… ewww (or, “Why don’t you have a seat over there?”)

Come on, Chris Hansen … you’re everywhere! Where were you on this one? Va. man nabbed in Craigslist sex sting; drawn in by fake ad … I’m just going to leave you with the most disturbing sentence I’ve read in weeks. He had condoms and an album by teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus with him, [...]

It makes me think of The Who

You know, aside from the whole not working thing, my TV is so much cooler than your TV. Doesn’t it make you want to sing “Magic Bus”? No? OK.

Fix meeeeee (or, “My Life with Comcast”)

I’m still waiting for Comcast to come and, with any luck, remove my TV from its cable box’s clutches. They were supposed to be here between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., which means I really could have spent the morning searching for this elusive black scarf I’ve been beaking about or, oh, doing anything else. [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving – WKRP Turkey Drop – kewego Video from sharkhost Before I begin the preparations of turkey and all … I wanted to wish all of my family, friends, readers, randoms, fans, haters and more a Happy Thanksgiving! I could post a thousand words on things for which I’m thankful, but it could easily [...]

It’s all kinds of on now

The arrival of the turkey. 12 pounds, 3 ounces. I’m not one of those fancy, talented people who brine a turkey and make apple-walnut stuffing, though I’m very envious of those of you who do. At some point tomorrow, I’ll do it the way my mother did … washing it, pulling out the neck and [...]

This pile is out of control

This is just half of the books I’m waiting to read. The other pile is labeled with a pink Post-It that reads “Me” against the wall. At this rate, I’m never going to catch up. Some of the reads: “Last Words” by George Carlin “Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors: The Lives, Loves and Deaths of 30 Pioneers [...]

It’s not too early to order

(melkmugs.com) One of my favorite Thanksgiving night traditions (that I’ll miss by being in D.C. for the holiday again) is the annual first viewing of “Christmas Vacation.” In looking around this afternoon, I remembered the reindeer mugs. I always wanted set of those. And now I know where to find them. Melk Mugs!! Even better? [...]

Pre-gaming Black Friday (on Tuesday)

In the magic Inbox, I learned of this drink — the Black Friday Cocktail — which bills itself as the perfect way to end your shopping day. For those of you who may want to try this (and given that about 95 percent of my traffic from Google searches comes from people searching for “Three [...]

You’re doing it wrong

So, before anybody thinks I was trolling for random strange in Wheeling (of all f-ing places), I decided to check out craigslist to see if anybody had posted an ad about my sister’s dog. He’s missing, and she’s pretty upset about it, so I told her to try everything she could (including craigslist) to find [...]

So, I have to ask …

From today’s “job hazard” pile … Was there really enough “best of” material with Enya to make “The Very Best of Enya”? It almost feels, to me at least, like “The Very Best of Nickelback.”