Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Nov 17, 2009, 12:40 am
I hate Bruce Springsteen. I hate anyone who tries to make a political message through their lyrics, especially when they are the ignorant ramblings of a hippie douche bag.  I know that this point ha...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Nov 17, 2009, 12:07 am
Perfect example of what pisses me off about the irresponsibility of too many people in America.  Let’s take a qucik look at the case of Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook who refused deployment: ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 31, 2009, 12:35 am
All of today’s thoughts include a common theme: personal responsibility.  Or, in this case, the lack of it.  Unfortunately, we live in a world where no one wants to accept personal responsibil...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 21, 2009, 2:48 pm
Of course, on the surface, Spongebob appears to be a cartoon designed for the 6-12 year old crowd.  The colors, the funny aquatic creatures, the underwater squirrel, the quirky music.  But anyone wh...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 17, 2009, 11:38 pm
WARNING: Spoilers below.  Sorry, can’t be helped.  But while I will ruin some of the surprises, I will not reveal the ultimate ending.  Star Wars: Legacy of the Force is a nine part series s...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 13, 2009, 11:58 pm
California recently has expressed a desire to see marijuana use legalized, and they may see several initiatives up for a vote soon.  And I am interested to see what comes out of it, both on a state ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 9, 2009, 11:10 pm
Up until yesterday, Obama and Arafat only had one thing in common: their inhuman desires to see their respective countries (or in Arafat’s case, territory) go down in ungodly flames.  But now t...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 9, 2009, 8:15 pm
Some TV game shows can survivcew the decades despite a change in host, the most obvious being Family Fued.  But some shows… when they are reincarnated with modern hosts, they simply suck. And ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 5, 2009, 11:10 pm
I will begin by saying that I do not believe in global warming.  I don’t believe that the pollution in the air is the cause of any climate change.  The earth is billions of years old and we kn...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Oct 4, 2009, 12:39 am
Angry Dentist’s thoughts for October 3: Some thoughtful hacker at the University of Florida decided to do his school a public service, and was rebuffed for his efforts.  The school has a webpa...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 30, 2009, 11:17 pm
Ahh, Daschunds, the lovable, goofy, just plain bizarre-looking wiener dog. My wife and I adopted a wiener-pup over five years ago. We were told he was a tweenie, not quite a mini, up to 7 pounds, but...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 30, 2009, 12:28 am
Someone recently asked me if you could tell if someone had a crystal meth habit by looking at their teeth.  And the answer is a resounding: Hell yeah!  Just like you can tell if someone is bulimia (...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 28, 2009, 10:03 pm
Just posted reviews of the Premier’s for Family Guy Spinoff, the Cleveland Show, and Family Guy “Road to the Multiverse.”  Head over to The Lighter Side for my impressions. Share ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 28, 2009, 12:17 am
I always get excited the week before a new CD comes about, especially when I’ve ben waiting over 2 years for a new album.  Many times, I am rewarded for my patience with an awesome album.  The...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 25, 2009, 10:31 pm
A couple of thoughts from today: Note to Scotland- This is how justice is administered.  Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson, who was sentenced to jail for the murder of Sharon Tate, died in...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 25, 2009, 12:29 am
And the runner-up prize to the sparkling, insane speech by Gaddafi goes to… envelope please…  HUGO CHAVEZ!! (Applause) After listening to the logical, coherent, sobering words of Israel...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 24, 2009, 10:58 pm
This is a re-post from an older post, so though my daughter has been born and is named, all of the verbs are past tense.  i apologize.  Please don’t hate me. Before my first son was born, I t...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 23, 2009, 11:34 pm
It’s not very often that a sane human being can say that he has something in common with a lunatic.  But here I am, admitting that Gaddafi and I share one opinion: That the UN is a useless orga...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 23, 2009, 10:37 pm
New comic book impressions for my friends:                                                                               ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 23, 2009, 12:59 am
Here we go, boys and girls… I don’t like college football.  I’ve never hid my dislike for the game.  But its big.  Real big.  But sometimes I wonder if it weren’t ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 21, 2009, 11:09 pm
I was considering including this under an Angry Dentist Thoughts of the Day post, but thought that this was too important to bury. Here are our President, just gushing with integrity, speaking today:...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 20, 2009, 1:40 am
My political thoughts of the weekend.  Enjoy! First off, everyone remembers the asinine comments of Jimmy Carter from last week about racism being behind the mass’s dislike of the president...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 16, 2009, 10:48 pm
I’ll qualify this by saying that I own every X-men comic book from #129, the beginning of the Dark Phoenix Saga, to the present.  I like to think that i am an expert on the X-men.  I am geek-...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 15, 2009, 10:25 pm
I admire Ted Kennedy for one thing: Finally having the decency to die, ridding this earth of one of the single largest piles of human excrement this country has seen. Jimmy Carter needs to follow Te...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 15, 2009, 9:58 pm
I have a hard time reviewing music.  Let’s get this out of the way.  I know what I like, and I know what I don’t like.  In fact, music is so subjective, i don;t know how anyone reviews...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 15, 2009, 12:53 am
It shames me to admit that my home state of NJ has featured 2 of the worst governors in the past twenty years.  First we had Jim “I am a gay American” McGreavy, who, like NY’s David...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 14, 2009, 11:26 pm
Today is the family edition.  Enjoy: Two year and three months ago, it was just me and my wife.  And our daschund Friday.  That was it.  That was our world.  And today?  A real family.  2 chil...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 11, 2009, 11:49 pm
I wasn’t in New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  But I was close, across the river in Newark.  You could see the Twin Towers when you stepped out the doors to the dental school. I...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 11, 2009, 10:47 pm
Just finished a couple of books.  Here are my impressions: War of Kings: Who Will Rule- Anyone who reads this blog knows that I looooved War of Kings- best cosmic story since Infinity Gauntlet.ÂÂ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 10, 2009, 1:29 am
Two things I wanted to touch on today…  consider these rants as much as thoughts: Idiot thinking-  I was reading an article several days ago about how some of the forest fires in California w...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 10, 2009, 12:55 am
President Obama is a masterful speaker.  He owns a compelling voice.  Unfortunately, what comes out of it is, more often than not, half-truths and nonsense. Take his speech tonight.   If you miss...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 6, 2009, 9:47 pm
Well, should we be surprised that another one of Obama’s hand-chosen men has been forced to resign?  Well, you shouldn’t be.  How many of his potential appointees had to step down be...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 6, 2009, 10:46 am
Okay, peoples, here we go.  Some of this is recent, some a couple of months old, but all is quality: Fables #86 and 87-  first issues after the Great Fables crossover.  #86 was a one-shot fe...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 5, 2009, 12:46 am
Today’s thoughts.  Enjoy.  Share: Being 31 years old, nothing makes me feel older than watching my 19 year old brother return to college after summer break.  Don’t get me wrong- ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 4, 2009, 10:08 pm
As you all can guess, I’ve received a handful of comments from the pro-marijuana crowd defending marijuana use.  And they all spout the same defense: you’re ignorant.  But what can...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 4, 2009, 12:15 am
This whole medical marijuana thing is ridiculous.  And getting out of hand.  How do I know? I write prescriptions for controlled substances, real medications, every day.  Percocet.  Vicod...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Sep 1, 2009, 1:09 am
When people think of Utah, the first thing that comes to mind is Mormons.  The second is polygamy.  Well, add a third thing to you list of descriptions of this desert state: Harsh.  Harsh wh...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 30, 2009, 11:07 pm
The Hulk has gone through some strange transitions int he past year.  First, he had a single book, which, after World War Hulk, became the Incredible Hercules and centered on Hercules and Amadeus C...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 29, 2009, 10:56 pm
Here they are, boys and girls: I want to get back to the theme of creepy commercials.  Earlier this week, i told you about the Corn Pops add.  Well here it is, if you want to take a look:  ...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 29, 2009, 12:12 am
Finsihed up two story arcs tonight. Enjoy. Dark X-men: The Beginning.  Three issue limited series describing how and why the Dark X-men were gathered.  Nine short stories, three in each issue.Ã...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 28, 2009, 12:43 am
My thoughts.  Enjoy. Anyone ever see the Family Guy movie?  yes, there was a direct to DVD movie, which was then broken into 3 separate episodes.  its the story where Stewie goes to the San Franci...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 27, 2009, 3:04 pm
Being a 31 year old father of two who works five days a week, my time is limited. Between television, sports, reading, writing and blogging, the amount of time I can allot to video game playing is min...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 26, 2009, 11:49 pm
I won’t beat around the bush- I don’t like Mike Vick.  He is a monster, a sorry excuse for a human being.  No one with a shred of humanity could do what he did to defenseless animals...
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Brad Convissar posted an article on Not Just a Boring Dentist - Aug 26, 2009, 12:27 am
Right now, everyone is talking about the problems with Medicare and Social Security, and how long they’ll be solvent for and what we can possibly do to fix them.  But what I haven’t heard...
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