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View ArticleThe Thing About Ted
Remember when the Dixie Chicks got all feisty and said that they were ashamed that then-President George Bush was from their state of Texas? If so, then you surely remember the military-grade...
View ArticleThe Top Seven Facebook Cries for Help
While very little on Facebook should be taken literally (or seriously), there are seven types of status updates that are, in fact, truly terrifying cries for help. The best thing you can do when you...
View ArticleLove at First Sting
As I sat on the patio this morning, sipping my coffee and listening to Ben Harper, I had no idea that yesterday had been the last day that I could truthfully say, “I’ve never been bitten in the face by...
View ArticleUnsatisfied
I remember sitting outside one day, having coffee and talking to a friend about his insurance practice. He directed my attention to a four-way traffic light, where a guy was waiting to cross the...
View ArticleThe Eleven Greatest Crime Movies of the Noughties
I love a good crime movie. Hell, I even enjoy a shitty crime movie if it has a good villain and some interesting sub-plots. The 90s spoiled us with a slew of outrageously good crime movies like...
View ArticleSkynyrd
On a hoary Christmas morning over thirty years ago, my parents ignited one of the pivotal torches of my life journey: they bought me a boom box. Until then, I had one of those tiny turntable stereos...
View ArticleWelcome to Extortionville
She stood at the front door, all nine years and three feet of her, clutching a shiny catalog in one hand and what appeared to be some sort of sign-up sheet in the other. I knew what this was all about...
View ArticleJax Teller vs. Walter White
(SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen all of the episodes of Breaking Band and Sons of Anarchy and want to avoid spoilers, go here.) I’m a hopeless Sons of Anarchy junkie. What’s not to like about a...
View ArticleAn Interview with Fenriz from Darkthrone
Darkthrone’s newest release, The Underground Resistance, sees the multi-instrumental duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto return with middle fingers firmly extended towards the black metal orthodoxy, or...
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