Archive for January, 2008

Random Thoughts

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under silliness | Jan 31, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’m not much on politics here at NRABB2 but I have read that FOX Noise‘s poster boy, Mayor Mc9/11, has dropped out of the race, giving added momentum to Ron “I’m Not the 2008 Howard Dean” Paul’s quest to be noticed by mainstream media. I tell you, I’m looking at the contenders for this year’s ...Read more.

A Retraction

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under Uncategorized | Jan 28, 2008 | No Comments

Recently, it was reported in this blog that a Chicago man was assaulted when members of Blue Man Group performed a spur-of-the-moment endoscopy on him. It has come to this reporter’s attention that the man in question was not at a BMG performance but actually a performance by the avant garde/snuff film provocateurs, Blofeld Group. ...Read more.

When Blue Man Group Attacks!

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under Uncategorized | Jan 27, 2008 | 2 Comments

A Chicago man is claiming that members of Blue Man Group attacked him during one of their concert performances. Click here for the story. One of them yanked back Srodon’s head, he says, while the other poked a lighted probe down his throat. “As I was struggling to get free, the blue man seemed to ...Read more.

In praise of Juno & Diablo

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under movies, writing | Jan 26, 2008 | No Comments

This evening I finally caught the movie Juno and I’m wondering what took me so long to do it. Whip smart dialogue, unconventional, funny and sentimental without being saccharin. Not to spoil the ending of the movie but it’s much too easy to go for the “Happy Happy Ending”. There’s enough doubt throughout the movie ...Read more.

a curious affair

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under fiction | Jan 26, 2008 | No Comments

It was quite a pickle. Detective Farnsworth looked the victim up and down. For the life of him, he had no idea who would do such a thing to a man. In all his years of investigations, he’d never seen anything like it. The victim was a white male with long grey hair, possibly in ...Read more.

Sports Sunday

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under Uncategorized | Jan 20, 2008 | No Comments

On a daily basis, I grok that not a lot of folks read this blog. I dig it. Updates are sporadic. The content is questionable (“Fruity Wines?” you ask. “WTF?”). So to the folks who give up a bit of Internet surfing time to read this thing, thanks. It’s a cold, cold Sunday. The Bruins ...Read more.

Fruity Wines

Posted by Odd Brian | Filed under Uncategorized | Jan 16, 2008 | No Comments

What you see before thee is a bottle of Kentucky Orchard’s Cranberry Fruit Wine. The label purports it to be “Kentucky’s Finest” with “the sweet taste of 100% ripe cranberries”. It’s bottled by Terrance Patrick Cellars in nearby Melbourne, Kentucky. Melbourne, while not what one considers a wine producing region, is home to the Saint ...Read more.