In all the hubbub over Senator John McCain dismissing the Dungeons & Dragons vote, one vital story has been ignored — was John McCain tortured by the North Vietnamese during his captivity during the Vietnam War? John McCain would say yes: Just after his release in May 1973, he detailed his experience as a P.O.W.Continue reading “On John McCain and Torture”
Daily Archives: August 20, 2008
On Vincent Price, Gourmet
Random linkage for the day. An article on Vincent Price’s 1960’s cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes. Yes, that Vincent Price. The actor that was born to star in horror films of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The voice of Mystery! The creator of Edward Scissorhands. It’s such an amazingly… bizarre concept. Vincent Price.
On Things That Annoy Me, Number 42
People who don’t “get” references to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy annoy me. I realize that not everyone in the world is going to recognize a reference to H2G2, especially the really obscure ones, but still. There should be some minimum cultural knowledge here! 😆 Blogged with the Flock Browser