I’ve just gotta share this. Three summers ago, I unloaded a raggedy-ass copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1 I’d carried around with me for some 40 years. The edges of the cover were “chipped” (as they say in the comic book … Continue reading
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Every year, around July 4, packs of real estate rascals storm through neighborhoods and plant little American flags on people’s front lawns. Each flag, of course, includes a business card and a note about “proudly waving our flag.” In the … Continue reading
God help me, we’re fast-approaching a run-off election for county supervisor in my neck o’ the woods. And if you know me at all, you know I fookin’ HATE electoral politics. Can’t stand ’em. So you can imagine my irritation … Continue reading
Somebody offered up a list online this morning of 10 reasons they’re happy to see an end to summer. Their reasons ranged from “no more unbearable heat,” to avoiding “the tyranny of expensive iced coffee,” to (and this one I … Continue reading
I wanna talk about something really simple today. Simple…but it can make you a lot of moola. Lemme start at the beginning… Every once in awhile, I’ll find a photo or poster that I like so much, I’ve just gotta … Continue reading
I was up late last night, streaming the second pilot episode of the original Star Trek TV series via Netflix. I’d forgotten that Gary Lockwood was in it and was reminded of a fun story from, oh, four or five … Continue reading
Deb and I finished watching the second season of the Netflix series “House of Cards” last week. Holy crap! Francis Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, is Richard II, Professor Moriarty, and Fu Manchu rolled into one. (And face it, his … Continue reading
Ben Settle turned me onto this, and I just had to share. It’s a piece from Huffington Post a few weeks back, by somebody named Carolyn Gregoire. Carolyn is a fussbudget who loves to wag her finger at “greedy” businesses … Continue reading
An east coast friend took time from shoveling her Audi out of snow and ice to ask how Deb and I fared during the “devastating Pacific storms” of the last few days. That’s what journalists are calling this weather we’ve … Continue reading
Hands down, the most candid newspaper ad EVER has to be one Ernest Shackleton wrote in 1914 to recruit men for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. That’s the famous excursion where the ship Endurance got frozen in an ice floe that … Continue reading