Look! Up in the Sky!
It’s Dad in his new toy! Happy Father’s Day to all the papas out there. I say there’s no time like the present to lobby for your 2010 gift. Presenting…. The ICON Aircraft A5 — JetSki to the Skies. That’s right. For a mere $139,000, you too can take to the blue yonder — and [...]
Contest #4 Winner!
Congrats to Mandy R., who knew that the cute little propeller-headed character in yesterday’s contest was Quisp, spokesalien for the breakfast cereal from my childhood by the same name. She’s munchin’ on a huge Hershey chocolate bar ASAP. Did you know you can buy Quisp online, even though it’s not generally available in grocery stores [...]
More idiots at the party
You know, I’ve never really gotten into watching auto racing. For that matter, I don’t really love to watch any kind of racing, be it by machines, horses or humans. I’m more of a team-sport fan. In fact, I’m ashamed to admit I’ve always held a somewhat unfair, stereotypical prejudice against NASCAR. For many years, [...]
J. H. Kellogg – the flake of the family
RtB Contest #4! Big fat ol’ Hershey bar (either in person or through the mail) goes to the winner! Ready? Who is this? As usual, sorry Mavis…you ain’t allowed to participate. Send your answer by email: ratfink at finkweb . org ============================= If you’ve ever seen the movie The Road to Wellville (and I’m not [...]
Schmenglish IV
Why? Why do Americans insist on adding syllables to English words, or twisting around existing syllables? Why do people add letters where there should be no added letters? Whatever happened to checking to see if you’re saying something correctly? Have we become so grammatically careless as a nation that it is now acceptable to simply [...]