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Free Speech in Russia – Please!

“Now that we’ve killed off all the journalists we didn’t like, we’re now good to go with that whole free speech thing.” (author embellishment) “Ivan Safronov, the military affairs writer for Kommersant, died Friday after falling from a fifth-story window in the stairwell of his apartment building in Moscow, officials said…” The New York-based Committee […]

Who’s the idiot now?

After a co-worker quipped to Ed O’Neill that “some idiot” hadn’t claimed an $800,000 Powerball winning ticket, Mr. O’neill chuckled, and then after further investigation realized the winning ticket was purchased where he bought his, so he checked the numbers and realized that he was that idiot. O’Neill will now be an idiot whose mortgage […]

Rocky Based in Truth

From the “in case you didn’t know” department, the original story of Rocky was inspired by Chuck Wepner, a tough ex-marine who challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975, and in a losing effort became the only opponent to knock Ali down during his championship years. “When a young, impressionable and unknown Philadelphia […]

The Capo Incident

OK – Guys. Wow. This is a musician thang but, visit this site and listen to what is commonly known as a TRAIN WRECK. It sounds way worse than it is. The only problem here is that the guitarist moved his capo to the wrong fret… which puts his guitar and voice in a different […]

Baby Tattoos

Feeling like your baby is just not hip enough? Tattoos on your little one may be just the answer. And before you call Child Protective Services, just know that these are FDA approved temporaries 😉 At 10 cents per image, this bundle of 49 ‘baby tats’ could give your child street cred until age 5. […]

Boom Town

Fortunately I was in town playing bass from 3 pm until 8… and my wife was with me. When we got finished the top story on all major news outlets in Houston was regarding this massive explosion of a 31″ natural gas pipe that occured “at 529 and Fry Rd North” was all we knew, […]