» On 6/22/2006 08:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Anikó wrote:
Hidden Palms pilot clip: Alan's back is famous!

 
» On 6/17/2006 08:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Anikó's in the newspaper today. Business section. Hm.

[...] In her native Hungary, Indio resident Anikó J. Bartos held CFO-level positions with small companies for several years. But since coming to America in 2000 and becoming a U.S. citizen - and even after learning English and earning a new social science-accounting degree with high honors - she's having problems landing an appropriate full-time position.

"Despite several short-term and seasonal (tax preparation) assignments over the past two years, I still cannot find my place in this job market," Bartos, 54, said earlier this week.

"I'm still optimistic that I will find something," she added. "But I'd really like to find a job that makes use of my expertise." [...]

 
» On 6/13/2006 07:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Dances With Chimps, Scene 3
LT. JOHN DUMBELL: So what do your people call me?
STANDS WITH A FART: Roughly translated, Dances With Chimps.
CHEETOE THE TALKING CHIMP: Hey! Is that a slam?!
STANDS: No, not at all - we saw you two doing the Lambada at that hot new Sweaty Palms disco, and we assumed you were a couple.
DUMBELL/CHEETOE (simultaneously): Uh-uh, no way, we're not gay!
DUMBELL: We're just a coupla lonely cowpokes who stayed on the mountain and stared at the sheep a bit too long.
STANDS (snuggling in close to Dumbell): Does that mean you like to dance with girls, too?
DUMBELL: Hummena-hummena-hummena...
CHEETOE: It's okay, Dumbell. Do what you have to do. I'll just go hang around the monkey bars.

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To be continued...

 
» On 6/12/2006 01:59:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
High Court Allows Lethal Shot Challenges (AP): The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new constitutional challenges to lethal injection [...] In an unanimous decision, the court allowed those condemned to die to make last-minute claims that the chemicals used are too painful - and therefore amount to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.

Meanwhile: Saudi Arabia Beheads Man for Murder (CBS): Saudi beheadings are carried out with a sword in public to serve as a deterrent. The kingdom beheaded 83 people in 2005 and 35 people in 2004.

 
» On 6/12/2006 07:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Dances With Chimps, Scene 2
LT. JOHN DUMBELL: Whaddaya say we erect some tall buildings in downtown Sweaty Palms, just to rile up the locals?
CHEETOE THE TALKING CHIMP: You're a kamikaze, Dumbell. Or maybe vice versa.
FLIPPING BIRD (subtitled): You need a girlfriend, Lieutenant. Keep you out of trouble.
DUMBELL: Sounds good to me. Any candidates? (Flipping Bird signals to a nearby woman, who stands up, emitting a noise like a loud foghorn.)
CHEETOE: Wow. Impressive sound effects.
DUMBELL: Pretty gal, too. What's her name?
FLIPPING BIRD (subtitled): Stands With A Fart.
DUMBELL (passing some gas himself): I think I'm in love.

 
» On 6/11/2006 08:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Dances With Chimps, Scene 1
LT. JOHN DUMBELL (sitting in the sparse shade of an ocotillo): Cheetoe, we've journeyed long and hard to reach this godforsaken desert.
CHEETOE THE TALKING CHIMP (lounging under a nearby palm tree): Bwana, it's only a hundred miles east of LA. But... whatever.
FLIPPING BIRD (subtitled, lounging next to Cheetoe): Why doesn't he come in out of the sun?
CHEETOE: These crazy palefaces are heavily into S&M. Mostly M.
DUMBELL: Geez, it's hot. I'm gonna call this place Sweaty Palms.
FLIPPING BIRD (subtitled again): Did it ever occur to you that we might already *have* a name for our oasis?
DUMBELL: Doesn't matter. Here's a bunch of cash. I'm buying half this valley from your tribe, in a checkerboard pattern. It'll make swell golf courses. Let's drink some firewater, to seal the deal.
FLIPPING BIRD (still subtitled): Careful, Kemo Sabe. If you offer alcohol to my people, we'll offer your people blackjack.

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Nota Bene: This is satire. Or attempted satire. If you see any resemblance to real people—living, dead, or retired—it might signal the onset of sunstroke. Check with your aromatherapist.

 
» On 6/07/2006 08:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Anikó wrote:
"The Daily Dish of Cosmopolitan Budapest": Hungarian blog Pestiside.hu called Alan an American Blog Pioneer yesterday...

 
» On 6/01/2006 07:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Budapest remembered: How I spent my spring vacation is up over at TDQ.

Blöki pooper-scooper is also pretty decent, if I do say so myself.

Oh good Christ, I'm getting too lazy to write for my own blog...