Lady in the water.. unfortunately its the toilet.

I just watched Shamalamadindong’s last movie, Lady in the Water. I wanted to like this movie. I wanted to like this movie more then I wanted to like Signs. I wanted to like this movie on so many different levels. It seemed like a fairy tale, like a children’s fable of [...]

Immediate stress relief can be yours.

OK, listen closely, I am here tonight as an ambassador of goodwill. If you are a guy (sorry ladies) and feeling a little pressured, a little crispy around the edges, a little too much giving and not enough gettin’ then pay attention. I have a prescription for what ails you. Find a [...]

Red brick, narrow alleys and the freedom to explore

The other night I found myself with some time on my hands, so I went to downtown Lakeland and wandered around. I like downtown Lakeland, it has character and some history -which stands in stark contrast to Florida’s shallow ability to honor its past. But I found myself feeling very nostalgic and pining [...]

An old member of the New Guard died

Boris Yeltsin died a couple of days ago. I was a big fan of Yeltsin, the first elected president of Russia, and the result of the policies and efforts of Gorbachev (the guy with the stain on his forehead). Yeltsin was a hard drinking big laughing son-of-a-bitch that had seemed to have a [...]

Any way you slice it, its still birth control

I saw a very interesting birth control commercial. Normally these don’t grab me. My none-too mild obsession with the societal ramifications of today’s advertising methodologies usually don’t involve a woman’s who-who. But a couple of things in this ad stood out.

I learned while watching this commercial that it is seemingly important for [...]

A wiley old codger

The news is wall to wall coverage regarding a disgruntled South Korean kid who couldn’t quite fit in here in America after his dad left South Korea after He couldn’t quite fit in there. You want to know more about this kid then turn on the tube, though I recommend you don’t. There’s [...]

What do you do?

Excuse the disjointedness, I am not feeling eloquent. A nut ball walked onto a college campus and shot 50 people, 33 of them have died. How do you stop this? How do you prevent it?

Campus lock-down? This isn’t a high school. This is a 2600 acre complex full [...]

Free trade, ethics, and why it matters

“hmmmmm, aren’t you a republican? it’s all about supply, demand and how much you can make off of the dumbshits that use your products…lol”

- Netty’s response to my satirical view of the oil situation.

I am a republican -yes, its true. I believe in business, capitalism, and free trade. I believe in the power [...]

Gas supplies tighten as world events spiral out of control. The American public stands silent.

Gas producers found themselves caught suddenly short supply-wise when faced with the quick and sudden on-set of Summertime. Lulled by the strange weather brought on by global warming, the Big Oil companies gambled that weather patterns would remain unstable, that spring would endure indefinitely and therefor made little to no attempt to start the [...]

Reluctant railroad tycoon

I bought a new computer. My old one was.. well, old. The monitor was an embarrassment, something out of 1988 and the machine had an intense and irrational dislike of Ipods (and mp3 players in general). In some odd Machiavellian techno themed way, the wife and I’s Ipods got our old computer [...]