It’s occurred to us that we haven’t done a gardening column yet this year. This is a major oversight for us, given that gardening is right behind mountain biking among our passionate avocations. An essay about the garden is always easy to crank out, and that’s especially useful when we can’t seem to come [...]
Archive for July, 2009
A Midsummer Gardening Ramble
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Be My Baby
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Phil Spector, the ’60s record producer who used to be known for his “wall of sound”, but who has recently gained fame for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, is having a hell of a time adjusting to his life sentence behind bars. He’s had to give up all his wigs, for one thing, [...]
Off The Deep End
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Phelps, the pot-smoking swimming sensation who broke Mark Spitz’s long-standing Olympic record by winning eight gold medals at last year’s Beijing summer games, has announced that he “won’t swim again” until FINA, swimming’s international governing body, imposes a ban on the use of “supersuits”, like the one that Phelps himself wore to give him [...]
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OMT Palintweet
Well, our girl Sarah Palin officially resigned from the Alaska governorship yesterday, her first step on what we expect will be a thoroughly entertaining road to the White House in 2012. On her way out the door, she took a couple of swipes at those in the media who have the audacity to [...]
Marching Off to Buffalo
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was revealed this weekend (conveniently so, since most people don’t keep up with the news on weekends) that the Bush Administration considered using the Army to invade a Buffalo, New York, suburb to apprehend a group of terror suspects in what would have been the first use of US troops on American soil since [...]
Bowling for Chump Change
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Here at OMT, we tend to like films that fall into a category we like to call “thinking man’s weird”, which is why we’re such a big fan of director and ex-Monty Python member Terry Gilliam. Also capable of producing movies in this genre are Joel and Ethan Coen, who have written and directed [...]
And The Features Just Keep Comin’
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2009 | Comments Off
OMT Palintweet
OMT’s newest feature, the OMT Palintweet is a more concise form of the OMT Palinwatch segment we introduced yesterday. Palintweets will consist of just a short Palin observation, or in the case of this first “PT” (see how quickly we get the hang of things), a link to Palin-related content elsewhere on the [...]
Who Do You Trust?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2009 | Comments Off
A new poll from Time magazine probably has Walter Cronkite turning over in his fresh grave before he even gets a chance to settle in to it.
In an on-line poll that asked the question, “Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America’s most trusted newscaster?”, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show came in [...]
Sarah’s Coming Out Party
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
OMT Palinwatch
Here at OMT, we know when to throw in the towel. Many of you have followed, with varying degrees of concern, our ongoing efforts at grappling with our Sarah Palin addiction. We’ve tried temporarily shuttering OMT, we’ve gone the therapy route, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that there’s just no way we [...]
Searching for Signal – Part II
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here at OMT, it’s a nice feeling when we’re ahead of the curve, as it turns out we were on Monday when we posted our thoughts about cell phone use while driving.
Today in Slate, William Saletan tackles the same topic in his Human Nature blog, and if you think we were on the [...]
