The Indefinite Article is delighted to bring you a world-exclusive interview with Li Tei who was the one who actually had to sit with the Olympic Flame in his lap all the way from Athens to Beijing.
TIA: This must have been a huge honor for you.
Li Tei: This was a great honor. Usually I transport [...]
The Department of Intrusive Customer Service here at the Indefinite Article recently provided me with their analysis our the readership which I would like to share here with same. Our readership they find is highly educated, urbane, sophisticated, interested in the broader world, of above average intelligence and mostly visiting The Indefinite Article ON [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )President Bush II announced in 2004 that he was all for an ownership society. Some would argue in view of the current housing/mortgage/market meltdown crisis that this was foolishness but the question requires deeper analysis. Who was supposed to own what? The general interpretation was that low and middle-income “folk” should be able to own [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Some of you may remember our secret climatologically enhanced Olympic training facility in south Florida. When last we heard all was going swimmingly in the hands of our able operatives Meyers and Harrison.
Well, I have just received an urgent communiqué from them and would like to poll our readership (cheaper than hiring a consultant; [...]
The avid and not so avid followers of The Indefinite Article will have noticed a brief hiatus in outpourings. The Principals of The Indefinite Article spent the weekend and deep into Tuesday in negotiations with the beleagured investment bank Jai, Alai, Threecard Monty. The Indefinite Article has now made a buyout offer of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )As we look back at 5 years of Operation Cakewalk to Freedom and all the progress that has been made as the Surge provides levels of stability that allow the Iraqi government to disintegrate in relative peace, it is good to remind ourselves of who planned it, cajoled people to get behind it and how [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Last night I had a telephone call from my man at Jai, Alai, Threecard-Monty LLC. For continuity’s sake I continue to refer to him thus even though he is no longer at the firm. And that brings me to the phone call. He called me from somewhere beside the sea from what he referred to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Many are discussing Barack Obama’s recent speech. Whatever you think of it, it is useful to remind oneself exactly how low the bar of public speaking has been set. Herewith The Department of Obfuscatory Forensics here at The Indefinite Article has provided the translation of the 2008 State of the Union speech now in the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )I received this letter from the legal representatives of Feargal Macken via motorcycle messenger yesterday evening.
Holden, Slippinger & Mertz
Re: Che Iluminati botini or Shine Up Your Buttons
Sir,
We are counsel to Feargal Macken. Mr. Macken is a respected performer whose reputation to date has depended on the purity of his art. Mr. Macken, as you know, [...]
I imagine few of you have heard of and fewer still actually heard the reclusive and mysterious Irish tenor Feargal Macken. This enigmatic young man, who refuses to make any electronic recordings, appears unannounced in rare staged operas and gives impromptu recitals in unconventional venues, turned up last night at a delightful Patrick’s Day gathering [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Just got off the phone with My Man at Jai, Alai, Threecard-Monty LLC. He had the following asset allocation recommendation for a balanced portfolio , based on walking by the New York Federal Reserve Bank this morning and noticing that the usually lightly armed Federal Reserve cop was toting a pump-action shotgun:
50% Carbon Emission Futures
30% [...]
Saturday was a rest day for the athletes from the country that insists on continuing to remain nameless and the Provisional Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuffe St. Ironically they chose to spend it in our secret facility drinking, smoking and playing pool, which is pretty much how they had spent the two previous days.
On Sunday [...]
Smoky back Room. South Florida. 12:30
Just woke up under a pool table. Last night got a little out of hand. The pole vaulters from the country that shall continue to remain nameless challenged the Provisional Ancient Order of Hibernians (Cuffe Street) to a tequila shots contest. Anyway, woke up just now and this link was [...]
Smoky Back Room. Florida. 1:00pm
Things have been a little tense. Colm Hennessey, who up to twenty minutes ago was Vice President of Acquisitions, Transitioning and Mission Statements for the Indefinite Article Consulting Group, double-booked our secret location here.
At one end of the room we have the athletes from the country that shall remain nameless learning [...]
I am delighted to announce that Indefinite Article Consulting Group, a shady subsidiary of The Indefinite Article has been contracted by an Olympic Committee that shall remain nameless to provide expert coping strategies and training for its athletes in the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Our patented acclimatization program includes but is not limited to the following [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Where cheap phrases like “Eva Mendes nude” are never used to attract traffic and sometimes the tagline changes just cos it’s the solstice.
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