Rants from the lot.

Ghosts of the South Carolina Midlands, written 2 days ago, I added yet another book to my growing collection of South Carolina ghost lore.  Tally Johnson has a book out entitled "Ghosts of the South Carolina Midlands."  While the subject itself was of interest to me, what sealed the deal...

DSL Hell Revisited, written 2 weeks ago, My DSL is a big tease. Since early this morning it has been popping on and off. Just when I am about to chuck the whole lot of it out the window it suddenly comes back on. And I lovingly caress it, call it baby, thank it for being so beautiful. It blinks at m...

WOW! That was fast!, written 1 week ago, H/T: BadgerBlogger

[Recap: Arches Girl]Dear Customers,Please, do not think that it is..., written 2 hours ago, [Recap: Arches Girl]Dear Customers,Please, do not think that it is a-okay to leave your stuff out on the tables.  My biggest pet peeve when doing lobby is when you leave all of your garbage out there...

I guess I'm a terrorist now..., written 9 hours ago, Well, this is awkward... You see, I'm here in Iceland being an Icelander and our economy is going to shit so my government had to buy the three biggest banks which means I'm a part owner in Kaupþing, Landsbanki and Glitnir and the British governm...

7 Subpar Saturday Night Live Presidential Imitations, written 1 week ago, Saturday Night Live has been home to some pretty memorable political impressions that sometimes become as remembered as the politicians themselves. From Norm MacDonanld's Bob Dole meeting the real thing after Dole's defeat to ...

10 LEGO Minifig Look-a-likes, written 7 hours ago, Sales of LEGO minifigs have fallen drastically during the recent banking crisis. Many of our favorite minifigs have been forced to enter the dark world of the professional look-a-likes. 1.The Blues Brothers 2. Albert 'It's all relative" Einstei...

Happy Halloween Everyone!, written 1 week ago, For Shits & Giggles! This is my dog Bowie....yes, in his Halloween outfit!He actually loves to play dress up! So, don't think I'm torturing him!

Hung Up, written 15 hours ago, Over the years, I've had a sort of Love/Hate relationship with Madonna.When she first came out, I was too young to understand what she was singing about or even why there was controversy around her. When she went through her awkward stage, like marrying Sean Penn or tr...

The Great Escape, written 1 day ago, I went to Eagle Eye over the weekend and I had  a complete blast. This film is a delightful guilty pleasure. For two hours you can forget about the terrible state of the U.S. economy. Shia and Co. take you on a ride you'll never forget. It's a popcorn flick...

search engine fun (aka fucked up funny)..., written 18 hours ago, 
 so i can't sleep.  not sleeping generally leads me to click random shit on the computer.  just now i clicked my roboform link to sitemeter.  sitemeter has bene interesting today because of the post right below this one &q...

Book Review - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, written 1 day ago, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was written by Stephen King and I think that this is one of his best books ever and I am a huge Stephen King fan. Once again he forgoes the "horror" genre and just writes a compelling and stirring...

Perspective, written 10 hours ago, Mom called to tell me that the President was on TV, discussing the world economy and had interrupted her TV show, The Bonnie Hunt Show. "Are you more upset that the global markets are collapsing or that your TV show was interrupted?" I asked. "I am u...

Heads, I win; tails, why don't you just piss off, OK?, written 8 hours ago, Shorter Canadian conservatives: "The fact that Stephen Harper recently assured us that everything was perfectly fine, and that we are now bailing out Canadian mortgage holders to the tune of $25 billion only proves that...

Class Traitor, written 4 days ago, It is restaurant code/karma/tradition to tip well if you are a restaurant employee.For my compatriots and I insane 30, 40 or 50% tips are common place.Even shit service warrants at least 15% or the big bad karma will come for you in the dark and stiff you.That is w...

"I don't think there's any analogy" (because I'm a total..., written 6 days ago, "I don't think there's any analogy" (because I'm a total fucking idiot) From the Better Late Than Never Department, the following are excerpts from a 16 September ABC News story titled McCain Economi...

Football in garters and bras, written 7 hours ago, No doubt some would view this cynically –yes cynically (cynicism, I'll be the first to admit can go too far–as another lowering of the notch on the American culture scale. In this case the dumbing down of sports.  But sports have been dumbed do...

You BETCHA!, written 1 week ago, Why Roger Ebert is a Genius. #1728 in the series. Witness his reaction to last night's VP debate, courtesy of his blog: So she was understandably nervous, and you could tell that by her rapid speech, faster than what we've heard before from her. Listening to her voic...

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