Apparently the final update...

The Google Phone arrives.

It is a little more expensive than was indicated, and without the great bandwidth deal that has apparently been kiboshed by Congress the data package isn't as wonderful as was projected, but it still sounds worth it. It's cheaper than the iPhone, by about $20. The data package isn't too bad, though the whole thing is less exciting than I was projecting it could be.

And Google is now starting to be considered evil in its own right, which... talk about a bummer.

Petra Out Rocks Jackson

Petra Hayden, formerly of the awesome That Dog, and more recently to be found singing with the best band in the known universe: The Decemberists, has recently not released this.

It is wonderful, especially wonderful since she does all the parts. Every part of it is pure Petra Hayden. Enjoy.

Scary and Awful, but it makes me laugh. Problem?

http://www.wnbc.com/news/17450126/detail.html

The part I like best is that there was a big group of sex offenders living together. Boy, what would one of their parties be like? I'll bet their TV schedule really throws off demographic trends. "Why is there a huge viewership for Barney re-runs in prime time?" I'd love to go to one of these houses where there are 5 or more sex offenders who dress and act like they are children or pretend to be the grandparents of 30 year olds posing as children. Talk about bizarre. John Waters needs to make this his next film. Also, one of them is named Stiffler? How is that even possible in the world? A sex offender named Stiffler? Life imitating art or art imitating life?