Sorry about that. I just needed to hijack the blog title for a moment to finally get that nugget of wisdom into search engine results. As I’ve stated many times, we are cord cutters who live and die by our Roku. The missus spent several hours last night learning how to optimize the search result […]

Back in 2007 there was a lot of crossover between the blogs I frequented and Canadian editorial blogs. Canadians are fine and editorials are fine, but there seemed to be no end to Canadian opinions about the American election. One of the Canadian blogs was pro-McCain. Six of them were pro-Obama. My response was the […]

My father was/is a rather laid back guy. He’s got his buttons, though. College basketball, Bill Bidwell, Ryan Braun: All guaranteed to start the man spinning like a top. But his biggest button? The two words you can say and then step back and watch him lose his fucking mind? “Mel Brooks.”  My father hates Mel […]

I am employed, but I’m not sure how much longer that will hold. My boss is being pushed out. We’re kind of a team. I have been given assurances that I’m not a marked man, but… That means nothing. I have got to get a new job and I’ve got to get a new job […]

The local news cycle has transitioned from riots to the heat wave. We got bitchslapped by a long-overdue blastfurnace of Summer. Late August? I’ll take it! There has been very little wear-and-tear on my AC unit this year and I’m delighted. We’re also in a cycle where either the heat is brutal, or it’s raining. […]