Take the essential plot of Grumpy Old Men, change the characters from loveable old farts Lemmon and Matthau to two angry ex-cops with hair triggers, and ratchet up the mayhem and the hatred. Then throw the whole thing into court, and seat a local blogger

Congratulations, America. UPDATE: Well, not so much you, California. Seriously, WTF?

Hurty Elbow has compiled a list of runners-up in every Presidential election ever. Some of my favorites: Al Gore karaokeing "Any Way You Want It" Richard Nixon responding to his critics (far right) Alf Landon, no comment necessary John C. Breck

My prediction.

There was way too much chance that Sarah Palin was going to screw up, so props to the McCain campaign for having the good sense to send that TalkingPointsBot in her stead. Too bad the "maverick" button got stuck in the "on" position f

Slideshow here. If you're a fan of Rock/Paper/Saddam, you should be all over this too.

Google is celebrating its 10th anniversary by displaying a search engine from 2001, the earliest they have still on file. To give you an idea how long ago that was, the New York Yankees were still defending World Champions then. Amazing what horrors the