant it was) so maybe he's right, maybe it's unconvincing, but the tone of the review, holy crap, it's just dripping with condescension."

read some Durang, prevent a US attack on Iran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-durang/beware-kyllieberman-pro_b_65797.html

12 dollar tix for first week of departures

http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=DEP

Bush and Upholding Human Rights

http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/george_bushs_devotion_human_rights

h/t isaac

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/

argh...Chicago makes me admit to lameness

I've been meme tagged again. this time by Paul (or Adam or Bries apparently) http://prekk.blogspot.com/ for a meme written by Marisa http://chainsawcalligraphy.blogspot.com/ List 5 things that certain people (who are not deserving of being your friend anyway) may consider to be "totally lame," but you are, despite the possible stigma, totally proud of. Own it. Tag 5 others: 1. I'm an Eagle Scout. enough said. 2. I don't deal well with blood. I sometimes faint (or vomit) after blood is taken from me and sometimes I can't watch blood being taken from other people or pets. 3. in 8th grade, me and another white kid did a production of a David Henry Hwang play in which we were supposed to be Chinese railroad workers. 4. I own a binding machine. 5. After talking to someone for a little while I can guess (9 times out of 10 correctly) if they are an only child, youngest, oldest etc. oh...tagging people. Freeman, Johnna, Ruben, Malachy, Callaghan