I recently saw the movie The Hangover. The funniest bit of the movie, for me, was how the Chinese mobster kept laughing at injuries that befell the fat bearded character and exclaiming “It’s funny because he’s fat”. Being a person of considerable heft myself, I enjoy a good fat joke now and again. And as [...]
Archive for July, 2009
It’s Funny Because He’s Fat
Posted in History, Humor, Politics, tagged Culture, Daily life, Education, Entertainment, Events, Fat, History, Humor, Jokes, Life, Movies, News, Overweight, People, Personal, Photos, Politics, Random, The Hangover, Thoughts, William Howard Taft, Writing on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh The Humanity!
Posted in Music, Musings, tagged Art, Bastards, Blog, Business, Culture, Dave Carroll, Economy, Entertainment, Events, Humor, Inspiration, Life, Media, Music, News, People, Personal, Random, Sons of Maxwell, Taylor Guitars, Thoughts, Travel, United Airlines, Video, Videos, Writing on July 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As a proud owner of a Taylor 414ce (a much less expensive model than Dave Carroll owns I’m sure) I join Dave in condemning United Airlines or anyone else who would damage one of these beautiful instruments and not live up to their liability by fully compensating the owner for the loss (which of course [...]
A Nice Place To Live…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged Best Places to Live 2009, Culture, Daily life, Economy, Education, Events, Family, Friends, Keller, Life, Media, Money, News, People, Personal, Photography, Photos, Random, Texas, Thoughts, Travel, Work, Writing on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw that the town I live in made number 7 on Money’s Best Places to Live 2009 list.
Amazing!
Posted in Musings, tagged Art, Blog, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Events, Family, Friends, Inspiration, Life, Media, News, Paper Castle, Paper Craft, People, Personal, Photography, Random, Technology, Thoughts, Travel, Writing on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve seen several posts lately displaying things that seemingly took Herculean amounts of patience to accomplish. This one takes the cake – a paper castle complete with electric lights, monorail system and Ferris wheel (more pictures at the link).
“Jeez-O-Peet” Is Funny
Posted in Humor, Musings, Politics, tagged Blog, Culture, Daily life, Entertainment, Events, Family, Humor, Jonah Goldberg, Life, Love, Mark Sanford, Media, News, People, Personal, Politics, Random, Religion, South Carolina, Thoughts, Travel, Work, Writing on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Man, I love Jonah Goldberg’s writing style and of course the content is dead on as usual. Heck, maybe I’ve found my soulmate! Here’s his take (from The Corner at National Review Online) on the ongoing sensitive stylings of the idiot that is Mark Sanford: Memo To Mark Sanford: Man Up and Go Home [Jonah [...]
Royale With Cheese
Posted in Humor, Musings, Quotes, tagged Blog, Business, Culture, Donald Morrison, Economy, Education, Entertainment, Events, Food, France, Health, History, Humor, Inspiration, Life, McDonalds, Media, Michael Goldfarb, Michael Steinberger, News, People, Personal, Politics, Random, Thoughts, Travel, Writing on July 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The following was posted by Michael Goldfarb at the Weekly Standard. The last line is true genius. In the course of Donald Morrison’s review of Au Revoir to All That by Michael Steinberger, we learn that McDonald’s is the largest private employer in all of France, which is sort of like being the largest provider [...]
