Of course, on the surface, Spongebob appears to be a cartoon designed for the 6-12 year old crowd.  The colors, the funny aquatic creatures, the underwater squirrel, the quirky music.  But anyone who has watched SB knows that, in general, this cartoon is more appropriate for the under 5 crowd, who are too young to understand the crude humor, and the high school and college crowd, who have created many a drinking game around Spongebob.  [...]

WARNING: Spoilers below.  Sorry, can’t be helped.  But while I will ruin some of the surprises, I will not reveal the ultimate ending.  Star Wars: Legacy of the Force is a nine part series set several years after the last major trilogy, New Jedi Order.  It is written by three authors, each penning three of the novels.  The authors include, in no particular order, Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss and Troy Denning.  Denning is the most [...]

Ahh, Daschunds, the lovable, goofy, just plain bizarre-looking wiener dog. My wife and I adopted a wiener-pup over five years ago. We were told he was a tweenie, not quite a mini, up to 7 pounds, but not a massive standard dog, either. But the breeder was wrong. Our dog Friday is a beast. To read the whole post and see some adorable pictures of Friday through th years, click over to the Lighter Side. [...]

Someone recently asked me if you could tell if someone had a crystal meth habit by looking at their teeth.  And the answer is a resounding: Hell yeah!  Just like you can tell if someone is bulimia (pitting of the enamel on the back of the teeth).  Or if they smoke (thick generalized stain).  The teeth offer a lot of clues to a person’s habits.  Below is a classic example of Meth Mouth.  This is [...]

I always get excited the week before a new CD comes about, especially when I’ve ben waiting over 2 years for a new album.  Many times, I am rewarded for my patience with an awesome album.  The new Chevelle Album, Sci-Fi Crimes, is an excellent example, and you can check out my review of it here.  From beginning to end, I was blown away. Unfortunately, when I popped in Life Starts Here, I wasn’t afforded [...]

And the runner-up prize to the sparkling, insane speech by Gaddafi goes to… envelope please…  HUGO CHAVEZ!! (Applause) After listening to the logical, coherent, sobering words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who offered even MORE proof of the Holocaust as well as explained the danger of a nuclear Iran, the viewers were treated to the verbal musings of yet another madman, Venezuelan president Hug Chavez. Now, nothing can top Gaddafi, but Chavez’s speech was [...]

This is a re-post from an older post, so though my daughter has been born and is named, all of the verbs are past tense.  i apologize.  Please don’t hate me. Before my first son was born, I thought that the actual physical preparation would be the toughest part, you know, buying stuff, setting stuff up, getting ready.  But I was wrong.  the hardest part was deciding on a name, and I think that eventually coming [...]