Sulu Friday: Top Ten Reasons Why VP Takei Allows Biden to Pretend to be VP

Pictured: Official inaugural photo of Vice President George Takei

10. Needs more time to redecorate the Naval Observatory.
9. Has to stay free to promote the new Star Trek film.
8. One word: groupies.
7. Joe threatened to disclose the location of the VP's secret bunker if Takei revealed the truth.
6. Thinks it would be a good idea to lie low until the economy rebounds. 2012, baby, 2012!
5. Too busy drafting legislation to expel all Canadian citizens from the U.S. (coincidentally, fellow Star Trek alum William Shatner is Canadian).
4. Having too much fun chasing members of Congress through the Capitol with a sword.
3. Tied up in his duties as President of the Senate.
2. Worried that taking Joe out of the line of succession might increase the risk of an assassination attempt on the president.
1. Addicted to watching the verbal train wreck that is Joe Biden.

Sulu Friday: Mr. Zulu

Bonus RIP

For all the movies and tv shows he was in, I liked only a few. Kill Bill is a favorite and I carry Death Race 2000 with me on my iPod.

The Tiananmen Square Massacre: Twenty Years Ago Today

R.I.P. David Carradine

Monkey Tuesday Theme

Here's a song from the past: the "Monkey Tuesday Theme" from Penn's old radio show. From which, of course, we stole Monkey Tuesday. Or saved it from oblivion. One of the two.

Word of the Day: Bushama

Bush·a·ma [bŏŏsh-ah-muh]

-noun

1. The traditional code of the American politician, stressing dishonor, hubris, duplicity, and simple thinking.