Noteworthy entries.
Tonight I watched “It’s Bad For Ya,” George Carlin’s final nationally televised performance. The entire show is available on YouTube (Below is Part I of VII). The show was broadcast live on March 1, 2008, only a few months prior to Carlin’s death (due to a heart attack, on June…
My family shared a vacation house with several other families this year. One afternoon, one of my wife's friends (a philosophy professor in his 40's) was relaxing on the porch when I looked down and noticed his unusual right foot: I found myself blurting out, "So tell me about your…
This morning I went to see the third installment of the Shrek movies. It was a 10 a.m. dollar show at a dying mall. As the escalator lifted me from the bowels of parking, my ears were assaulted by all manner of high pitched vocalizations. Apparently, every summer day care…
You can buy a casket at Costco. I don't really have any comment about this fact. I was simply surprised to see that you could buy a discount coffin (and other discount accessories for the dead). For less than $1,000, you can get the "In God's Care Casket." Not bad,…
Do any of you remember the Nick Smith of 30 months ago? Back then, Nick, based in Decatur, Illinois, designed a brand new site called Dangerous Intersection. At that time, DI was only the most recent of Nick’s accomplishments—he had already established himself as a graphic designer for music groups…