Generally, I am more decisive than not. I do not look to foist my opinions upon people, nor do I especially want to coerce them into following a path I dictate. But when faced with an abundance of indecisiveness swirling around like a drunken Tasmanian Devil I have no trouble stepping in and making decisions, fallout be damned. (Ha! Like there is ever fallout.) This ability to pick a direction, state and act upon it is not something I often think about, much like footwear. Frankly, my interest in this sort of self-examination is about the same as (more…)
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Posted: January 31, 2013 in Observations and CommentaryTags: data, gun control, guns, humor, humour, information, interwebs, life, news, USA
The revival of the national gun debate has re-energized failed graphic designers throughout cyberspace. Just when you thought the Presidential election had sapped all their energy these folks have rebounded from November’s muck to grace our monitors and tablets with their amazing PowerPointy/Photoshoppy dexterity! Being nimble of finger and savvy of Google these modern day Rembrandts-cum-Jeffersons have (more…)
the unintended consequences of revolution
Posted: January 3, 2013 in Humorous BitsTags: American, British, history, humor, humour, independence, language, revolution, tea, the forgotten U
The smart money says the British have moved on since losing the war for the American colonies. Holding a grudge is one thing, but holding one for 230 years is quite another and the Brits have better things to do. Sure the war was humiliating, usurped by a ragtag group of rebels using unconventional (some may even say dirty) tactics while engaging in the honor bound pastime of systematically (more…)
resolute
Posted: January 1, 2013 in Humorous BitsTags: 2013, humor, humour, life, New Year, new year resolutions, promises, truth
Personal resolutions are fine and all, but let us make this year’s resolution making season different. Forget the individual promises. Instead let us make giant group resolutions, ones which we are pre-disposed to achieve, ones which once achieved will allow us to puff out our communal chest with pride and loudly proclaim, “Yes, all of us did all of that!” Who doesn’t want to feel that sense of (more…)
zero out of one hundred doctors recommend
Posted: December 8, 2012 in Humorous BitsTags: cheese!, food, health, humor, humour, life, lunch, taco, Taco Bell
Every Friday, much to my doctor’s and Aarón Sanchez’ infinite dismay, I lunch at Taco Bell. Twas a time when this meal would include heaping servings of cheese and refried beans, for what is Mexican food without the delicious anticipation of firing up a defibrillator? It’s like Frida without Diego, Mumford without sons, aid without abet. But in a quest to be better to my body I have (more…)
common threads #11: language employed to manipulate others
Posted: October 31, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: Common Threads, humor, humour, language, life, manipulation, words
These guys are not trying to manipulate you in any way.
The timing of this topic is simply too sweet to be coincidental. Too. Sweet. Citing examples of language employed to manipulate others, what with it being the sprint to the election finish line and all, is like setting Susie Sweettooth loose in a chocolate factory with a bib and a dream. Just open the door and all hell breaks loose. A quick review of what the candidates have said and continue to say as they grapple for their political lives can be accomplished in minutes, seconds really. Far, far too easy. Surely an ugly underbelly, an insidious subtext, must exist which will blow this whole “lucky” timing thing to smithereens and turn the tables of buffoonery on those who gleefully point out the creative use of “candidate speak.” Perhaps it lies in a rarely enforced covenant of the Patriot Act which allows federal agents to (more…)
hurricane checklist
Posted: October 29, 2012 in Humorous BitsTags: checklist, chocolate, humor, humour, hurricane, hurricane Sandy, Jim Cantore, life, list, not so funny, preparations, storm, vodka, weather
hurricane fortification
- Determine sources of information about storm, if any exist
- Replenish stock of non-perishable chocolate
- Replenish stock of non-perishable vodka
- Ensure flashlight works so chocolate (more…)
speech: Lou Gehrig, “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day” (early draft – June 1939)
Posted: October 22, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: baseball, humor, humour, in the attic, Lou Gehrig, luckiest man on the face of the earth, old, speech, Yankees
Ed. Note: Perhaps the most famous speech given in American sports history was delivered on July 4, 1939 at Yankee Stadium by baseball player Lou Gehrig. For 17 years Gehrig was a star for the New York Yankees. His skills fell into sharp decline in 1938 and by May 1939 he was no longer able to play due to extreme physical weakness. On June 19, 1939 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and given less than three years to live. (The disease is now often referred to as “Lou Gehrig Disease.”) The news of his condition spread quickly and on June 21 (more…)
common threads #10: economic inequalities
Posted: October 9, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: Common Threads, economic inequality, humor, humour, life, money, not so funny, wealth
Yeah, it sucks having less money than other people, particularly when it is blindingly clear some of those wealth-basking folks are absolute Class A numskulls. It can be baffling tracing the egregious steps which resulted in you being more of a “have-not” than a “have”, especially when you bear witness to the goofy behavior of these well-to-do nincompoops. Understandably, context is a difficult construct when you are putt-putt-putting along in your cranky 14 year old two-tone Plymouth Neon, attuned to every creak, cling and clang emitting from (more…)
developing story
Posted: September 18, 2012 in Humorous Bits, New JerseyTags: bulk retailers, central New Jersey, construction, Costco, humor, humour, life, New Jersey, NJ, Route 1, shopping, stores
Several years ago Johnson and Johnson, the enormous multi-national manufacturer, closed a facility located in central New Jersey along the northbound side of Route 1 and sold the 200+ acres to the local township. The township dithered for a long time before finally agreeing upon a plan to construct a new town center on this acreage. Now how you can suddenly create a new town center in a 230 year old township is baffling. Especially when the township is (more…)
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