Monthly Archives: March 2008
Baseball where it’s meant to be..
Meant to be watched, that is…In a bar with the sound down. An engineer, a high school basketball coach, a Radio Shack manager, a executive car deliver-er, and a state employee walk into a bar, just like they have for … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, friends and family
Wired to the tubes, the best five TV shows ever
Thanks to Jagadiah’s Buffy-a-rama, I felt the need to place Buffy in the pantheon of great TV shows. The best shows, in order: 1. The Wire – HBO’s opus about Baltimore owes as much to Charles Dickens as to the … Continue reading
Filed under TeeVee
Pith(ier) in the Wind: Mise’ hors de scene…
Liz Garrigan and the Nashville Scene have decided to tidy up their ‘Pith in the Wind’ blog. The only writers that will regularly appear in PITH will be Garrigan, Bruce Berry, Jeff Woods, and Matt Pulle (big coup to get … Continue reading
Filed under blogs about blogs
Stay out of MY inner-tubes, or, WHERE has that robot been, anyway?
I’m no stranger to the colonoscopal experience, given my personal and family history, and I’ve often wondered if there is another way, so to speak, that is more than virtual, but less than what I’ve gone through more times than … Continue reading
Filed under weird science, where could it be now
4,004 30,000 100,000
Random numbers? Hardly. These are the latest counts of American dead, American wounded and estimates of the Iraqi casualties of the current war in Iraq. The hubris wrought by this war goes further than dollars and mountains of debt. It … Continue reading
Filed under Iraq, politics, sanctity of life
Magdalena
That’s Magdalena on the left (my wonderful daughter on the right). Magdalena is Erin’s ‘host sister’. She’s 16 years old and tighter than a tick with my daughter. This picture is from a restaurant in Lima where we ate the … Continue reading
Filed under friends and family, journey, travel
the best letter in the Rock world (or this post is brought to you by the letter ‘R’)
My first post on Glen Dean’s old group blog about music (Tangled Up in Blue) was about which letter had the best bands..as in, come up with a list of bands that start with each letter of the alphabet and … Continue reading
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To the kids driving mom and dad’s canary yellow Ford Escape on West End this afternoon, license number NBH-713*..
That was REALLY a terrific drawing of a large penis you were showing off to the cars around you. I’d like to recommend your artistic skills to anyone needing an accurate rendering of said member. I’ve gotta ask one question … Continue reading
Filed under tales of stupidity
Why the trip was worth it and why I’d go through it all again
No, no..not to see a picture of me. It was worth every stinking delay, the getting sick on the plane part back to the states, the fun of the hospital in Miami, including the 14 hours in an emergency room … Continue reading
Filed under friends and family
Lima or bust, or, Don´t EVER travel with me
We made it to Lima late last night, unbelievably. If you are ever tempted to request me as a partner for The Amazing Race, don´t. The same luck I regularly bring to the Predators (attended 9 games this year, coinciding … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
For your Peru-sal..this is where i’m gonna be for a while..
Looking forward to seeing the daughter. And for what it’s worth, if you are a burglar or have plans on intruding, one of the sons and the dogs will be at the house to greet ya. Back in a week … Continue reading
Filed under friends and family, journey
The political* speech you’ll never hear
Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow congressmen/governors/senators/legislators/teammates: I have disgraced my office/team, and more importantly my marriage and my family. No one has figured out what I’m doing. My name will not be appearing in court papers, in any blogs or in … Continue reading
Filed under friends and family, self-worth
Blazing Lieutenant Governor might have to saddle up..(if New York spits out Spitzer)
Lost in the “ho’s over politico’s” imbroglio is the man who would be governor if New York Governor Spitzer decides to step down: David Paterson. Paterson would be the first African-American governor of New York, and possibly the first legally … Continue reading
Filed under politics
Fish, not fishy
I look forward to a new one of these almost as much as a new Sports Illustrated (except for the one with all those pictures). Roger, wilco…
Filed under blogs about blogs, the shiznit list
New Rule: If you veto a ban on water-boarding, or speak publicly in favor of water-boarding..
you have to agree to undergo water-boarding. If you are so certain water-boarding is NOT torture, then please, allow a demonstration on YOURSELF so that you can truly subjectively judge how it is or is not torture. Yesterday, President Bush … Continue reading
Filed under golden rule stuff, politics, rank hypocrisy
Paul pall – bearing up to the harsh truth
Uh, what happened to that Ron Paul groundswell of support that was going to sweep him into the White House? Can you say FRINGE?
And you can stay OUT of my bedroom..
Is THIS really the headline they wanted? thanks, Deadspin
Italian Spiderman – what’s left to say?
Worth it for the mustache alone.. from youtube.com posted with vodpod
Filed under apocalypse now, Huh?, movies
The gripes of wrath – Tom Joad in bizarro world
Towards the end of Grapes of Wrath, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) tells his mother “…I’ll be all around in the dark. I’ll be ever’-where – wherever you can look. Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be … Continue reading
Filed under golden rule stuff, politics, Race, tales of stupidity
This blog’s for change and we have solutions..we can AND we WILL..
It’s amazing how choosing the right slogan can do so much to define your cause, your movement or your product. The battle lines around the abortion issue are unique (and I’m not touching this issue substantively!) in that both sides … Continue reading
Filed under golden rule stuff, politics
