Do not play this game.
You will become a bleary-eyed, sniveling, pathetic addict. Like me. I’ve never been a video game player. Never even held a controller on a Nintendo or PlayStation or XBox. Wouldn’t know Black Ops from a cyclops. But Angry Birds on my Droid..oh dear, it’s like an opium drip. The other night, I played it instead [...]
Souvenir
The French word for remembrance. Makes perfect sense. I have an amusement park souvenir to share today. The Paratrooper Mavis and I used to love it when the carnival came to town. Mave, remember the Zipper, the Rock-O-Plane, the Tilt-a-Whirl, the Paratrooper and the Scrambler (aka Vomit Comet)? And what about the Western Round-Up and [...]
Speaking of fantastic music…
…this will make your day. You’re welcome. I live to serve.
Want a sad story?
I know, you don’t. But check it out anyway. The Heisman events of late brought to my mind a situation that makes Reggie Bush’s “loss” pretty much laughable. If you’ve never heard of Fatty Arbuckle, you’re probably not alone. His persona has basically been lost to history for decades. But boy, was he a contenda [...]
And Emmy makes three
Cast of MM at the Emmys, complete with January’s clown outfit For the third straight year, my favorite TV show (and one of exactly two that I watch with any regularity at all) won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. Not surprising. What was surprising was the baffling ridiculousness of January Jones’s dress. Yipes. Christina [...]