"Rehearsals sap my pep... tell me what I have to do and I'll do it."

Said the actress Clara Bow (in 1929), who did it like this: ... in "Kittens" (1926). And this: ... in "Wings" (1927), w...

"I'm amused that right after 'potato, my penis droops' up pops Quayle."

I say, in the laughing-in-bed first-post-of-the-morning.  Quayle is a regular commenter here, but — who knows, on the internet? — it might b...

How should we celebrate the 100th birthday of Richard M. Nixon?

It's today. Ideas: 1. Tell us your favorite thing about Richard Nixon. (It's his birthday. No need to trot out all the usual hatred....

All over the world, women are self-comforting...

... grasping their skirt hems and rolling, rolling them upward, absent-mindedly. Meanwhile, women eat cupcakes, cupcakes, which were ranked ...

"It's not surprising that we're so bitter, and we cling to hand grenades and Anglican religion and we use Va-a-a-a-se-line."

That quote ends the previous post , which you need to absorb — perhaps with a piece of toast — to ready yourself for the following exercise ...

What's the point?

Drudge has everyone pointing: (Click to enlarge.) "'HE'S A BULLSHITTER'" goes to a Weekly Standard item , quoting Oba...

"Do you think the campaigns made an agreement that the candidates would have the exact same interaction at the beginning and end of each debate?"

"They always pat each other on the side of the arm while laughing, as if one of them had said something funny in the previous split-sec...

"A candidate who actually nods when his opponent makes a powerful counterargument—as Obama did several times during the last debate—is a rare bird."

So wrote Slate Culture Critic Meghan O'Rourke on October 28, 2008, in a collection of short statements by various Slate writers, explain...

"Next time someone is wasting your life with their voice, any look from this rainbow of options ranging from passive-aggressive..."

"... to aggressive-aggressive will help ward them off. Some might call you insensitive or rude, but to those haters, just shoot any oth...

"Wisconsin Recall Amnesia: Why aren't Democrats running against Scott Walker's union reforms?"

Asks the Wall Street Journal: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the front-runner, has focused his campaigns on jobs, education, the environment a...

139 human individuals... mostly Pakistani soldiers....

... buried under 70 feet of avalanched snow. The Siachen Glacier, known as the world's highest battleground, is 6,300 meters (20,670 fee...

A Drudge photo juxtaposition, presented for your intepretation.

You've got Obama, turning to his right, gleefully chomping a chocolate-dipped strawberry, with the heading "Obama Ready to Eat the ...

"I really doubt this gesture is about making the world a better place..."

"... for the serendipity-loving people and their penchant for maidens playing banjos under trees."