Archive for August, 2007
early night weirdness….
Whilst perambulating around ye olde You Tube, I happened upon in full a program from 1995: a BBC2 Late Night Obituary on Vivian Stanshall. Viv is a bit of a hero of mine. The lead singer of the Bonzo Dog (sometimes Dada, other times Doo dah and even more times without) Band, Stanshall along with ...Read more.
Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped!
Thirty years ago yesterday, we lost one of the greatest and most literate funny people in the world: Groucho Marx. I’ve long been a fan of the Marx Brothers. Growing up, the Bros. were major cultural icons thanks to a resurgence in interest their films like Duck Soup. As a kid, I was drawn to ...Read more.
Do you want cream or sugar with your terrorism?
Sure, titles like that will probably put me on the waiting list at the Hard Rock Cafe: Guantanamo. But I use it as a starting point to discuss a recent blog I read on new efforts to monitor home grown terrorism: The report by the NYPD intelligence division, “Radicalization in the West and the Homegrown ...Read more.
The most kick ass book I own
Many, many apologies. I’ve been rather busy which is why I haven’t had much of an updating chi going. To make it up, I’m going to tell you about the most kick ass book I own. This story begins in 1998 when I was working as a production assistant for a local news station. My ...Read more.
Crape diem
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying:And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting,The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he’s to-setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are ...Read more.
The Cracker?
As the penance for having children, I’m exposed to the Disney Channel quite a bit. This means my daughters are addicted to brain damaging programs such as Hanna Montana and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The latter show features a set of twins with as much personality as beige carpeting. The former features ...Read more.
Body and mind
For the last few years, I’ve been in a losing battle with m’belly. I’m what you would consider extra husky. My doctor says obese but that’s such an angry word. Let’s say I’ve got a bit of Belushi-esque heft to my frame (John, not Jim, thank you). As a male in my late-30s, I should ...Read more.
