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How <i>Die Hard</i> Would Have Been Different With Me In It
Two words: thick socks. This would have been the difference between the outcome of the 1988 blockbuster Die Hard had I been given the...
Paul Davidson
Oct 27, 20042 min read
A Little Milestone
Nine months. Five-hundred seventeen posts. Two-thousand two hundred ninety-eight comments. One-hundred thousand hits. It’s a milestone...
Paul Davidson
Oct 27, 20041 min read


Today’s Lesson on Successful Lie-Telling
Telling a lie is a tricky procedure. When you tell a lie there are a myriad of facial expressions and emotions that can give you away. A...
Paul Davidson
Oct 26, 20043 min read
<i>The Benefactor</i> Lost Scenes
You saw the show. Now it’s time to see what you didn’t see whilest seeing it. Yeah. Oh yeah. Last night’s finale of The Benefactor...
Paul Davidson
Oct 26, 20045 min read
<i>The Benefactor</i> Finale
Well, tonight is the night. After (cough) a mere six weeks, The Benefactor will finally reveal how a network can take three episodes of a...
Paul Davidson
Oct 24, 20042 min read


Today’s Imaginary Conversation With Ashlee Simpson’s Singing Voice
You may or may not have heard yet about the debacle on SNL this past weekend when singer Ashlee Simpson (sister of Jessica) was caught...
Paul Davidson
Oct 24, 20042 min read
The Bed, Bath, Beyond Factor
Currently, right this minute, there are identical arguments happening between married men and women, boyfriends and girlfriends and life...
Paul Davidson
Oct 24, 20042 min read


You Think I’m Asleep In My Bed, But I’m Not
There’s a lump…check! There’s movement…check! There’s breathing sounds…check! Yet if you were to move close to my bed, rip the covers...
Paul Davidson
Oct 23, 20043 min read


Words For <i>Your</i> Enjoyment: Little Black Books
[Insert typical welcome message here, welcoming readers to yet another edition of “Words For Your Enjoyment.” Communicate excitement and...
Paul Davidson
Oct 22, 20043 min read
Gum Smack-Talking: The Interview
Earlier today you may have noticed a comment on an older WFME post called “Building a Better Piece of Gum”. The post in question...
Paul Davidson
Oct 21, 20044 min read
Today’s Actual Fully-Real Conversation with Earthlink Technical Support
Them: Hello, welcome to Earthlink technical support, how may I help you? Me: Hi, I’m having trouble with my DSL. It was just installed...
Paul Davidson
Oct 21, 20043 min read
Today’s Prognosis on Bubble Tape
It is gum yet it is not tape. How often are we faced with a product whose name has one legitimate word while the other word is pure...
Paul Davidson
Oct 20, 20042 min read
The Wes Anderson Experiment
Celebrity fascinates me. Why is it that people are so desperate to feel like they are part of some celebrity’s circle of friends? Why do...
Paul Davidson
Oct 19, 200412 min read
If I Lived On The Sun
Really, living on the sun wouldn’t be much different from living on the Earth. If I lived on the sun, I would still probably write in my...
Paul Davidson
Oct 19, 20041 min read


Pick Up The Floss
You know you want to pick up a copy of the new edition of Mental_Floss Magazine which includes my article, “Mad Scientist of the Month:...
Paul Davidson
Oct 18, 20041 min read


I Could Be Your Personal, Non-Electronic Voting Machine Guy
Calling all Floridians! I know you’re concerned with the upcoming vote on November 2nd due to the debacle about four years ago. You’re...
Paul Davidson
Oct 18, 20043 min read
The Best Buy Greeter Coefficient
Let me set the scene. It is the weekend. You want to go see if, now that you have all the 0% APR credit you can imagine, there’s...
Paul Davidson
Oct 17, 20043 min read
I Am The Luckiest 0% APR Guy In The World
Let me just start off by saying something that does not mean to offend or make it seem like I’m better than any of you. I’m not. I’m a...
Paul Davidson
Oct 16, 20043 min read
<i>The Benefactor</i> B.S.
You gotta love the networks. Reported this morning, ABC has decided to truncate the remaining four episodes of The Benefactor into two. ...
Paul Davidson
Oct 15, 20041 min read


Words For <i>Your</i> Enjoyment: Fanny Packs
This week’s “Words For Your Enjoyment” brings us a quirky little idea from WFME friend Charm, who wonders aloud just what’s the deal with...
Paul Davidson
Oct 15, 20043 min read
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