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BP Kills Twitter Fail Whale.

Too much oil!  "Drill, Baby, Drill" my ass.

In Memoriam to the Fail Whale and those Birdy Birds . . . .

#FUBP Stands for ‘Fucked Up beyond BP’ . . Join the 1 Million #FUBP Petition!


It works on many levels, right?

First, anger. And there’s lots of that.

Second, it’s succinct and only mildly offensive in comparison to the absolute catastrophe BP has perpetrated in the Gulf. (Honestly, as an MBA, I’m trying to find just one shred of reason to believe what these BP guys say — just one — and I can’t . . everything is an understatement or underestimate.)

Third, I like the ring of it vis-a-vis BP’s own efforts to rebrand itself as ‘beyond petroleum’. Well, we’re so beyond BP right now that if [ more . . ]

What Carl Sagan Might Say about BP Oil Spill . . and Dispersants #OilSpill


I had the privilege of seeing Carl Sagan give a lecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute when I was a student there years ago (not a lot of years ago, mind you, just years ago . . I’m not that old . . yet).

The title of his lecture was Asteroidal Collision with Earth (or something to [ more . . ]

Steal the “bp cares” Logo Contest @BPGlobalPR #BPCaresContest


Here’s something I feel not just worth retweeting but actually saying a quick word about — It’s the @BPGlobalPR campaign on Twitter to show how much BP really, really cares.

To enter the steal the “bp cares” logo contest, just visit the aforementioned link, come up with an idea, deploy, and share / submit.

It’s that [ more . . ]

Haley Barbour’s Animal House “Drill Baby Drill!” Remix of “Shout”


Yup, Governor Haley Barbour (R-Mississippi) is exploring a political remix of Animal House’s famous “Shout”.

Just think of it. Remember that scene when the music’s playing, everyone’s in the basement dancing in togas, and Otis Day and The Knights is playing that famous rendition of [ more . . ]