I’m so tired of being sick! More on the common cold.

A cold, any time of year, is a miserable affair.  By early-March, most folks in the Northern Hemisphere have had at least one, if not a few.  I’ve written before about the tough choice to go to work or stay home. I do believe that when it is the sniffles, even with a mild cough, [...]

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Poking Fun at Wall Street

Admired as heroes are the musician who played on the deck of the Titanic as the ship sank.  Calmed the passengers and crew as they faced a terrible fate.  Imagine a comedian in their place.  Could you have been a jokester as it happened?  Kudos then to Kappa Beta Phi, the Wall Street Fraternity for [...]

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Swans on a Plane!

“Two hundred people a year die from mute swans,” Mertz countered. “They box you very hard with their wings.”
So what? A swan isn’t going to drop into my boat from a tree and bite me. It isn’t going to hide under a log waiting for me to step on it. It isn’t going to find [...]

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Vending Gone Mad!

Brats at the national zoo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katydidknits/2732240961/in/set-72157606540265868/
Location unknown, but note the accessory – the Red Bull dispenser
http://sheeats.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/the-end-is-near/
At an airport near you
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/01/who-buys-gadgets-fro.html
Apparently we can blame the apocalypse on the Japanese. 
http://pingmag.jp/2008/06/16/vending-machine-extravaganza/
http://halcyonrealms.com/freedom-project/freedom-nissin-cup-noodles-vending-machine/

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Don’t mess with it.

Certain movies, critically aclaimed classics or cult classics just need to be left alone.  Other things just will not translate to the big screen, no matter how much money you throw at it.  Some things can be saved, James Bond and Batman being prime examples.  But others need everyone to stop messing around.  Stop while [...]

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