talking in circles.

the supremes took on some heavy action this weeek. bushy and company's seeming position:

"The existing laws do not apply because this is a different kind of war. It's a different kind of war because the president says so. The president gets to say so because he is president."

this is getting ridiculous; it's really a fucking travesty. let's just hope sanity prevails and they get shot down.

get it while it's...there.

i just enjoyed a savory lunch at cafe cuba, the place in the same block with agua linda (the old normaltown cafe space). others have already addressed the food quality more adeptly than i would, so i'll leave that be other than to comment that my lunch entre was delicious. and they provided complimentary soup/salad bar.

i'm posting to encourage 4KS's loyal readers to visit this fine establishment...while you still can. it seems like time and resources may be short over at cafe cuba. my reasons for suspecting this are two-fold:

1. the waitress, in apologizing for slow service, confided in me that she was distracted because their power bill was due by 1pm that day. that they weren't sure if they had enough money in the account to cover it, and that a power cut off seemed imminent.

2. when i approached the front counter to pay the check, the waitress had a problem: she could not make change. for a twenty. at 1pm on a weekday. the register apparently had like $2 in it. she checked her own pocketbook, but only found another $2. she called over the other waitress, who unfortunately only had $4. at this point i offered to pay with a credit card, but she assured me it was no problem. the day was saved by the cook, who emerged from the kitchen and graciously produced two crumpled fives.

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A hell of a party

Snoop, the Super Bowl and a Steelers Victory versus 4 1/2 years? You decide.

the saucemobile:

let it never be said that 4KS does not laud the sauce when it is justified.


above is saucy's new ride. actually i guess it's his old ride, but he just brought it into town. i don't know if it used to belong to his party-time dad or what, but i must admit that it is fly. hopefully it can help him break out of his long-standing sexual drought.

(stolen from a saucy myspace posting)

there are supposed to be 75 bands represented on this picture. how many can you find? lay claim in the comments area.

your tax dollars at work:

check this out.

Set this to trance music and sell it to 19 yr old ravers

The following letter was faxed to my office, as well as the DA's office, the CIA, the FBI, the DEA and a few others. This is awesome (edited for length):

Agencies -
RECENT HOT TUB INCIDENT ON ANTIOCH RD. COULD HAVE BEEN ORCHESTRATED. THIS WAS IN HALL COUNTY. ON THE COVER OF GOLF DIGEST IS TOM WATSON AND A SICKLY AND DEPRESSED JACK NICHOLAUS. YOU HAVE REPORTS OF JACK NICKLAUS LOSING A GRANDSON TO A HOT TUB INCIDENT IN NOT TO DISTANT PAST. AT THE TIME THE TIMELINESS OF THAT INCIDENT SEEM TO BE PERTINENT. THIS INCIDENT IN HALL COUNTY WOULD FIT THE BOWLING BALL SCENARIO. ASSAILANTS SHOULD BE CHECKED TO SEE IF THEY HAVE DRUG RECORDS. DID THEY THROW THE KID IN THE HOT TUB OUT OF A DRUNKEN RAGE BECAUSE OF THE METH BUST IN ATLANTA. KALAN WHEELER, ORIGIN OF THE LYLE CASE IN ATHENS, GA. HAD A HOT TUB AND SHE IS IN JAIL NOW FOR METH. THIS DRUG MAKES CRAZIES OUT OF PEOPLE. I'VE BEEN INVITED TO JOIN THE PGA. WHY, I DO NOT KNOW. I FEEL THE HOT TUB CASE IN HALL COUNTY IS THE BOWLING BALL SCENARIO. COULD THIS CRIME OR SUBDIVISION MOM CRIME BY RUNNING OVER BOWLING BALL PEDESTRIANS BE A PUBLIC ILLNESS. COULD IT SUBSTNTIATE THE DENNIS PAYNE CASE. MOM OR DAD THROWS THE CHILDREN IN THE SEWAGE POND. I GREW UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM A MAN NAMED DENNIS PAYNE. COULD THESE CRIMES BE CONDUCTED BY PEOPLE IN THE DRUG WORLD THAT ARE SAYING HOW WILL I RAISE MY CHILD WITHOUT THE DRUG. THROW HIM IN THE HOT TUB AND MAKE IT SAY A STATEMENT OF TERRORISM. ALSO THOUSANDS OF KEGS OF WINE BURNED AND IT COULD ALUDE TO THE INSOGNA MAZZARA CASE. THE TIMELINESS OF THESE CASES ARE NOT UNALARMING. THANK YOU FOR THE BIG DRUG BUST. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN ATHENS, GA WHO ARE IN FLIGHT. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, OF FLIGHT.

Another SNL Digital Short Classic

Hey Everyone,

I think SNL has struck gold again with a follow up to the classic Chronicles Of Narnia digital short. The new short involves Natalie Portman (who hosted Saturday Night Live this past Saturday) and I must admit it's the funniest thing I've seen on SNL in quite a while and a worthy follow-up to the Chronicles. Just click HERE to see it and to make sure it works just hit pause and let the clip download before you watch it. Enjoy!!!

wilco tomorrow night.

4KS encourages everyone to see the band who had such a painfully obvious influence on the boys of astra. come see what saucy and company were shooting for.

the show starts early; those interesting in getting a drink beforehand, hit up the 283 bar some time between 7 and 8.


ps- don't forget about the joos first-ever tour stop on friday!

handsome german now fully americanized.

if you don't like toilet humor, stop reading. but if that's the case, why are you reading this dumb blog anyway?

(the following exchanged occurred approximately 1 hour ago at big pink. the set-up is that we're running low on TP, and were discussing the characteristics we look for in a good roll.)
McGringo: well, knasselhoff...um...are you familiar with the term dingleberry?

Knasselhoff (in his sexiest german accent): mcgringo, i know what a dingleberry is.

down with the dookies!!!

sometimes something happens that makes life seem worthwhile. the heels are legit, people. last night, tyler hansborough out-dueled shelden williams, while ginyard [et al] did a great job keeping a hand in redick's face (thankfully they never let wee wes miller try to guard him). i think jj hit only one shot in the last 35+ minutes of play. maybe the the best part was that this was senior night. jj and shelden lost in their last home game ever, and they'll remember that for the rest of their lives. hooray!!

in the grander scheme of things, i think duke was kind of exposed here. if you help out on jj and keep him from getting going, they really have trouble creating shots. shelden can score on the block, but he's too methodical to be you go-to.

as for the heels, they look great. terry needs to reign in his shot selection a bit, and i think wes miller should get less minutes (in favor of danny green), but still they're really smoking. what's with quentin thomas all the sudden? a liability until two weeks ago, suddenly he's playing like he could be a starter. and while green makes some boneheaded plays, he's a sensational athlete and a real playmaker. i really believe the heels are ready to make some noise come ncaa time.

the plain truth.

i think i've been doing a tad too much bush bashing on here; not that i'm second-guessing my sentiments, just that i realize it has gotten somewhat redundant.

but this i want to pass on. my pops brought to my attention today's reader "email of the day" from acclaimed blogger / political commentator andrew sullivan. the iraq situation and the bush president could not be better summarized:


"Andrew, face it: The Iraq debate is so over, and the interventionist argument has lost. At best - and that best is very far from certain - Iraq will be an Islamist, theocratic, Iran-dominated state, even with the insurgency suppressed. Women will have far fewer rights than they had under Hussein; in fact, in large parts of the country their oppression will be total. Once the U.S. leaves, I would bet heavily that in time some of Iraq's oil revenue will be diverted to support Hezbollah and Hamas and others of that ilk, under Iran's influence. Democracy is great, but when the Islamist element has all the guns, and the willingness to use them, the moderates will be rendered irrelevant. We will live to see them curse our name.

I think Bush was wrong to go in as quickly as he did, and without international support. That was a huge error, but one that could have been salvaged - even in the absence of WMDs - if the war and its aftermath had been competently and honestly executed. It wasn't, in part because the war had to be sold as a low-cost operation to gain public support, but mostly because - it is now clear - George Bush is one of the most mediocre presidents to ever hold that office. Even worse, as the Katrina experience revealed, he lacks a fundamental moral seriousness, his professed religiosity notwithstanding. I first realized this the night of that now infamous correspondents' dinner, when he was making jokes about not finding weapons of mass destruction. Try to imagine Abe Lincoln or FDR doing something like that during wartime. The consequences in Iraq of this failed leader are apparent - though for some reason not to you. At some point, surely, experience must triumph over hope. Andrew, that point's been reached."

Hey Good Lookin, Go to Restaurante What's Cookin

Last night Mr. Huevos and I dined at Restaurante What's Cooking, the struggling restaurant located at Hawthorne and Oglethorpe. If you are nostalgic for various dearly departed West Side Hispanic restaurants, this might be your ticket. We dined on delicious tortas, crisp peppered french fries, and chips that come with a delicious salsa. Drinks come in cans, but you get as many cans as you want. There is also a decent outside patio area that will work well as the weather warms up. Alas, they are clearly hurting for business and might not be long for this world. Get on board now before it's to late.

sex pistols say "fuck you" to HOF:

they're right: it is definitely a ripoff to have to buy a ticket to your own hall of fame induction.

my sentiments exactly...

here's what the people of india think of our fine president. i like the expression on his face.

this...

...is awesome. IHOP! Who would have known?? I cut out the boring stuff...

Texas' Michael Huff is the top safety prospect in the 2006 NFL draft. He writes a weekly draft diary for SportingNews.com.

The whole process of training and getting ready for the Combine isn't anything new to me since I'm used to working this hard. We certainly didn't take it easy at the University of Texas. So the transition to draft preparation hasn't been that drastic.

I did get the chance recently to take the Wonderlic test, and man, was that interesting. It's a 12-minute exam consisting of 50 questions that are supposed to test your problem-solving skills and aptitude for learning. I don't know what a lot of those questions had to do with my job playing safety on Sundays, but if NFL teams want to know what kind of animal I want to be, a cat or a dog, then I guess I'm all for taking the test.

Since the draft is quickly approaching, I've been thinking about what I'll buy with my first professional paycheck. A lot of people are probably expecting me to say that I'd buy a big house, and that's partly true. But it's not what you think. The first house I buy will be the one with the blue roof on it that says "IHOP." It has been a dream of mine to own my own International House of Pancakes, and someday I will. Just last week I ate there five or six times, and about every time I got the same thing, pancakes and shrimp. It's a cool feeling to know that someday I'll get to eat at my IHOP whenever I want.