Terrace Agenda

Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted in Miscellany by Fletch on November 25, 2009

Driving Through a Snowstorm With BNut: An Improvisation in One Act

Posted in Entertainment, Meta, Sexy X-Men?, Story Time by Zack! on November 23, 2009

Characters:

Larry

Lana

Gabriel

Act One, Scene One: The interior of the Bennett family car, driving through a snowstorm in the middle of Wyoming.  Lana and Larry are in the front seat; Gabriel is laying across the backseat.  He has his blackberry out; Larry’s knuckles are white.  Lana is knitting.

LARRY:  Well, this sure is a lot of snow.

GABRIEL:  Duh…If you would have asked me, I could have told you we were going to have to drive through snow.

LARRY:  Yeah.  Lucky for you, I know exactly where the middle of the road is.  Now, Gabe, shut the fuck up and let me drive.

GABRIEL:  Whatever, hoser.  It’s a good thing that I’ve got nothing to do.  If I were in New York, I’d be incredibly busy.  So busy.  It’d be incredible.

LANA:  Well dear, since you have nothing to do, would you mind winding this yarn for me?

GABRIEL:  It’s not like I have nothing to do.  Obviously, I’m in this car in the middle of a snowstorm and I can’t do anything.  I have stuff to do.   Tons.  Literally.

LANA:  Okay.  Thank you, Gabe.

GABRIEL:  Hey–are we even still on the road?

LARRY:  It’s not about being on the road, it’s about being in the middle of it.  And yes, to answer your earlier question, we are still on the road.

GABRIEL:  Yeah.  I’m sure.  Hey, do you know what time we’ll be back?  I might have a date with this girl I met at the last truck stop.  She’s so in love with me.

LARRY:  Uh-huh.  Didn’t you learn anything from the Tao Te Ching?   Enjoy the car ride.  Save the girls for later.

GABRIEL:  Right.  That’s what she said.

LANA:  Gabriel, honestly!

GABRIEL:  Booger.   

[close curtains]

Uh… AP?

Posted in Media by Fletch on November 18, 2009

Please explain:

Why is there a picture of Bill Clinton from November 5th on there? The article is about… Harry Reid… and… health care. Feel free to check the article, it’s not like it’s ultimately about Clinton somehow.

I just don’t understand what in the world is going on at that place. What does that picture have to do with anything? Do they even care? How lazy can they be?



Edit: It could also be Yahoo’s fault. Even so, I remain confused.



Update: Ha! They changed the picture to Harry Reid. Well, at least it only took a couple of hours. I mean, it’s asking a lot for them to get it right before they put it up.


Eric Holder, Secret Muslim.

Posted in Law by Fletch on November 18, 2009

Dang, we’ve been getting tons of hits from people who are scouring the internets trying to find out if Attorney General Eric Holder, who is busy talking to Congress about his decision to try KSM and other 9/11 suspects in federal court, is somehow a Muslim, and maybe that’s why he’s doing this. The reason they’re coming here, aside from the Agenda being the go-to source for all things, especially Muslim-y things, is because of this post. Hey, whatever drives traffic, right?

Here’s the thing, peeps: He’s not doing this because he’s a secret terrorist, he’s trying these guys in a court of law because he’s the Attorney General of the United States, and not a goddamned pansy who’s afraid of the American justice system. See, he actually believes that we’re a nation of laws, not a nation of men, and he doesn’t wet the bed with fear that KSM is actually Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.

Seriously, that sound you hear isn’t black helicopters outside your house, it’s the wind blowing through that gaping hole in your skull where your brain ought to be. While it may be true that just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not after you, sometimes it’s also true that you’re just fucking paranoid. Settle the hell down.


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THIS.

Posted in Cities, Food, Human Rights by Fletch on November 18, 2009





Know what that is? That’s a carne mechada patacón, from Venezuela. It might look like a burger, but look more closely and you’ll see that the “bun” is really flattened plantains, which surround shredded beef, condiments (including SPECIAL SAUCE), and fried cheese.

EXCEPT, it’s not IN Venezuela, it’s in NEW YORK CITY. That’s right, this is from Patacon Pisao, in Queens. QUEENS! Why have you Queens residents not told me about this???? Why have you not mailed 50 of these to me already?!? You know who you are. I am disappointed.

Must eat. MUST. I have it on good authority that Ponce De Leon was not, in fact, looking for the Fountain of Youth. That was a translation error. He was actually looking for the Plantain of Truth, and he obviously would have found it in Venezuela, or in QUEENS. Please, someone eat this and tell me all about it.



(h/t amy dee)

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StoryCorps, y’all.

Posted in Human Interest, Media by Fletch on November 17, 2009

Hey, listen to KMUW tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 6:35 or 8:35 to hear the first of quite a few local StoryCorps segments that I’ll be producing. This first one is very cute. If you miss it, it’ll be available online, I’ll post that link tomorrow.

Neat.



Update: LINKY.


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Filth, flarn, flarn, flarn, filth.

Posted in Crises, Meta, Scandal, Science by Fletch on November 16, 2009

The Man finally got to us. Zacky’s been down for a while cause they put a bug in his machine, tonight they hit me. My internets box went wacko and won’t boot up anymore. Not sure what the deal is, but it’s not good. It’s gonna be a lot harder to get on here bring you stupid videos for the foreseeable future, hopefully this can be resolved quickly. By which I mean, Dolemite is about to be resurrected. The Man is going down.

Anyway, I fired up the ol’ Apple IIe to get this message out to you, our readers, because it’s just that important. This green cursor is hurting my eyes, though. Then again, it could be worse, I’m pretty sure Zack is running his Commodore 64.

See ya when we see ya. Hopefully very soon…


It’s all in the game.

Posted in Entertainment by Fletch on November 16, 2009

Yeah, maybe we’ve been posting too many videos and pictures here lately, but how in the world do I pass this one up?

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Yes, this really happened.

Posted in Human Interest, Sport by Fletch on November 14, 2009

True story, in Ellis’s own words:

Well.

Posted in Media, Scandal by Fletch on November 12, 2009

Headline from the Christian Science Monitor:





That’s all. I’m not saying anything.