In honor of my 666th subscriber (welcome, Stacie Chadwick!  Thanks for coming by!), I – naturally – immediately began humming Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” to myself.  This, of course, made want to do two things: One, rock.  Two, take a moment and explore 6(66) reasons to love 80’s Heavy Metal! 1. For […]

AMC, purveyors of some pretty great TV shows, have just released the promotional poster for season 5 of Mad Men, like a plate of bacon before the over-analytical dogs that are the show’s fans. Um, that analogy might need some work. Anyway, producer Matthew Weiner says that the poster is, “a nonverbal representation of where […]

“Uncle Byronic?” Yes, adorable little child? “You know those ads for Dr. Pepper 10 that equate drinking diet Dr. Pepper to guns and being a Viking and smashing things with your bare hands and being in a rodeo and stuff?” Sure. “Those are awful.  They make me want to burn things.  How can those exist?” […]

Well, the second ad has been put up, the one I wrote about the other day.  The one involving the cat; the one that was supposed to be ever so simple and wound up… being… not so.  The part that’s kind of tough about people seeing it, is it’s supposed to look quick and cheap […]

The Obama administration has asked Congress to approve changing the materials that pennies and nickels are made from, recently.  On one hand, you might say “Seriously?  That’s where their attention is going?”  On the other hand, you might think this is a wise move, considering that pennies and nickels cost more than twice as much […]

ACTION NEWS UPDATE!  I wrote recently about the protest in Barnaul, Russia, regarding government corruption.  As you may (or may not – that’s okay) recall, as protests were banned, citizens set up toys carrying adorable little signs to do the protesting for them.  The government was initially unsure how to react, having to choose between […]

Hello, sweetie!  Wait, don’t come in, I have Valentine’s surprises aplenty waiting for you.  Close your eyes.  No cheating! Okay, I’ll lead you in.  No, just leave your things out here on the stoop; they’ll be fine.  Yes, I know your laptop is in your bag, it’ll be perfectly safe. Aaaaand, a step up, a […]

I’ve always been a mildly superstitious person.  Not to any extremes and not in any traditional sense – as in “don’t open an umbrella indoors” or “salt over the left shoulder” or “it’s bad luck to stick your face in a fire” type things.  Mine tend to more of the mild OCD type.  Putting shoes […]