One of My Typical Rants

“If if’s and buts were candy and nuts, it would be Christmas every day of the year”. Parents used to say that to their children, among other things… like, “Have a nice day working in the coal mine, Kevin” or “Sorry I sold you into slavery”. It basically means don’t dwell on the way things […]

Time and Tide

Would you buy a bottle of Tide if you didn’t know where it came from? I ask this question, not to determine the degree to which your moral compass has been degaussed, but to determine the validity of reports that Tide detergent is being stolen in record quantities. The story is spreading across the internet […]

Son of Random Thoughts: The Random Thoughtening

I’ve watched three dozen Fiona Apple videos in a row. Now, everyone I see looks fat… It occurred to me that, if I went to my grave, never knowing what a “causeway” is, it wouldn’t affect the quality of my life at all… No one ever got broke appealing to the lowest common denominator… except […]

Lessons Learned from The Crow

During their off hours, criminals engage in spirited bullet-eating contests. Heroin addicts think birds are funny. Each engagement ring is a life… a life THEY helped destroy. I’m not referring to the scene in the pawn shop. Just venting… If they’d buried Eric Draven upside down, he’d be digging halfway to China about now. Criminal […]

Indications That You Will Almost Certainly Fail

There is doughnut glaze and Cheetoh dust all over your workout DVD. You notice that your boss has a pink slip filled out with everything but his signature. The guy giving you a driving test has a stress-induced coronary during the test. You’ve asked out a girl who is frowning at you, wearing a wedding […]