When a former co-worker called me today to report that one of our colleagues had died I was a little taken aback, we'd worked together for a few years and he … [Read more...]
Tap Out: Delocated
December 5, 2012
My eyes were exposed to one of the strangest shows I've ever seen: Delocated on Adult Swim. The actor chipped his tooth on the urn while filming this scene: … [Read more...]
What To Do When People Won’t Die? Get Low.
August 14, 2011
One of the most interesting films I've seen in a while, Get Low, a 2009 release set in 1930's backwoods Tennessee; filmed in Georgia. Bill Murray plays a … [Read more...]
There is so much I want to tell you about last week
June 27, 2011
On his deathbed in November of 1963, just as he was passing away, Brave New World novelist Aldous Huxley; a man who for many years had been fascinated with the … [Read more...]
The DJ stayed longer, and we bought extra beverages.
June 26, 2011
When the family told the funeral director they planned to hold a pig roast fundraiser to pay the bill for a loved one's funeral, he wasn't optimistic. He'd … [Read more...]
Billion Dollar Baby: Elizabeth Taylor RIP
June 3, 2011
When Elizabeth Taylor died, she left a fortune estimated at 1 billion, much of it from her perfume empire. Her jewels alone are worth $150 million. Each of her … [Read more...]
Down But Not Out in Joplin, MO
May 29, 2011
The bad news is Mother Nature threw down one of the deadliest tornadoes in history and blew the doors off in Joplin, Mo and the death toll is climbing. The good … [Read more...]
People like you are hung up on freshness.
May 28, 2011
My weekend? Pretty good, other than when the dogs dug up my dead cat. Yours? Television crime shows have helped popularize autopsies, but in reality these … [Read more...]
Jack LaLanne Rest In Peace
January 23, 2011
The Godfather of Fitness Jack LaLanne passed on January 23, 2011 at age 96. Though for many years dismissed as merely a "muscle man" -- a notion fueled to … [Read more...]
Captain Phil Harris – Deadliest Catch Urn
August 2, 2010
My dad likes the show Deadliest Catch. In a phone conversation the other day, he asked me if I'd ever seen the show. No, but I'd seen news feeds and knew … [Read more...]
