Frank B.
Park bench in Calabasas, CA
In case you’ve never heard of her, if you’ve watched tv in the seventies or eighties or have seen a movie in that time you have seen her. I’ll leave you with “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.”
John McCain Is So Out of Touch…
…that even his bunting is upside-down. I’ve done the Google image searches, folks. Flag bunting. Patriotic bunting. Red, white, and blue bunting. And every one I saw has the flat part at the top, and the curved part down. I’m no physics professor, but I think it has something to do with gravity. I’m Jack […]
Greetings from Estonia!
Greetings from Estonia, where everyone pretends to know English and pretends not to know Russian (understandably), and where the World Rogaining Championships are a mere 12 hours away. Here are some excerpts from the indemnity form I will be required to sign: 1.1.1 The competitor may get lost. 1.1.2 The competitor may fall under attack […]
Sharp Advertising?
Just saw a commercial for Sharp Aquos LCD TVs. The gist of it: You’d have to be a physics professor to select a TV these days; luckily, the star of the commercial is a physics professor. Scrambling to the Internet, I learned that he is indeed a professor of physics—Gerard Fasel of Pepperdine. Now, OK, […]
Supermarket Finds
Via cellphone, my friend Graham sent me this photo: Graham says: “Made with real bits of baby seal!”
Son of a box!
I think the thing I like most about the terrible movies they show on airplanes is when they overdub offensive words. It’s totally inconsistent: sometimes they substitute a milder version of the same word, even if it doesn’t match the lips; other times they put in a word that matches the lips, even if it […]
The Gipper
Last night, during the RNC, there was a video tribute to Ronald Reagan. Not once, but twice the voiceover intoned, “President Ronald Reagan never forgot who he was.”
Holy Photoshop!!! III
2006…and today. Do they honestly think that looks like Brian Wilson? God only knows.
Miss Bong
In Korean, this says “Miss Bong”. Phonetically it sounds like “Mee-su Bong.” They’re little fishcakes somewhat like slim jims. Along those lines, there is a sports drink called Pis in Korea and also Pocari Sweat (competing sports drink).
Dinner Me Dreadfully
According to an article in our local paper, the following stores located in suburban Albany closed in the past year: Dinner Me Quickly, Make & Take, Dream Dinner, Dinner by Design, and Super Suppers. All specialize in foods to be taken home and frozen for later consumption. I never heard of a single one of […]
Jack Silbert, curator