September 2009 Archives
Pick Up Line 2009
By Ophelia Chong
September 23, 2009
Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!
To mass fires, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y'all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?
(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say...
- The Trammps 1977 "Disco Inferno"
Be a Fan of Me
By Ophelia Chong
September 16, 2009
If you are on Facebook, you will get the occasional mass email to join someone's fan club. These fan clubs are not for a celebrity or a cause, but for the person asking you to join the fan club; it's a "Me" Fan Club. "Wait a minute..." you say to me, a Fan Club based on themselves?
Pinocchio's Nose, Dorian's Portrait
By Ophelia Chong
September 10, 2009
The latest news of Former Orange County Assemblyman Michael Duvall caught talking about his extra-marital affairs on a hot mike and his subsequent denial of the affairs as reported by Shane Goldmacher and Patrick McGreevy in the LA Times. The affair would have been just another "he said she said" back and forth in the days before Google Search, where we would just have to rely on what is printed in front of us, shown on the local news or written on the lavatory walls.
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