If you haven’t heard, we [the royal variety] are going through a little economic turbulence. It’s pretty big. All kinds of important people are soiling their underpants because of this. The main perpetrators who wouldn’t normally be aware of their contributions to these events have taken their blinders off and pissing themselves. I’m getting a clearer picture into what people are like when they are untested. It’s a picture of a nation of people who…
While having lunch at a restaurant one day, I glimpsed a couple with their toddler in a high chair 2 booths ahead and to my left. It’s not uncommon, but something that day brought a bit more insight into the workings of life and the world. This little guy wanted something within his line of sight but not within his reach. He wanted it badly enough to get vocal. I know. That’s how I noticed…
There’s a term out there for people who identify so intimately with an inanimate object that they completely give up all mental faculties when they open their mouths . . . fanboys. I didn’t know how extreme it could get until I saw this video. Apparently, he’s a big PS3/Final Fantasy fan. The word “fan” was created with just this sort of person in mind. A literal fanatic. I love some of his quotes. “I’m…
There have always been trends. I’m okay with trends. How else would everyone get their entertainment value if there hadn’t be some trend in the past that make people look so funny. Let me list a few. There was the “Michael Jackson red jacket” which was horrendously ugly even when it was on oh-so-cool (at the time) Mike. There was the obscenely expensive Air Jordan high-tops (another Michael, go figure) which every kid had to…
I have this horrible social tick. I don’t know how it originated, but I’ve noticed that it’s happened more often with every passing year. I laugh with an almost villainous glee whenever I see something happen to someone else that I wouldn’t normally want to happen to me. It always happens when I’m caught up in competition. For example, I’ll watch as the server on a opposing doubles tennis team accidentally serve the ball at…