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Nifty fifty

This is the most ’70s photo I’ve ever seen. This is my mom. She turns 50 today. I had to lie to her yesterday and tell her I was called in to work overtime today, which was tough, because I’m not a good liar. I hope she doesn’t read this blog, because I’m actually driving in to surprise her. My sister and brother are taking her out to dinner at the River Heights Cafe, and…

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Let freedom ring

Score one for the stoners. An Alaska high school violated a student’s free speech rights by suspending him after he unfurled a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” across the street from the school, a federal court ruled on Friday. Joseph Frederick, a student at Juneau-Douglas High School in Alaska, displayed the banner — which refers to smoking marijuana — in January 2002 to try to get on television as the Olympic torch relay was…

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Movie report … now with F-bombs!

Here’s all I can say for Disco Pigs: Meh. Unfortunately, the disc had no subtitles, so I couldn’t understand half of what was spoken since all of it was in thickly accented Irish (and Pig’s was waaaaay harder to understand than everyone else’s). This is particularly sad because, alas, it’s my motherfucking mother tongue and it’s ENGLISH, so it’s not like it should be that hard to figure out. Cillian Murphy is an exquisite-looking man,…

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Vote or die

OK, not really. But I never pass up a chance to make a P. Diddy joke. The Koufax polls have opened, so mosey on over if you get a chance and leave a comment with your vote for the best blog/bloggers in each category. The Most Deserving of Wider Recognition category is here for your perusal. You know, if you have time. [][][] Turns out three Memphis Democrats other than Cohen voted against the abortion…

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Sometimes I’m reminded of why I have to get out of Tennessee

The state Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the abortion amendment. Only nine voted against the measure, including Memphis’ Steve Cohen. Call his office and thank him if you’d like: 615-741-4108. Now the measure goes to the House. If it passes there, it begins working its way toward a ballot that would allow the people of this state to vote on the question of state ownership of uteruses. Fucking great. No exceptions for rape or incest…

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‘Try going there’

Despite the infinite naughty possibilities, Hugo never had the gorditas to go for it. Any of it. Because everything’s more fun when it’s done in a video game, there’s an RPG that teaches journalism skills. Oh, kids these days with their candy corn and their hula hoops and their journalism-mimicking pixels. The game is a modified version of “Neverwinter Nights,” which sounds slightly less interesting than a game about journalism. “When we initially did the…

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