Ophelia, you’re shaking my confidence daily…

Today’s text: And the seas shall part, and the dead shall rise, and perhaps vote.
As noted in many other places, Ophelia Ford is attempting to honor a favorite son (Justin Timberlake) of her home city of Meyumphis by resolving that Justin is a more than just an overgrown Mouseketeer . Besides the [...]

Who’s your sugar daddy now? or, You wanna see WELFARE..

I’m often on the other side of the aisle from Glen Dean and his paleo-libertarian philosophy. For instance, total market-place dominance of the health-care industry can’t work efficiently because the customer has no real choice, nor do they have any real method of cost-shopping. You better have insurance if you wanna survive, and [...]

America voted, and America you…

are listening to www.votefortheworst.com. Wow..not only keeping the negatively talented Sanjaya on the show*, but also keeping him out of the bottom three. This has gotta be giving the show fits, because they don’t need to be perceived as a joke. Every week Sanjaya stays on, the punchline gets a little closer.
This [...]

Clement’s blog inclement

I was perusing the mighty Brain-stem’s blog when I saw that Mayoral candidate Bob Clement now has a ‘Clement for Mayor’ blog (or at least a supporter of Clement has started the blog).
When I clicked on the link to actually LOOK at the blog, I got this:

This blog is open to invited readers only
Clement for [...]

Hair product tips for the President..

I’d advise using Alberto VO 5 to wash that attorney-general right out of your hair. Your protestation that you ‘…admitted that the explanations provided for the firings had been “confusing and incomplete,” and …that neither [you]… nor Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had been “satisfied” with those explanations.” is pretty darn funny considering who is [...]

British invaded, mostly lost again - American mostly idyll

Tonight was British Invasion night (that’s the 60s invasion for you youts out there). That’s a good theme because there are tons of songs from that era with actual tunes and hooks…surprising how many songs are flung out on the AI stage without any glimpse of a hook.
Once again, there are really two [...]

We have a winner!

The ‘Where in Nashville’ house in the post immediately below this one has been identified.  I had to prompt the person who won with an email pimping my blog, but I knew this person would not give up until he figured it out.
The winner is my brainiac son, Josh. He is [...]

Where in Nashville - Third time (isn’t it charming?)?

Ok, this is the third time I’ve put this picture up. I’ve offered a fabulous full-course meal from Mothership (including iced tea) for anyone who can tell me the location of the house in this pic.
Clues: It is in Davidson county. It is on a hill. Great view on this hill. [...]

The police can’t use DNA testing up there, or, Elmont, stop playing that banjo, climb out of that tree and get to class..

According to THIS article on ESPN.com, Eastern Kentucky had a ZERO percent graduation rate for its basketball team that recently exited from the NCAA tournament. Forty-one Division One schools didn’t graduate any black players, but EKU appears to have the distinction of being an equal opportunity non-dispenser of sheepskins for all players
Our crime-lab [...]

A-pop-o-lips now, or why wait until 7:00 PM

The Dallas ‘artist’ known as Kurtz* (or the artist formerly and still known as Prince-tentious**) is going to present an art show based on the last three hours of Anna Nicole Smith’s life. The event will appropriately be held at “JRs Bar and Grill (3923 Cedar Springs in Dallas if you wanna attend).

Please, [...]

Vanderbilt in the Sweeeeet 16, or, I was never worried*

My friend Freddy and I had tickets for the hockey game last night**, so we decided to visit Bailey’s Sports Bar and Grill to watch the Vandy game and eat supper before sauntering over to the GEC Nashville Arena. Here’s some advice, if you stretch your order out and order pretty much [...]

A question I wish I had asked the mayoral candidates (and one all of them should answer)..

If my neighbor and friend S-townMike had been at any of the blogger-meat-ups with the mayoral candidates, I’m pretty sure he would have asked some version of the following question:
What is your position on the Metro Council “infrastructure” funds that the Council gave itself to spend on pet patrons out of previously uncollected property taxes”?
It’s [...]

Inspirational Sports Headlines, the kind that puts a lump in your throat..

From today’s Your Tennessean:
Titans, WR Gage agree to terms: Caught four passes for Bears in 2006
WOW…four passes. Who needs Drew Bennett anyway?

I know O.J. did it, you know O.J. did it…

and I’m truly sorry for the victims, but I still can’t stand THIS man.

Bracketology

I’d just like to state for the record that I have an affidavit showing that I picked VCU over Duke in my men’s brackets. I was never worried (heh).
Unfortunately I fell for the Old Dominion hype and picked them to beat Butler. I also had some leftover admiration for Gonzaga and stupidly [...]

So I nominated an axe murderer to the Supreme Court, and even though THAT didn’t work out, it’s still fun to blame her for everything

“Harriet. Harry-ette. Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis. Beautiful,Blame-able bemuse-ed, bellicose butcher. Un-trust… ing. Un-know… ing. Un-love… ed?….”
One of my very very favorite parts of ‘let’s sack the U.S. attorneys because they weren’t loyal Bushies’ saga is that the MEN of the White House tried to pawn the firings off on the might-as-well-be-late, Harriet Miers. [...]

Who did George Washington think they were playing today?…

The Commodores just rolled George Washington today. It was almost college against high school. I really did wonder if somebody sent GW the wrong game films for Vanderbilt considering that they left the Vandy 3-point shooters wide and wider open during most of the game.
After doing a little investigative reporting, I discovered that [...]

Pete Rose: Worst person in the World*

I love baseball. No secret. I hate anything that gets in the way and makes the game suspect or unwatchable. Things that get in the way: steroids, HGH, Tim McCarver blathering, and gambling on baseball by people who have a stake in the outcome of the game, i.e. players, managers, front [...]

I ‘get’ PI with a little help from my friends..

Do you know why today (March 14) is PI day?   It took me way too long to figure this out.
ht: Phil Arnold

Evolution disproved, (but intelligient design has to be questioned as well!)

Sanjaya, the young haircut in search of a voice, survived again tonight on American Idol. The herd was thinned with the elimination of the often-out-of-tune Brandon, but even Brandon sounds like Chris Isaac compared to the rajah-rep of the twinkie-voiced.
Last year, the ‘chicken little’ guy lasted longer than any sane person would have [...]