We have heard many people talk about Keith Olbermann lately. Many, many people. Too many people. In case you have been hiding under a rock or are smart enough to avoid people talking about Keith Olbermann, here’s the upshot. The MSNBC “journalist” was suspended for a couple of days because he made political contributions without […]
With more than a week to think about things, all I have to say is that I’m glad one of the worst days of the year has passed. I hate the first day of November. This has nothing to do with the beginning of fall or the impending end of football season. This dislike of […]
With several months to wait before R.E.M. releases its next album, I have decided to take one simple approach to the release – I can’t change it so why worry? Mike Mills gave some details to Rolling Stone this week. I have seen a couple of blog posts showing angst about some of the comments, […]
The middle school had a very important event last week. As part of some sort of Spirit Week, Bridget and the other kids had a chance to dress up for “80s Day” one day. Since Maria and I went to high school and college right in the meat of that decade, we got pretty excited. […]
I participate in a pair of football “survivor” pools. If you are not aware, the premise is to pick one game per week. If your pick wins, you move to the next week. If not, you are out. The trick is that you cannot pick the same team twice so each win means you have […]
I wish I possessed many different skills. I wish I had some true musical talent. I want to cook fanciful dishes. I dream of building some piece of furniture that blow people’s minds. But, most of all, I really wish I could fix my own car. I love my Saturn, even though General Motors kicked […]
Thanks to my friend Heidi, I discovered that today is a very important anniversary. Thirty-five years ago, the Chuckles Bites the Dust episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired. If you are not aware, this was perhaps the greatest television episode ever. Sadly, I had trouble finding a good video file of the best […]
I discovered Yuengling beer sometime in 1992. That’s when I moved to central Pennsylvania. back then, I thought splurging for beer meant getting Budweiser. In bottles. That was top-shelf. Now I’m a minor beer snob and try to avoid most A-B, Miller and Coors products at all costs. But I still loves me some Yuengling, […]
God, I have been a bad blogger lately. No reason – just lazy and procrastinatey. Anyways, let’s get back into the swing of things (hopefully) with a look at a book I read at least a month ago. I had never heard of Joe Pernice before I picked up this book. Since he has a […]
We have known for a while that R.E.M. was working on its 15th studio album. The guys had reportedly finished the bulk of the work earlier this year. Now we have some news (second item), courtesy of lawyer/advisor/guru Bertis Downs. Downs also confirmed previous reports that REM’s new album had been completed in the last […]