All I needed was a write-up of this movie (Outlander) to know that
a) I needed to see this.
b) No one else I know would enjoy it.
c) This is a movie I could totally watch with Austin and love.
Friend, please tell me you haven’t grown so much as to leave such a movie as this behind!
Okay, so it’s only 500 posts, but I still think it’s worth noting. I’ve collected my Top 10 HPN moments to celebrate. Enjoy, and may there be 500 more.
10. Surprisingly near the beginning, Austin introduced the word “underwhelming” to our blog. (It was banned not long after.)
9. The first time that Austin crapped up the blog (or at least, the first time that Chris publicly complained.)
8. Arguably our biggest hit on Google.
7. For whatever reason, search engines also like Austin’s “the killers suck” post.
6. My favorite David Dark video.
5. And I’ll never forget Chris’s dedication. Thanks, bro.
4. Austin’s moment of internet celebrity.
3. Have we forgotten Paris Hilton’s pre-election moment of brilliance?
2. Austin reviewed Crunchy Cons over six months ago, and he still hasn’t read the book.
1. David Dalbey declared that this video justified the existence of the internet. How could it not be #1?
And as an aside, post statistics for our six faithful authors:
A – 139 posts
B – 22 posts
C – 88 posts
D – 118 posts
F – 126 posts
G – 6 posts
I know we’re all always reading books, watching movies, and listening to movies. I also know that we’re often on the look-out for new such things to engage and enjoy. Which naturally leads to the following suggestion: why don’t we make a concerted effort to post more about the said things?
This is more for everyone else besides me: I already talk a lot on here about what I’m reading, watching, listening to, etc. I would love to hear, for example, what Gabe thinks of The Dubliners, what Davey is learning about economics, why documentaries fascinate Austin (and others), what Rush and country music are currently doing to Brian, and, well, just any random comment that Chris might be able to offer about whatever it is he’s grooving to these days.
Just a thought. Feel free to be enthused or disregard as the spirit moves you.
I give this to you all, for Austin: “Language is a complementary, moist, lemon-scented cleansing square.”
I’d like to invite you all to participate in a new segment here on the blog. That’s right, it’s…
Correct Austin’s Economic Ignorance!
In this episode, I’ll question laissez-faire and trickle-down economics, and you can tell me what’s wrong with my speculations.
In “trickle-down” economics, what’s good for the rich is good for everyone. If the rich have more money, they’ll invest in the economy, creating jobs, helping the poor, etc.
But it seems like money always flows “uphill”, from the rich to the poor. The rich have more money than they can spend, and the poor have to spend everything that they make. On the lower end of the income spetrum, 
income matches or exceeds expenses all the time. People live paycheck to paycheck, and when they spend money some of it goes to the other workers living paycheck to paycheck, and some of it goes to the owner of the means of production, who adds it to his money bin.
This system is broken.
The money needs to be forced into circulation, which means higher taxes for the rich. But they shouldn’t care, because the money will come back to them. This isn’t socialism, it’s making capitalism work. Discuss.
Citizens of the Republic of Austinnica: It is with unconcealed pride that I declare to you today the selection of the official bird of our fair land, long may it prosper. A quorum of our parliamentarians labored long into the afternoon over the selection, and in a fit of fevered genius reinvented the sandwich midway through. I am utterly convinced of the excellence of their selection. » Read the rest of this entry «
I’ve scheduled posts for while I’m gone, so you don’t miss me. No, I’m not blogging on my honeymoon. Pretty weird anyway, though, eh?
Not to play the middle man or anything, but I share neither Austin’s Palindramatic love, nor Chris’ strangely Sullivanesque disgust of the GOP VP pick. But I do endorse Daniel Larison’s skepticism of the wild abandon with which conservatives have thrown themselves at Mrs. Palin. Read it now.
<begin junior high taunt> If you love her so much, why don’t you marry her? <end junior high taunt>
UPDATE: Btw, I deliberately overstated A and C’s responses to Palin. Read their actual posts to get the real substance of things.
This is one of my all-time favorite AD moments. For Austin.
For Austin: more consumer wares for us to covet!