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There was mass hysteria in Boston today, and I missed it. A guerilla marketing campaign for the movie version of one of my favorite shows, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, was interpreted as a bomb scare and shut down the transit system.

Police actually detonated the “devices” which were LED boards of Err the Mooninite doing what he does.

Mayor Menino is threatening legal action.

I love this city.

read more at the Dig

Update Feb 1 @ 12:01pm
this city is soooo stupid. Check out the cover of today’s Boston Globe. I don’t really have enough time to blast on this, but essentially the Boston AND state governments (that’s right. Gov. Hope is in on it as well as the Attorney General) are all red and tight in the face because they got punked by their generational pop cultural ignorance coupled with a “post 9/11″ hysteria that somehow managed to NOT happen in such “terr-prone” cities as Los Angeles and New York City. Because of this, the officials here arrested the artists involved and have threatened to lobby the FCC to revoke Turner Broadcasting’s license. They say they spent $500K on anti-terror efforts. Why should the Mooninites pay because YOU’RE stupid?? No wonder people don’t take this city seriously.

The only thing this incident really proves is that the Mooninites might be as powerful as they’ve claimed. Watch out Earth!

This is it everybody. Book number three, and the second in my MoJo book series. One year ago I unveiled the MoJo Quarterly with the goal of releasing a book every three months. That was a stupid expectation. Annual is where it’s at. So I’m happy to present the best of my 2006 work.

Inside you’ll find the best of my essay writing, mostly from my blog but also with my first published Weekly Dig piece — I’m now a columnist there. It’s also chock full of MoJos (a/k/a momentary jokes way better than Leno) and, new this year, photos!

Featured items inside include:

• Why is Colin Powell Still Talkin #$@!???
• Ahh!!! I Just Wanna Rape Kerry Healey Right Now!!
• and
• Jesus Wants YOU to Use EZ-Pass

I’m again releasing it under Creative Commons, so use the material. Just cite me and tell me about it!

It’s a free PDF download.

DOWNLOAD THE KICKASS BOOK

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“They may not be quality, but they will be.”

- Baratunde on his blog postings

I woke up today, as I have everyday for the past 29 years. I turned on the radio. The announcer said it was 3 degrees. THREE. “but it feels like 10 below.” I’m sure i would not have been able to tell the difference. What a painful reassertion by the winter season. How do the eskimos do it? I certainly do not trust them or people in Canada for that matter. Like man-dog love, it ain’t natural, I tell ya.

In other personal news, my decision to remove my wallet from the ranks of early technology adoption is holding firm. A friend today asked me if I was gonna get the new Apple TV box. I have no desire. I can just plug my laptop into the TV with a DVI cable. Cost of Apple TV: $300. Cost of DVI cable: $20. Next?

Oh, and I hate everybody. The IRS, Avis car rentals and the Fast Lane toll people of Massachusetts. Anyone that sends me paper mail demanding money for “violations” or “damage” or “past due payments” really just needs to step off for a while. It’s too cold for that mess right now. Hit me up in the springtime yall.

Just checked the weather. It’s 9 degrees.