My first time to Charleston, and I found it to be a visual feast. So Southern and classic, you from certain vantage points, almost European. I’m heading back this month, maybe we’ll have nicer weather.
Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
Charleston in November
Posted in Culture, tagged Charleston, South Carolina on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ya Bacon Me Craaazy!
Posted in Culture, tagged bacon addicts, bacon love, bacon tattoo, baconriffic, bacontastic, Blogging, Entertainment, Humor, looking for a bypass, more meat please, Reviews, weird bacon products on January 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
We’ve visited to topic of ’Bacon: Is There Ever Too Much‘ before but now I believe we can safely agree that yes, there quite possibly could be a way to put one toe over the line.
Case in Point: The Bacon Explosion.
Yeah, so? It looks relatively harmless and delicious. Tell Me more.
Sure. No problem.
It’s simple really; [...]
Stop Motion Goodies
Posted in Culture, tagged Blogging, Culture, DIY, Entertainment, fun video, Humor on January 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I know some people out there who dig the stop motion. And this vid is a cute reminder of how creative you can be on the cheap.
I can hear some of you starting to grow your own mustaches right now.
Viva la revalution!
Separated At Birth
Posted in Culture, tagged burger king king, celebrities, creepy burger king, Entertainment, geraldo rivera, Humor, seperated at birth, Television on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Which tv newsman seems a little too genetically linked to a tv pitchman?
Are they related? One and the same?
Only his hairdresser knows for sure.
Notes To Puppy #1
Posted in Culture, tagged Blogging, cavalier king charles puppy, Dogs, Entertainment, Humor, life, pets, puppies, ruby, spaniel puppy on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes when I’m rubbing puppy’s belly, I like to coo in her ears and tell her that she’s the cutest pup in the whole land.
But I also use that opportunity to remind her that she should really develop some extra tricks and/or skills because pretty soon, she’s gonna grow up and she won’t be as [...]
Is Food Network Trying to Kill This Guy
Posted in Culture, Television, Uncategorized, tagged Blogging, cooking, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, Entertainment, food, food network, foodtv, Guy Fieri, Humor, predictions, television reviews on December 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
OK.
Guy Fieddy (if it is spelled any other way, it is unforgivable making people pronounce it as such).
When I can’t sleep I find his ‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’ is on incessantly when most mere mortals are asleep and therefore safe from his tour of bacon grease, beef fat and lard.
I have no problem with the [...]
Zen Koan
Posted in Culture, tagged Blogging, Entertainment, Humor, movies, religion, zen on December 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you set a movie in South Boston, can it be made if there are no characters named either ‘Paulie,’ ‘Jimmy’ or ‘Doyle’?
How was Your Holiday?
Posted in Culture, tagged black friday, bloggin, Entertainment, Holidays, Humor, shopping, thanksgiving on December 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Washington Wizards coach Eddie Jordan got word that he was fired at 7:30am Thanksgiving morning outside the arena as he and his wife were handing out turkeys as part of an outreach program. Do you think someone just came over to him and said, “You know what Eddie? I think you might just be in [...]
November 30
Posted in Culture, tagged born on this day, famous birthdays, november 30 on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Born On:
1667 – Jonathan Swift
1835 – Mark Twain
1874 – Winston Churchill
1924- Shirley Chisolm
1927 – Robert Guillaume
1929 – Dick Clark
1930 – G. Gordon Liddy
1937 – Ridley Scott
1943 – Terrence Malick
1947 – David Mamet
1952 – Mandy Patinkin
1965 – Ben Stiller
Now, Cure Cancer!
Posted in Culture, tagged Austin, Blogging, Entertainment, Humor, old el paso, tacos, texas on November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today, Tacos. Tomorrow, The World.
You no longer have to load your bountiful taco shells lying down on their sides. They will now stand up to your gluttonous, spiced meat concoction.
But this doesn’t speak to my needs. I will only be satisfied when Old El Paso makes a shell with a reinforced bottom because I am tired [...]
The Classics – byRollerblade.
Posted in Culture, tagged creativity, Entertainment, free time, Humor, mental health break, mozart on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Apparently I am not creative enough with how I use my free time.
Here’s 40 seconds of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40
I could live a few more lifetimes and not have that thought cross my mind.
Excuse me, Is That Your Son?
Posted in Culture, tagged curly neal, Entertainment, harlem globetrotters, Humor, james lesure, look-a-likes, separated at birth on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We all remember The Harlem Globetrotters, right?
And, of course the most famous, with a 30 year stint (and favorite son of North Carolina) was the aptly named, Curly Neal.
It seems Curly fathered a son years ago that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves: One of the stars of NBC’s “Las Vegas” ( – though he changed his [...]
What Would You Name Him?
Posted in Culture, tagged cav puppy, cavalier king charles spaniel, cutest puppy, puppy names, ruby on November 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
How about Rocky or Chief or Brutus or or Ranger or Fozzie or Rudolph or Radish or Pickle or Cheerio or Dasher or Oliver or Caboose or Clay or Duke or Templeton or Scully or Ptolemy or Radcliff or Boo Radley or Boyd or ….
November 3 – On This Day in History
Posted in Culture, tagged birthdays nov 3, famous birthdays, historic events, History, november 3rd, on this day in history on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1911 – Chevrolet first enters the automobile industry in competition with the Model T
1913 – US introduces the income tax
1957 – USSR launches Sputnik 2 first animal in orbit
1964 – Washington, DC residents able to vote in the presidential election for the first time
1973 – NASA luanches Mariner 10 towards Mercury, becomes first space probe [...]
Ahh, The Tears.
Posted in Culture, Internets, tagged Blogging, Entertainment, Humor, video on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who Won The Debate?
Posted in Culture, tagged debates, Entertainment, first, Humor, mccain, obama, politics on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
McCain won by virtue of showing up and not imploding. Although it was his to lose because Foreign Affairs was, by all accounts, his area of expertise.
Obama won simply by showing himself to ” appear Presidential”
But the general consensus, by everyone not employed/deployed to a spin room was that no one was the clear victor.
Which [...]
I’m Sick Of The Main Stream Media!
Posted in Culture, tagged main stream media, mccain, obama, palin, politics on September 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I cannot stand this ‘Henny-Penny/Chicken-Little’ Attitude with the media lately.
The sky is not falling and the world is not going to hell in a handbasket.
But we are lead to believe it day in and day out.
Case(s) In Point:
For 18 months we have heard that we are in a recession. All Economic indicators have proven that [...]
Next VP Candidate
Posted in Culture, Internets, tagged Blogging, cats, democrat, Entertainment, Humor, joe biden, kittens, mccain, obama, october surprise, pets, politics, republican, sarah palin on September 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
BREAKING NEWS: One of the Vice Presidential candidates will recuse him/herself this week!
I have it on good authority that early this week there will be a shake-up in the vice presidential race. It is the October Surprise that we’ve all come to expect.
Following Palin’s tragic interview with Katie Couric and the McCain camp refusing to allow [...]
It’s the 60th Emmy Awards…
Posted in Culture, Television, tagged Blogging, emmy awards, Entertainment, Humor, review, Television, wrap up on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Also known as the Ultimate Celebration of the Banal! YYYYEEAAAAAAAAHHHH.
The 5 Hosts (aka The 5 guys relegated to hosting reality show programs because they have no discernible talents of their own) are out to open the show and get this…they’ve got nothing. It’s not a bit. They really are such blow-hards that they couldn’t agree [...]
On the banks of the Red Cedar…
Posted in Culture, Television, tagged MSU, Spartans, michigan state university, big ten, football, norte dame, sparty, State, Fighting Irish on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fringe
Posted in Culture, tagged "the same old story", entertainemnt, fox, fringe, fringe season 1 episode 2, jj abrams, joshua jackson, pacey, Reviews, Television, tv premieres on September 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Are you watching? Do you like? Is the writing awful enough for you?
See the Premiere Review here.
This second episode (“Magic Old Man Baby”) opened with one of the creepiest scenes I can remember ever being on television. This eppy deals with people rapidly aging so fast that within hours of their birth, they died from [...]
Who Will Be The Voice of the Next Generation?
Posted in Culture, tagged don lafontaine, Entertainment, movie trailers, movie voice overs, news, ryan seacrest on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Don LaFontaine
(1940-1968)
One of the most recongnizable, often mimicked voice over artists passed away. I cannot imagine movie trailers without that basso profunda intoning the ubiquitous, “In a world…”
(PS. Big money’s on Ryan Seacrest to fill the void. That guy does everything.)
Salad Dressing – Product Reviews
Posted in Culture, tagged Austin, Entertainment, food, Humor, local, local products, oka's miso review, Reviews, salad dressings, texas on August 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We here in Austin are lucky enough to have access to a unique salad dressing.
Unique in the fact that it’s local but, unfortunately, it is marketed in the absolute wrong way.
Here’s what some of our readers have to say:
“Should be called ‘Lower Colon Decimator’.”
“If Jackson Pollack worked in fecal matter, he’d have a sure fire [...]
2008 Olympic Thoughts and Snark – Our Roundup.
Posted in Culture, Lists of Fury, tagged bejing, best of the olympics, China, Entertainment, favorites in the Olympics, Humor, Reviews, worst of the 2008 olympic games on August 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There was a lot to be learned from these Olympic games, to be sure. Some positive, some not-so-much. I enjoyed them more than I thought I would and found myself drawn in. But once inside, sometimes you saw a weird bit of human nature. (You know that old ‘Triumph and Tragedy’ chestnut)
So here are some [...]
Odd Olympic Events
Posted in Culture, Lists of Fury, tagged Entertainment, History, human interest, Humor, oddest sports of Olympics, olympics, retired sports, short lived events, top 25 worst olympic sports, top tenlists on August 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
They tried. They failed. We’re all for innovation here at the ‘Tuss but we alwaysknow when to say ‘When’…
Solo Synchronized Swimming (1992) It’s an oxy-moron, ya morons! Couldn’t you have called something else similarly as lame, like Water Dancing? Swamcing?
Live Pigeon Shooting (1900) – Only time in Olympic history live animals were exterminated utilized in sport. Let loose [...]
Casin-Oh?
Posted in Culture, tagged casinos, Entertainment, gambling, Humor, native americans on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m not saying it’s not deserved but -
I don’t think all ’pale face’ are gonna miss the joke.
It is in Southern California so…pretty apt. And if you build it, we’re sure the morons will go and loose all their hard-earned whompum (and drink too many over-priced scalpitinis – just don’t hesitate to “give them back” at the end of [...]
Favorite Flavor Ice Cream? Mine’s Vanilla with Splinters.
Posted in Culture, tagged camp, church, Entertainment, fun, Humor, ice cream, school on August 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I reeeeaally like ice cream…
But in the whole of my adult life, I have never once been eating ice cream and thought, “Gee, I wish I had one of those wooden tongue depressor- shaped spoons to eat it with.”
I cannot possibly be the only child of the 70’s that was forced to eat a cup of ice cream at school [...]
You Caption It.
Posted in Caption This!, Culture, tagged Entertainment, families, father and son, Humor, silly pictures, you caption the photo on August 7, 2008 | 11 Comments »
“Does this thing make me look gay?”
Hapiness Is…
Posted in Culture, Internets, Knews?, Television, tagged david tennant, doctor who, james nesbitt, meetup groups on August 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When someone starts off a story, “Omigod, I felt like the biggest geek one time…I was at this Doctor Who meet-up group and…”
If the thing that made you feel like the biggest dork was not simply being at the Doctor Who meet-up group, then I have some seriously high expectations for this story!
PS – Who’s [...]
