Monthly Archives: January 2006

My Jobs Update: End of January, 2006

As many of you know, I have way too many jobs. Since they take up so much of my day (like right now, in fact), I thought you might want to know how they’ve been going. I normally resist writing … Continue reading

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Minutia: James Frey, Bad Man with a Bad Beard

This blog is turning into some sort of frustrated-journalist-style news aggregator these days, and I don’t apologize for that. I’m trying to refine what I do, and for now this is the way things will be as I write other … Continue reading

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Pam Anderson Lee Rock Lee Loves Chickens More Than Fat People

(“ha, ha.” is all she hears)* Every single word of this imdb.com story blurb is awesome, so I’m going to just post it here. Pamela Anderson has lost her bid to get the bust of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) founder … Continue reading

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The Less Surly Penn

Let’s clean up some old news stories, finally. Chris Penn died this week. Who? Sean Penn’s brother (or is Sean his brother?), who played Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs. First Mr. Blue, now him. It’s a sad day for … Continue reading

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Let’s Have a News Day, Because This is a Blog, And That’s What We Bloggers Do.

Horrible News: Ford, having lost $1.6 billion dollars last year in their ill-fated car-making enterprise, is closing 14 plants and destroying up to 25,000 jobs. I know, I’m a day late with this. Everyone was talking about this yesterday, especially … Continue reading

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NBA Midseason Report: Like You Care.

(who could have anticipated the power of Pau Gasol’s beard?) Is Kobe the best player ever? 81 points? In one game? That’s quite an accomplishment, but what does it say about the rest of the Lakers that he took 48 … Continue reading

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Overheard today:

“If you say Lance Henrickson, I’m going to slap you.”

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Why Aren’t You Panicking?

(By the time you see the Red Flag, it’s already too late. Just try and go limp.) It looks like we here in Dallas are in store for another 70 degree day with high winds. I like how weather people … Continue reading

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Republicans: For Truth, Honor, and Kicking the Poor Because They Stink

(When Senator Sessions looks in the mirror, he’s reminded who his master is.) Those of you who’ve been around me know that I am generally pretty conservative politically. I’m more of a pragmatist than an idealogue, though — I simply … Continue reading

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Dipping into the Mailbag

(ok, so that’s where Uganda is…anyone know of any cheap flights to Africa, or how I can sneak a machete’ on a plane?) Because things are pretty slow in the world, I think it’s about time I looked at the … Continue reading

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