What In The Sam Hill…?
My conversational Spanish gauge is firmly set at “Empty”, so I’m just going to have to go ahead and guess that no naughty words were used in this compelling video of a fishing show host being repeatedly struck in the…
Testing Vanilla
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Vanilla lately, including Michael Heilman moving his forums over to the Vanilla platform. What is Vanilla? In short, it’s an Open Source forum framework that seeks to reenvision the forum/bulletin board concept. It…
Adventures In Church-Going
Those of you who know me and my “bad mojo” will not be surprised to hear that our adventures in power were by no means restricted to home this past weekend. My wife, Will and I arrived at church Sunday…
Update On My Main Squeeze’s Foot
I’ve been out of comission for most of the day since I had to take my wife to the orthopaedist’s today for another checkup. I’ve been telecommuting all day and our VPN setup apparently isn’t cut out to handle me…
I Am, Em Err Ahh, The Subject Of A Fahk Photoshawp?
If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you know that Sen. Edward “Teddy” Kennedy is publishing a children’s book written from, and I kid you not, the perspective of Ted’s Portuguese Water Dog “Splash”. If ever there…
NFL Notes
With the defeat of both the Patriots and the Bears this weekend, there is little chance of a Superbowl XX rematch, absent a Madden Bowl appearance by both teams. Fortunately, this also means we will escape endless re-airings of “The…
I’ll Take “Tongue-Lashings Of Elected Officials” For $800, Alex.
Have you ever wanted to lay into one of the overstuffed, self-important nitwits that seem to populate the halls of Congress? Well, Sgt. Mark Seavey was given that chance at a recent town hall meeting with Reps. Jim Moran and…
PA Legislature: How Dare You Tell Us How To Do Our Job?
I make fun of New Jersey politics on a fairly regular basis, but every once in a while, my legislators in Pennsylvania put on a show as bad, if not worse, than their equivalents in NJ. Case in point: last…
To Paraphrase A Quote From Firefly
There’s a special corner of Hades reserved for people like Jeff Goldstein – where they send child molesters, people who talk at the cinema and men who link to David Hasselhoff videos. I wonder, does he (Hasselhoff) know that he…
Adventure Of The Purely Minor Domestic Sort
My wife, son and I sat down to watch the Seattle-Washington game this evening expecting nothing out of the ordinary, but the weather conspired to add a bit of spice to our lives. It was quite windy this afternoon and…
