Category Archives: Everything Else

Gomer Pyle – part 2 Prostitutes. I’d like to think of myself as worldly, but in the end, I’m still more Midwestern boy than anything else. Pretty much, I’d figure on bumping into, and starting a conversation with, a Cuban … Continue reading →

Gomer Pyle – part 1 Evening in Fort Wayne – mosquitoes. Evenings in New Orleans French Quarter – prostitutes. Okay, so perhaps that’s a bit extreme, but I’ve never felt so “aww shucks!” Midwestern than walking down Bourbon street this … Continue reading →

New Orleans – Night 3 (of 3) Last day of the conference! Yeah! They hold these things in places like Vegas and New Orleans so the participants don’t die of boredom, resurrect themselves, and then brutally kill themselves again rather … Continue reading →

New Orleans – Night 2 (of 3) Morning. I discovered that New Orleans pigeons subsist on a diet of spilled beer and powdered sugar. I’d swear the birds at the Cafe Dumonde were stoned. One of them was walking around … Continue reading →

New Orleans – Night 1 (of 3) Rainy. A little cold. Won $40 playing the nickel slots in the casino. Was jones’ing to play craps like last year in Vegas but the tables all had $10 minimums (too steep). Still … Continue reading →

I’m getting ready to leave on a business trip – a fundraising convention in New Orleans. The plane leaves tomorrow morning sometime and I’m coming home on Sunday. I’m very comfortable with this level of information. I know the details … Continue reading →

We got more tape! [See Jan 05 entry] Had someone by some weird quirk of fate seen my thinly veiled fictional account? Had I made a subtle difference for good in the universe around me?? Was I an instrument of … Continue reading →

Ah yes… The new year. Businesses also make resolutions. Usually to save money. Can’t fire any more people – everyone knows that corporations do that just before Christmas anyway so that’ll have to wait another 11 months. So, cut spending! … Continue reading →

What this country needs is some moral viagra. Damnit.

January 1st of the new year. The one time we resolve to change our wicked ways and become better people. We knowingly list off all the faults we rationalize away the rest of the year. We have plans to eradicate … Continue reading →

Eclectic musical tastes – When you are vacillating between two radio stations because you can’ t decide if you want to hear Ozzy Osbourne or Shania Twain. Getting older – Shania won.

My brother/partner was comping some text for a page… Normally I rush through just looking at the layout and all the nonsensical “Greek” filler for words, but something caught my eye so I took a closer look. —begin cut/paste— Here … Continue reading →

Geez… I never knew having two readers could be so problematic. I have been told that in one fell swoop I’ve disrespected both religion and women (12/29 post, actually referring to and obviously degrading further the original 12/27 post/notification). I … Continue reading →

A few days ago I posted my official certification or ordination as a reverend in the ULC. Let’s see… I got comments like “You are so weird sometimes” and “I’m speechless!” I figure I’d better explain myself so people don’t … Continue reading →

What does it mean when someone gives you shampoo as a Christmas gift? I guess I should feel good that it wasn’t mouthwash.

This Christmas season I was feeling… well… like I needed something more in my life. That plus late nights and the Internet and low and behold (I can officially say things like that now) I have added entitlement to my … Continue reading →

Okay, okay… but I found another Coupling quote (from the great BRITISH original series) that I *had* to post. When man invented fire, he didn?t say, ‘hey, let?s cook’, he said, ‘great, now we can see naked bottoms in the … Continue reading →

I recently found out that someone read one of my blog entries and took it quite seriously. After the initial surprise that anyone was actually reading anything here I was really quite amused at someone’s concern that I’d be talking … Continue reading →

“No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.” -Victor Hugo

Farewell to John Ritter (9/11/03) and Johnny Cash (9/12/03). If your name is John I think I’d stay home today and avoid anything even remotely dangerous.