Month: September, 2008

A grown-up MySpace survey

Heh. Made you look. You’re right — there’s no such thing. “How many times did you text your boyfriend/girlfriend last night?” “Are you grounded right now?” “What if your mom walked into your room tonight and…?” You get the idea. But I do like to read them. I admit it. They give me interesting insight [...]

HB Rousseau – yar

Avast, me hearties…it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. I love it for several reasons: I get to say “yar.” I tell my 5th & 6th graders to say “yar” all day long to their teachers. (The teachers love it, believe me.) I look forward to visiting the teachers at the end of the day. Heh [...]

The Most Awesomely Awesome

Every once in awhile, somebody brings up Orson Welles. You remember him…he was a large man in his later years, and never went anywhere without his big ol’ nasty stogie. He was a polished actor — viewed as one of the best of his generation, starring in what has over and over again been voted [...]

Do you ever have those days…

… when you hate everything and everyone? I am having one this day. I hate everyone. Except you. A bright spot today, however, was my choirs. All 5 of them had moments of excellence. Outside of that…pretty sucky day. But hey, it ain’t over yet. I still have rehearsal tonight. I am hoping (against hope) [...]

TBS Pipeline III

Frank Caliendo. The guy’s hilarious. He does the best George Bush out there. From TBS, it’s Frank TV, covering the election madness. All new October episodes include sketches on: Oliver Stone’s new take on the Monica Lewinsky scandal John McCain seeking a celebrity endorser William Shatner’s new kidney stone charity Scooby Doo at the White [...]