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April 13th, 2007
I’m not into politics, that’s for sure.
That being said, I was also not one of those Pro or Con Homeland Security guys when the whole 9/11 thing occured. I figured, let the government do their thing, protect its citizens, and I wouldn’t get all mired down in the obsessive over-analyzing of patriot acts and political initiatives and the building of walls here and there. I just sort of figured that a ramping up of security in this country was what was needed for the next chapter in America.
That is, until Homeland Security ruined my movie going experience.
Posted under Arclight Cinemas, Homeland Security, Hot Fuzz, Movies, Not-So-Politics, Popcorn. | 8 Comments »
March 25th, 2006
We’ve all been there.
Sitting in the backseat of a car with a cousin or a sibling or a really annoying friend who has decided, for some reason or another, to draw the fictitious imaginary line of which we are not to pass. Like a real world border, crossing such a line will wreak havoc on our personage — from pinches, hurtling fists and a variety of other childish retribution.
But such an act could very well save the world as we know it.
Posted under Cars, Childhood OCD's, Not-So-Politics. | 8 Comments »
September 28th, 2005
With all the trouble these days with political lobbyists and corrupt leadership and appointing people to the Supreme Court who may, in time, reverse all the worthwhile decisions made over the last 50 years…
It got me to thinking about the United States Constitution and how aware our citizens are of the actual verbage that shapes their world.
And then it got me to thinking about The Brady Bunch.
If you were to ask ten of your friends to name ten laws in the United States Consitution they would probably mention something about freedom of speech and then incoherently mumble about all men are created equal and then probably stuff their mouth with french toast so they wouldn’t have to talk about it anymore. But replace the Constitution with the lessons learned from The Brady Bunch and everyone would be on the same page.
Posted under Not-So-Politics, Television, The Brady Bunch. | 22 Comments »
June 3rd, 2005
Okay, hotshot — here’s how it all breaks down.
Every Friday is “Words For Your Enjoyment” — a day where YOU (the reader) supply ME (the writer) with an idea for a post. If I use it, you get a link to your blog or your Yahoo! shopping site where you sell wheelbarrows or your e-mail, and all the world reviles in your famousness.
Like Dylan. Who suggested for today’s topic that I write “something about Deep Throat finally being revealed.”
Way to go, Dylan-ator.
The fact of the matter is this — Deep Throat has finally been revealed. Woodward and Bernstein had been keeping these facts, of course, close to the vest until they got scooped themselves this week by Esquire magazine that yes, you guessed it, Deep Throat was none other than #2 FBI guy, Mark Felt.
Posted under Not-So-Politics, WFYE. | 12 Comments »
May 31st, 2005
Don’t tell me politics and food don’t go together.
The fact is this: just like Stalin took control of the Soviet Union and turned that country into a true economic and social power based on harsh control and political intimidation, so too has potato salad done to Memorial Day and other holiday side dishes. By the time Stalin was done working over the USSR, he had created a single-minded power. So too, has potato salad.
To illustrate my heady point, let me ask you a question. If you were going to take one side dish to a BBQ, which side dish would you take? Most of you would say potato salad. Sure, some of you would say cole slaw or maybe baked beans, but really — who are we kidding?
Posted under Not-So-Politics, Politics, Potato Salad. | 10 Comments »
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