A Quiet Moment Of Contemplation
Have you ever sat down, taken an honest assessment of your life and thought to yourself: “What idiot left me in charge? And what fool gave me a salary? I shouldn’t be trusted with a paper route, let alone an…
Year 2005
The Eagles Will Lose – History Proves It
History is on the Patriots’ side in the Superbowl, it would seem: [I]n the last 38 Super Bowls, teams with an animal mascot have played against a team with a human mascot 25 times, with the human mascot team winning…
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Stramash
Eighteenth in a series stramash (stra·mash) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. an uproar; a violent commotion or rowdy behavior; a melee. (“And players from both teams have now become embroiled in what can only be described as a giant stramash…
Brilliant Idea Of The Day
I know, let’s add caffeine, fruit flavoring, guarana and ginseng to our beer. Why? Why must Budweiser further sully the good name of beer? Isn’t Bud Lite enough of an insult to tastebuds the world over? The fiends!
Congrats Are In Order For The Red Orchestra Team
Red Orchestra, an “historical” modification for Unreal Tournament 2004 that recreates many of the Eastern Front (Russia vs. Germany) battles of World War II has been announced as the winner of the Make Something Unreal $1,000,000 challenge. Head over to…
Arrrrrrrgh! Curses!
What is it with friends’ weddings? Gah! Looks like I’m going to have to miss yet another U2 concert because of one. Thanks, Brad, thanks Andy. Can’t you guys get ESP and sanity check your wedding days for potential U2…
Egads! Hide The Children, Ohio!
Worst. Weatherman. Ever. It’s so painful, I can’t even get through it all. It sets off all my Lucille-Ball-vicarious-embarrassment receptors.
Sorry!
Citizen Smash is sorry. He’s sorry for all the meddling we’ve done in world affairs and he promises it won’t happen again. The list is worth reading, but his closing is a classic: P.S. If you need any help in…
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Drouth
Seventeenth in a series drouth (droo·th) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~n. 1. drought; long or extreme period of weather without precipitation. 2. thirst, dry mouth, usually caused by excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages the previous night (“Man, ah must’ve hud ten…
The Best Laid Plans…
Man, I had some nifty posts I was ruminating about for today, but work has been a bear. Maybe tomorrow. *sigh*
