Daniel Kells

The Bill O’Reilly “Inside Edition” meltdown has been re-played to death (in a mere three days), but this take is pretty funny.

Yesterday my dog Tessie had a cancerous mast cell tumor removed from her back.  She handled the surgery just fine, though today she seems to be sad and/or in pain, as she’s been quietly crying pretty regularly throughout the afternoon.  A couple of friends have asked what the surgery scar looks like, so I’ve decided to post a pictue here (well, after the jump actually).  Hopefully she’ll recover from the surgery and we won’t have any more recurrances of this.

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I’m not 100% sure I care whether or not the nomination process for the Democrats is wrapped up soon.  Personally, I think that McCain is such a flawed candidate and the country ready for a change that regardless of if the nominee is Hillary or Barack, and regardless of if the process wraps up tomorrow or in August, I think whichever one is the nominee has a better than good shot at winning.

That said, I think a completely wrecked Chelsea is saying to her mom in this photo, “Maaa, I wanna go home, okay?  Now.  Please?  You’re embarrassing me.  C’mon, ma.  Please.  Let’s go.”

Photo:  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

This evening MSNBC is airing a documentary called “Into the Woods,” about a child predator who kept his victims… wait for it… in the woods.

Unfortunately, one of the sharp tacks at Time Warner Cable got it a smidge wrong, and as you can see from the screen capture below, Sondheim fans will be sorely disappointed when they tune in.

I placed an ad recently on Craigslist looking for a roommate, and this was one of the responses I got.  You’ve gotta love her (his?) honesty.

WOULD YOU CONSIDER A TRANNY 4 ROOMMATE ?

I AM A PART ESCORT & ONLY SEE REGULARS

I AM QUIET, CLEAN, REASPONSIBLE

NITE CLUB HOSTESS  & FASHION DESIGNER

WILL BE RELOCATING TO LA FROM NYC TO OPEN A NITE CLUB & FURTHER MY FASHION BUISNESS, I USED TO LIVE IN LA & HAVE GREAT CONSERVITIVE REGULARS .

ANYWAY, I UNDERSTAND IF YOU WONT CONSIDER ME. 

I AM OUT GOING & ALOT OF FUN BUT AT HOME KEEP TO MYSELF.

THANK YOU,

~ MIA

My favorite non-fast food Chinese place in Los Angeles is Wokcano, down on Third Street near the Beverly Center.  Their orange chicken is legendary.

When I went there this week for lunch, I noticed that the rice is no longer served in a side bowl, but on the place with the chicken, and in a smaller quantity than if it were in the bowl.

When I asked the waitress about the change, she said “because of the rice shortage.”

Stand-by rice riots.  And… rice riots go.

My good friend (and former Penis puppeteer) Jef Benjamin turned me onto this YouTube clip when I visited him up in Seattle recently.

Here are some random thoughts/observations, from the past couple of days. 

At the end of Olbermann’s interview with Clinton he said that they offered to interview Obama or one of his surrogates as well, but the Obama campaign passed.  Huh?  I mean, talk about a missed opportunity to speak to the activists that Clinton dissed in her very own “Caught on Tape” moment.  And after Axelrod’s sterling performance on “Meet the Press” yesterday, it seems like it should have been a no-brainer.

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Okay, don’t shoot me.  Seriously, don’t.  But I rewound the Obama speech the first time I saw it because it really did look like he gave the finger.  Now, I’m a rational human being, and I know Obama wouldn’t give the finger in a speech, but I did go back and look at it knowing full-well that Contessa Brewer and other vapid anchorwhores would at least question it.

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And this applies to “Fingergate,” as well as any other damn thing.  Once a question is asked, the media seems to give equal weight to any stupid answer, regardless of whether or not the answer is even plausable.  In what world would Barack Obama give the finger during a speech?  IN NO FUCKING WORLD!!  But that answer must be given equal time to the correct answer, that he was scratching his face.  Lordy, the stupid has been brought recently.

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Okay, I’ve only noticed this three times, but that might be a trend…  And John McCain did is Sunday on “This Week,” so I’m inclined to say that Karl Rove whispered this into his ear and he’s following along like a good little soldier.  Here’s what he did.  Instead of calling Barack “Ba-rock,” he called him “Berrrick.”  Maybe I’ve been reading too many blogs, but I’m certain Karl Rove is behind everything, and this type of thing seems so Rovian.

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The footage of the marchers after Obama’s Friday night rally chanting “Yes We Can” was pretty freaking awesome.

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That thing on John McCain’s face seems larger.  Seriously.  It’s like something from South Park.

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I went to see “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”  My initial instinct was to not see the movie, because their ad campaign around Los Angeles really pissed me off.  (Did this campaign go on elsewhere?  Billboards that say things like “Even my mom could’t stand you Sarah Marshall.”  But they didn’t say anything about the movie?  Like, look at me, I’m clever.  Hehehe.  Whatever, I digress.)  Anyway, didn’t click for me.  But here’s my biggest problem with the film:  the two best lines from the commercial weren’t even in the movie.  Jonah Hill yelling over his shoulder about a party of one, nope, not in the movie.  And Jason Segel sitting naked on the sofa saying, “Do you want to pick out the outfit I should wear for you to break up with me?”  Also not in the movie.  As the kids say these days, WTF?

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Mrs. Landingham is in a commercial for FiberOne Yogurt.  And not as “I’m the woman who played Mrs. Landingham and now I think you need to eat this crap.”  No, she’s just a shopper in a supermarket.  That made me kind of sad.

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On that note, I oftentimes will wake up thinking that I need to check on-line to see what President Bartlet’s administration is up to.  You can imagine my surprise as my dream-state comes crashing down to earth…

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I purchased three non-fiction books today, the first time evah I have not purchased fiction (aside from cookbooks).  Two of Glenn’s book and Cliff’s book.  Hurry, Amazon, bring me books!!

Thanks for reading!!

I never got into the “Sex and the City” craze.  I think I didn’t have HBO when it first came out, and never got caught up in it.  And while I have intended on watching the DVD’s, I just haven’t gotten around to doing it.

That said, I must confess that the trailer for the film coming out this year looks pretty damn good.  So, advice time:  Do you think I should try and see some of the TV shows before seeing the movie, or you think I’m safe to just dive into the movie without?

Here’s the trailer:

I know it’s been ages since I’ve posted anything.  Hopefully now that I’m done touring for a couple of months I’ll have plenty of time (and a quality internet connection) to get this damn blog updated.

In the meantime… here’s another “National Anthem” clip.  Ohh, hold on, ‘cuz this one’s a bumpy ride.