2019-12-18 20:59
Present day. Maverick is standing over Goose's grave on the 30th anniversary of his death, in a chauffeur's outfit (but still wearing aviator's wings of gold on his chest). In a fl… Read More
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My unbaked thoughts and self righteous commentary on politics, pop culture or whatever else might slip out of my fingers onto the keyboard. For tech stuff, visit my technology-related blog and for bad poetry and stories, my poetry/story blog. Actually, both of these other blogs are updated much more frequently these days.
2012-08-17 19:15
So the Saudis are on the brink of sawing a guy's head off for practicing "black magic" (i.e., fortune telling). Gotta love it. Granted, "Uncle Arthur" was pretty stupid for flying to Saudi… Read More
2011-04-30 03:58
Well, it's the weekend before the mid-terms and the TV ad vitriol has reached its zenith. To listen to these cretins, you'd think we were stuck with a choice of either Stalinist bread… Read More
2010-08-15 01:33
I've certainly neglected this blog of late - it's been nearly two months since I last posted. Mostly it's because I've been focusing on other things but more than a little is due to it… Read More
2010-06-23 15:54
In a gracious show of sensitivity over the ongoing Oil "spill" his company caused, BP CEO Tony Hayward went yachting this past weekend in "his smaller boat" (leaving his usual schooner, seen… Read More
2010-06-20 01:13
It's been an apocalyptic June thus far, what with lightning striking down a six story Jesus in Ohio, a state well known as the nexus of the pending battle against good or evil; in fact, I th… Read More
2010-06-11 23:28
Ahh, the time has come for another season of Penn and Teller's Bullshit! on Showtime. Brilliant show. With Weeds and Mad Men just a few weeks away, things are starting to gear up… Read More
2010-06-06 21:47
The Long John Silver's fast food franchise must be thrilled about the Gulf Oil spill as it should save them millions on the very substance they drench all their seafood products in. Im… Read More
2010-05-31 14:52
Gary Coleman is dead. Which makes the prospect of a Different Strokes movie all the more unlikely. Okay, I know there was already a Different Strokes flick starring Dana Plato; h… Read More
2010-05-30 04:38
The Tea Party movement really has me baffled. Especially when taxes have gone down for the vast majority of those who identify with the cause. It's just one perspective but I'm of a mind t… Read More
2010-05-28 23:00
It's hard to laugh at a world spinning out of control but if you don't, you're in for one helluva serious life. Wired on too many Cherry Coke Zeros and Weight Watcher Giant Latte Ice Cream… Read More
2010-05-16 18:04
Andy Samberg's digital short Great Day was, I thought, the one and only highlight of the latest episode of SNL. While looking up Great Day on You Tube, I came across another great Samb… Read More
2010-05-13 01:07
Ahh, Bellingham, Washington. My dad was born and spent his early years there before his family moved down south to Seattle. His stepfather was but one of a plethora of Buzzards concent… Read More
2010-05-09 01:55
Lord Jesus Christ was hit by a car this week. Makes me want to pack it up and stay inside.Between the taser-tottin' sport-cops gettin' all trigger-happy on the baseball diamonds of America… Read More
2010-04-27 02:37
Raquel Welch turns 70 this year. Damn I feel old. She turned 22 the day after I was born. I looked it up after seeing her in a Foster Grant ad campaign on TV and not believing my eyes (ye… Read More
2010-04-12 01:42
I figured Tiny Fey on SNL last night deserved a mention: there were actually a couple of funny moments on a show that doesn't often have them these days. Brownie Husband might have bee… Read More
2010-03-27 18:02
Posting here in the past has been a compulsion, a nervous tic; however, it was real easy to step away once I got sucked back into the workaday world at a job that required a bit more of my a… Read More
2010-03-16 01:49
I'm flipping through the channels and see that Larry King's guests tonight are Jesse Ventura and Todd Bridges. My mind reels trying to connect the dots between these two shining… Read More
2010-03-16 01:09
The NFL's Cowardly Lion is receiving a "Courage" award this evening. Sadly, he doesn't play for Detroit but rather for Philadelphia, so I guess technically he's the Cowardly Eagle.&nbs&hell…Read More
2010-03-14 17:51
I haven't laughed so hard in months as I did this week with Stephen Colbert's take on one of Glenn Beck's advertisers: Survival Seeds. Apparently, this is a product to keep you self su… Read More
2010-02-27 18:46
The Earth is once again giving us just a minor taste of how insignificant we tiny bags of biologic chemicals and mostly water are in the grand scheme of this planet's evolution. The earthqua… Read More
2010-02-27 18:42
Elvis Costello turning the table on his Sundance Spectacle show: he's the one being interviewed this time and by no other than Mary-Louise Parker. Mary-Louise is a Costello fan?… Read More
2010-02-27 04:22
I've been watching the women's curling gold medal for the past two hours. And I don't even have a fever anymore. As I write this, they're going to "extra ends." A real thri… Read More
2010-02-21 00:49
I'm OD'ing on Raspberry Diet Snapple and watching the Olympics. My favorite sport, Skeleton, is now over (Luge is for chicken-shit wimps). Skeleton riders go head first and the s… Read More
2010-02-18 04:28
I've never posted simply to point people to someone else's blog, but I really think Allie of Hyperbole and a Half could be famous one day. She's got a huge talent for comedic story tel… Read More
2010-02-18 03:34
ActivStyle is the latest service sprung up to satisfy the incontinence craze sweeping our nation. According to the commercial, your "personal incontinence consultant" will guide you th… Read More
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