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I’m Losing Interest in Texts From Last Night
This is why. The content breakdown: . 40% – Guess where I woke up naked 30% – I traded sex or it’s equivalent for: (a) class notes, (b) a ride home, (c) a Klondike Bar 25% – Alcohol Poisoning/Emergency Room Fun (AKA – That’s gonna leave a mark.) 5% – Funny Stuff
Shackin’ Up With Uncle Joe
We stopped by the new Uncle Joe’s Crab Shack on Maple Road in Amherst, just outside of Buffalo, NY at two o’clock on Sunday afternoon. We like to go to popular restaurants at odd times, to avoid the crowds. Call it Linner, I suppose. Our timing didn’t help this time around, there was still a […]
Obligatory There Will Be Football Blogette
Word on the street (street = Internet) is that the football strike is over. And there was much rejoicing and jubilant dancing. It looks like the beer and pizza industries will survive another year. And in other news, it there are rumors that Favre may be coming out of retirement unless someone finds and destroys […]
Harry Potter – Last Call At Hogwarts
Definitely go 3d. The special effects are spectacular. Especially the battle scenes of which there are many. Don’t count on a quidditch match for a bathroom break, there isn’t one. Deathly Hallows Part 2 can be enjoyed as a stand alone movie in case you have been holed up in a cave in Afghanistan for […]
Amy Winehouse – Gone Too Soon at 27
I have no insights to offer on the death of Amy Winehouse. No glimpses into the addicted psyche. No pithy “what we can learn from this” remarks. Just sadness at yet another young talent snuffed out too soon. Why is it so hard for so many to live in the spotlight without leaning on drugs […]
Who Isn’t Just A Little Bit Julie and Julia?
I just finished reading Julie and Julia by Julie Powell. I have heard some readers did not enjoy it, regarding Julie as whiny and self-indulgent, but I get her, I really do. Because what better illustrates the dark underbelly of the American Dream than Julie slogging her days away at a grunt job while saving her […]
Transformers: My Five Questions
1. Why is a robot wearing a scarf? 2. Why can I never tell the decepticons from the autobots when they battle. They need to wear Jerseys. 3. How does Carly have unlimited wardrobe changes regardless of the perilous situations she finds herself in. 4. And about her car, c’mon! No one saw that coming? […]
Why Apple is Awesome
Went to the apple store at the mall. K dropped her touch in a clean toilet last week and it hasn’t functioned since. We took it to the Apple store. It was packed, which is what you would expect of a store full of expensive merchandise in the Rust Belt during a recession. We had […]
Vans Warped Tour at Darien Lake
Warped at Darien Lake – always a great show. This year it was unfortunately a little heavy on screamo and light on ska. I didn’t count, but there were supposed to be 70 bands on 16 stages. It was really hot, but there was s decent breeze which kept it from being miserable. There were water refilling stations […]
Doghenge
My dog is very old, very lethargic and very sedentary. She is mostly blind, completely deaf, arthritic and lumpy. Her favorite activities are sleeping, sighing, panting and nudging your elbow until you pet her. But late in life, she has discovered shenanigans. Every morning when we leave for work, leaving her alone for the day, […]
Ooh Something Shiny! 