"All Hostages Dead/Slaughtered in Sahara."

The Drudge headline hangs over from yesterday , even though Barack Obama will be sworn in to his second term in office later this morning. I...

"Dear Katharine Hepburn, My daughter is having a graduating party in the rented house next door to you, (the one with the dog)..."

"... it will be from 7:30 to 10 — if you could stop by, you'd be most welcome. Bob Dylan."

Why are you so selfish?

If you're on the left, you're sensitive about that aren't you? Well, then... Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up? ...

"Bill Clinton's glamorous fundraiser called 'worst party ever' by angry guests."

The U.K. Telegraph reports : Attendees complained the underground venue “stank”, with perspiration “dripping off the walls” and the rooms to...

George Clooney's big party for Obama in a tent — not in his house — on his basketball court.

WaPo reports: “We raised a lot of money because everybody loves George. They like me, they love him. And rightfully so. Not only is he an un...

"Ponchos and sombreros: Partygoers don ‘insensitive’ attire despite student efforts."

Imagine! Student efforts failing to sear prick the conscience of the Mifflin Street Block Party people. The student group that wants respec...

"Another Atlantic-sponsored party where ordinary guests get to stand in a separate area and watch the higher-ranking guests talk to each other."

"Somebody over there thinks Americans like that sort of thing." That's Mickey Kaus, via Instapundit . I'd like to see the ...

Should students who party on Cinco de Mayo be shamed for their ethnic insensitivity?

That's what's going on here in Madison. “It was a good opportunity,” said [a UW-Madison student who designed a Cinco de Mifflin T-sh...

Will you attend a "Titanic Dinner" this Saturday, in remembrance of the last dinner on the Titanic 100 years ago?

There's one here in Madison, at Steenbock's on Orchard , which is an excellent place. 11 courses, $100 with "wine pairings....

"Oh, it's Presidents Day. Some people have the day off."

My outburst, on glancing at my Twitter feed this morning. Excuse me for not sufficiently valuing the generic President of the United States,...

Yeah, I have always wondered what "mummers" were..."

"Eleven were charged with prostitution last night in connection with a Mummers orgy."

"We will burst open multicolored sparks... and rays prismatic.... and rays prismatic..."

The Big Game Day meets the Marijuana Harvest Festival ... today, in Madison, Wisconsin. The crowd on State Street is consuming the legal min...

"This is a clash of two historically hemp producing states... Both Nebraska and Wisconsin had thriving hemp industries."

When Football Saturday meets the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival.

At the County Fair.

Dane County, Wisconsin, this afternoon: "After petting all the beasts, clean your hands before you feast": Pigs, sleeping like 2 ...

I like the way the British newspaper has the strongest 4th of July frontpage today.

Here 's the article. Don't miss the second photograph, of the adorable little boy with flag painted on his face — held in the arms o...

Fireworks.

Did you take 4th of July festivities into your own hands?

"Everybody say freedom... I like unity of mankind...."

(Via Bloggingheads .)

"Reading The Declaration Of Independence Aloud..."

NPR does a nice job of.

"The People’s Bratfest was designed to be an alternative to the World’s Largest Brat Fest, but it was not meant to be an anti-Johnsonville event..."

Inane Madison politics rages on, in the form of a sausage.

I find toast-botch too painful to mock.

What if you gave a toast and nobody raised their glass with you, because they were in the middle of a solemn ritual that you had thought was...