Archive for October, 2009
Misprints for the Needy
When a professional sports team wins a championship, it doesn’t take long before you see one of the players wearing a hat or t-shirt proclaiming their team the winners. But did you ever wonder what happens to, say, the Tampa Bay Rays 2008 World Series Champion hats or those 19-0 New England Patriot Super Bowl ...Read more.
Dead Celebrities on Hallowe’en
Today marks the celebration of Hallowe’en, that time when the border between this world and the world of the dead. What better moment to bring up my recent read, The Last Days of Dead Celebrities by Mitchell Fink. Far less tabloid than the title suggests, Last Days… documents the passing of a selected group of ...Read more.
Morning Thoughts & Links
Burning Bunnies For Heat. There’s some uproar over knowledge that Sweden is burning rabbit carcasses to keep warm. Why burn bunnies when members of the Duggar family are so readily available and can be just as useful? And would it make the news easier if you knew the dead bunnies were suicides? Dead Guy In ...Read more.
One of Those Good Ones: Dr. Bob Hatfield
While perusing the local library this evening, I received a phone call from my wife telling me that Dr. Robert Hatfield had died. Then, she added, that he had died over three years ago. Certainly, this is an odd bit of news to receive on a wet Wednesday evening but the more I thought about ...Read more.
Let Me Get This Straight…
PREAMBLE: Forgive me for what I’m about to do, dear readers. I’m delving into the realm of the tabloid and the infotainment. This brief dip into the goo of the self-aggrandizing, the attention whoring, the fame-starved, and the congealed-fat-for-brains might offend those of a naive mindset. I, instead, invite those parties to take advantage of ...Read more.
Bourdain in an Alternate Universe?
Those of you who have spent more than the average time Google Analytics suggests you have will know of my love for the Sous Chef of Snark, Anthony Bourdain, and his program No Reservations. The weekly, hour-long series is the oasis among the questionably culinary-obsesses fare of Travel Channel’s offerings. Beyond Madventures and the lovely ...Read more.
Thanksgiving Is Just Around The Corner
Because Thanksgiving is all about family, what better way to cook dinner than with the help of your dotty uncle? Enjoy an instructive video which you can find below the break.
