I ran across this entry on the Urban Legend Reference Pages in the last day or two, and it caught my attention because I’ve twice fallen victim to the scam they talk about.
You’re refueling your car at the local gas station when you find your eye caught by a somewhat bedraggled looking 20-something gal standing [...]
I’m writing this here just as a note to myself: the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 6:58 pm Chicago time on Christmas, or 7:58 pm where I was (with family).
I yoinked the meme below from my sister. I allowed myself to be verbose, since the questions seem very well-designed to summarize the year that’s passed and begin to focus you for the year ahead.
2004 YEAR IN REVIEW
What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?
The one thing that really stands out [...]
I posted some Christmas thoughts over at Running Scared.
Just wanted to post a slightly longer excerpt from blogger Tami Yaches’ journal:
One of the main reasons that I call myself a liberal is that I don’t feel that we, as humans, have the right to dictate how other people live, love or worship. I’m not anti-law, I believe that harming others is wrong, but [...]
According to an interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” evidently Mrs. Cheney reads the blog written by my second cousin.
I am a bit flabbergasted. It’s not that I like Mrs. Cheney or agree with my second cousin’s views, but nevertheless, the brush with fame is a bit cool.
The lawyers’ version of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”:
WHEREAS, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter “the House”) a general lack of stirring by all creatures therein, including, but not limited to, a mouse.
A variety of foot apparel, e.g. stocking, socks, etc., [...]
New posts to Running Scared here and here and here and here. I can’t always promise I’ll catch these, so you might just want to keep an eye on the blog itself — it is extremely worthwhile reading. Here is its syndication feed.
Happiness
One-line review: What. The. GODDAMN. Fucking. Hell. Was. That.
Rent It?: Only if you’re prepared for it.
If you’ve seen this, I think you’ll agree that the above one-line review is really the only review this movie can deserve. I have pretty strong sensibilities. I am hard to offend [...]
New posts to Running Scared.
Neverland
One-Line Review: Baz Luhrmann : Romeo & Juliet :: Damon Dietz : Peter Pan.
Rent It?: Definitely.
Rented this one because it starred Wil Wheaton, and I remembered I wanted to catch his performance. I wasn’t too impressed with Wil. As much as it pains me to say it, I’m not so sure he’s a [...]
Just had to briefly share with you a genius moment that shows why Family Guy can’t be beat.
Peter says that ever since he took over the tobacco company as President, profits have been “higher than Alyssa Milano.”
Immediate crop-back out of animation to the real Alyssa Milano watching the episode on television.
“Of all the cheap shots [...]
Well, ever since I subscribed to Netflix, I have been watching a lot of movies. It’s great, because a lot of these, I would not have wanted to actually buy on DVD and have as a permanent collection — but it’s great simply to have seen them. For example, I like Charlie Kaufman’s [...]
With great amusement and no little amount of disgust, I note that Yoko Ono has apparently shat all over “Give Peace a Chance”. If you’re a masochist, you can listen to a tad more of it here. (I had to see exactly how much of a train wreck it could be.)
A friend of mine, Jazz Shaw, runs a blog called Running Scared, and I’m now a guest blogger on it. It’s got a fairly good readership.
Here’s my entries so far: 1 and 2.
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