Tweet I have to admit, I was surprised at the reflexes of the POTUS.  From his standpoint, it would be something of a shock.  He’s spent $600 billion dollars and counting on our 51st state.  We’ve been there almost six years, the people of Iraq should love him.  And all he gets are a couple [...]

Tweet Yes. The list is six years old. But I didn’t know about it until NPR did a story over the weekend that referenced the list. Also with the passing of Bettie Page on Thursday, I wanted to do something light and frivolous.  Let’s see, can’t argue with that Top 5. 1. Bugs Bunny 2. [...]

Tweet The legendary Bettie Page passed away on Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 85.  Ms. Page was the most famous pinup girl of the post-World War II era.  Reflecting on her career, she told Playboy in 1998: “I never thought it was shameful. I felt normal. It’s just that it was much [...]

Tweet The world famous house of wax, Madame Tussaud’s has an odd way of getting into the Christmas spirit. Four years ago the London location treated us to a pop culture Nativity scene with David Beckham and wife Victoria in the lead roles, as Joseph and Mary.   In the background U.K. comedian Graham Norton and [...]

Tweet The government doesn’t want you to have any fun.  Or at least it doesn’t want your grandmother to have any fun.  The FDA, yes the Food and Drug Administration pulled the plug on the Palm Pistol. The gun is shaped like an oval and fits in the palm of your hand.  The barrel sticks [...]

Tweet How is it that SNL’s Andy Samberg comes up with catchier tunes than most of the people up for Grammy Awards this year?  Not that I’m going to be whistling this one in my car or blaring it with the windows down– but it approaches the genius of last year’s Dick in A Box.  [...]

Tweet Here are the bowl games that really matter.  Hopefully in my lifetime we’ll see a proper college playoff system.  It should disturb more people that we have walked on the Moon, sequenced all of the DNA in the human body, yet we can’t get the NCAA to agree on a rational way to see [...]

Tweet I bring you the case of 31-year-old, James Pischel, sent to prison for using his computer to entice a 15-year-old girl who turned out to be a police investigator– he says the state entrapped him. Umm.  Haven’t we all seen enough episodes of Dateline NBC’s To Catch A Predator.  Did you not see the [...]

Tweet Because someone has the time to do such things, the folks at PNC Wealth Management say that you’ll need $86,609 this year to purchase all of the goods and services in the classic Christmas carol, The 12 Days of Christmas.  Seems awfully steep to me.  Keep in mind the $86,609 is to purchase the [...]