Free Trojan Association
No, I’m not giving away warriors or infectious computer programs or, um…those other things. And no, I’m not writing a post about the Association of Free Trojans — if there actually is an Association of Free Trojans. Rather, I’ve deliberately misplaced the modifier to confuse you. Kidding again. I just have stuff to say about [...]
Lie-niversary
Now, I’m not dogging anyone for telling a fib. There are few of us in this world who could say they’ve never uttered a single untruth. But don’t you agree that if someone plans to tell a lie, she might at least endeavor to cover up her tracks? Or at the very least, not tell [...]
Weird genius
Nikola Tesla. Albert Einstein. Ludwig van Beethoven. Chuck Barris. Chuck Barris? OK, putting him in the above company is a stretch. All right, it’s ludicrous. But the fact remains: the guy made himself a gazillionaire by coming up with three game show ideas (among others) that made borderline voyeurism acceptable for the middle class, and [...]
JD playing JD
Oh yeah…I gotta see this. I like it that Johnny is not playing Jack Sparrow for once. Instead, he’s playing Public Enemy #1: John Dillinger. And according to my research, Mr. Dillinger got a bad rap from the American “justice” system, despite robbing dozens of banks and living like a celebrity. According to the book, [...]
I kind of knew him, too.
Twenty years ago, Tim Richmond died. Maybe you don’t know who he was (especially if you didn’t follow NASCAR back then, or if, like some of you, you weren’t alive in the eighties), but he put Ashland, Ohio on the motor sports map. Fellow RtB poster Michael was his neighbor. I’d totally forgotten about that… [...]