Kudos To The Inqy
I know that I’ve done my fair share of bashing the Philadelphia Inquirer over the years (most of it well-deserved) but I believe that they deserve a hearty attaboy for being one of the first major market media organizations to…
Year 2006
Bringing The “Must” Back To “Must See TV”
NBC has been seeing ever-worsening ratings these past few seasons, with last season’s output garnering them a fourth place finish behind Fox, if I recall correctly. Their endless Law & Order spinoffs and unfunny sitcoms seemed to indicate a network…
Entertaining Geek Neologisms
I was talking to one of our engineers yesterday (let’s just call him “A.”) about a certain senior engineer (let’s just call him “C.”) when A. revealed a very funny set of circumstances surrounding C. revealed by a third engineer…
It’s No Twinkie-Wiener Sandwich*, But…
I bow before the meat-eating prowess of R. “Bacon Is A Vegetable” Stevens of Diesel Sweeties fame for his construction of the ultimate American food: Hot Dog Loaf. Take two all-beef franks, wrap them in traditional meatloaf-y goodness and then…
Fantasy Football Results, Week 5
The Barrage (172.00 pts) defeated the Bruschi Bunch (113.00 pts) The Barrage (172.00 pts) defeated Kings of Football (136.50 pts) The week 5 FF results are in, and, in a deft show of force, I moved to 8-2 and into…
A Modest Proposal For All Tech Pundits
In the wake of the acqusition of YouTube by Google, “clever”/”cute” names have been popping up left and right: GoogleTube, GoogTube, etc. May I politely suggest that all users of those constructions go and politely soak their heads? “GooTube” is…
My…Head…Asplode
(Yes, that was a Strong Bad reference). I was about to have a coronary on my commute in this morning, as I had made the classic mistake of tuning in to NPR in lieu of the cruder-yet-somehow-more-morally-uplifting fare peddled by…
Criticizing “The Critic”
As I sit here watching the NFL on Fox, I find myself wondering: does Jon Lovitz ever get the nagging feeling that he’s reached the lowest point of his career, with his series of Subway restaurant ads? Or does he…
Bricka-Bracka Fire Cracka Sis Boom Bah!
As noted previously, I had high hopes for this year’s incarnation of fantasy football and, thus far, those hopes have largely been met. While I finished a dismal 0-13 and 2-11 in my two previous years, I have jumped out…
A Very Good, Very Geeky Question
Jeff Harrell asks an interesting question: what is the proper plural form of “MacBook Pro”? Is it like “attorneys general”, as in “MacBooks Pro”, or is the far more pedestrian “MacBook Pros”? The world, sadly, may never kn… wait, it’s…
