I am frequenter of the College Humor website. I like watching all the videos they have. Some of them have the potentials to be virals. I always like to know what’s happening in the world in my own distorted way. One day I happened to notice that they listed a “Coed of the Week.” Actually that’s not the name. It’s actually “Cute College Girl of the Day” to which I take exception. “Coed of the…
You know that old cliche that hope springs eternal? You know what else springs eternal. Stupid! In my opinion stupid sprung eternal first. Hope followed a distant second. A very close third would be the hope that stupid is only a temporary state. I think we can all agree that stupid has not been a temporary state. It has clung to us like the funk which we attempt to hide covertly. Nobody is fooled. We…
The last time I watched TV on a regular basis was 8 years ago. I haven’t had cable TV or even satellite. I’ve been confining myself to an oasis of literature and public radio. Recently, I decided to get an HDTV. The TV I had previously was 10 years old and its main function was to watch DVDs and play video games. I must say that high definition is a technical marvel that only an…
When it comes to the newer apartment complexes that’ve recently sprung up like dandelions, all I can say is that they’re built cheap. Not inexpensive. Just plain cheap! “Inexpensive” gives you value for what you pay. “Cheap” just sucks ass. To top it off they will label these cheaply built paper thin shoe-boxes “luxury apartments.” Nothing says “we’re going to bend you over and give it to you hard” better than when someone trying to…
After my little mid-winter vacation, I got sick with the flu. A potent one at that. This past week I spent 2 days working. Monday and Friday. I laid in bed the rest of my working week. I didn’t sleep well. I went from having chills that I felt all the way to the bone to sweating like I’m in a rain forest. My sickness is not the central point, but it might have a…