We renamed our cat. I always thought that Mud Puddles was a stupid-ass name for a cat. The only reason we kept her previous name was that the cat actually responds to “Mud.” Seriously. Mud. Effing stupid name for a cat. We kicked around a lot of compromise names (Muddy Whiskers, Mud Muggles.) I can’t […]

The Devil’s Dishwasher Redux (2, 3, 4).  Sigh. My Beautiful Wife’s cynicism was well-founded. The second time I ran the Samsung dishwahser after Sunday’s tear-down… the control panel freaked out (Bing-bong-bing-bong-buh-BING!) and it threw the control board error code again. The new control board set me back $121 with shipping. I should have invested that […]

Another How to Train Your Dragon movie at your local cineplex. Another round of Vikings speaking with Scottish accents. Vikings: Norway. Sweden. Iceland. Can somebody explain this to me? Or should I just be happy that at least this time it’s not a giant green troll with a Scottish accent? Fuckers. Is it my fault […]

The headline is cribbed from a local sportswriter. It’s a regular column in the Post-Dispatch for a clearinghouse of quick hits on multiple topics. There’s lots on the Pop Culture newswire, but nothing worthy of a whole blog. I like it, and I’m appropriating stealing the meme. There are some days I don’t blog because […]

Yes, I’ve downloaded copyrighted content from the Interwebs. Yes, I’ve downloaded Malaysian bootlegs of movies before they have released in the US, complete with silhouettes of people rising from their seats mid-movie. A couple-three times the power at our house has gone out for more than a week at a time. During one of these […]