Should I Have Watched the State of the Union Address?
I don’t feel very proud admitting this, but last night, I skipped watching the State of the Union address. At first, I felt no remorse about the decision, but it […]
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Is Taco Bell Not Beef?
I apologize for the title, which sounds like a line from Shylock’s “If you prick us, do we not bleed?” speech in The Merchant of Venice. An Alabama law firm […]
More Reasons I Miss AOL Instant Messenger
Yesterday’s article, “I Miss AOL Instant Messenger (“article” sounds much more professional than “blog whose third paragraph I wrote while on the john”) seemed to get a lot of people […]
I Miss AOL Instant Messenger
By today’s standards, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a friggin’ fossil. It does nothing other than let people send text messages to one another, a job Gchat, Facebook and your […]
Why I Won’t Watch The Social Network*
*Unless it’s on HBO and I’m sitting unswashed on my couch at 3pm on a Sunday, in which case, sure, what the hell. The Social Network tells the tale of […]
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Do you wish someone a happy MLK day? It sounds a little morbid, given the whole assassination aspect of it all. What I do know is this: Enough of you […]
Papa’s Basement 1-17-11-The Hobo Years
Hear about the various horrible jobs I worked before getting into radio, like personal training and starring in a snuff film. We also talk NFL playoffs, but in a girly, […]
My Favorite Scene from The Sopranos
The Sopranos really was one of the most spectacular shows ever created. Nuanced, expertly acted, rife with dramatic tension, not to mention a surprising number of tremendous laughs. The scene […]
Gerbils: The Lamest Pet in Creation
I have a cat (there’s something inherently creepy about a heterosexual male saying that, but bear with me). It craps in a box, lives on a pillow under the heater, […]
Life on Hoth (DC Can’t Handle Snow)
Another dusting of snow, another out of proportion reaction from the DC area. At least this time people stopped short of bartering their women for milk and toilet paper, but, […]
From the Wayback: Where the Red Fern Grows
The other day I got to thinking that there are a crapton of books from my childhood I barely remember. Countless novels I either napped through as they were read […]
NFL Playoffs-Week 1-One for Effing Four
“You’re gonna listen to me? To something I said? Hasn’t it become abundantly clear during the tenure of our friendship that I don’t know shit?” –Brodie, Mallrats In this man’s […]
Papa’s Basement 1-10-11-We’re Back, Mothersmuckers!
We’re back from vacation and, while I want to heed the wisdom of Winston Wolf, I think we do a hell of a job on this one. The story Will […]
Are All Cellphone Batteries Awful?
I’ve been a cellphone owner for over a decade and have owned my fair share of cellphones. I’m talking phones from way back, with that awful, pea green Game Boy […]
Subway Sucks
Don’t let the title fool you: I eat at Subway. A lot. But lately I’ve been forced to conclude that Subway “restaurants” suck. (The balls on that company, referring to […]