I Didn't Have a Stroke, Okay Hans???

Kim Jong... Illin'???Doesn't the world realize how f@#$ing busy I am???

Kim Jong Il and Castro are just about the Last of the Cold War Dictators.

I hope he's okay.

Because geopolitics and nuclear brinksmanship needs more photo ops like this:

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Iron Monkey is back!

Okay, I admit, I haven't blogged much lately. I have been too tired and too busy and, believe it or not, have not wanted to just rant and rave and p*ss all over things.

Hence, silence.

Well, add to that the idea that I ought to wait until something good happens in my life.

[sound of wind, signifying emptiness]

Yesterday, after teaching, I was hanging around New Town Plaza waiting for some friends to eat dinner. I went into CD Warehouse and was ecstatic to find that Iron Monkey is FINALLY back on DVD ...Read more

I'm going to hell for this joke

I deserve to have bad things happen to me for saying this, but this screen capture of a Yahoo page about the Olympics

Makes it look like they were covering the Special Olympics, doesn't it?

I know I am wrong. I apologize.

Unless you're laughing.

OOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

I take back everything bad I said about synchronized swimming. This has GOT to hurt...

Yes, I know it's some else's leg.

I swore I'd stay out of it...

But the jokes... the jokes...

You think Usain Bolt is fast?

It's possible several young women turned 16 in 14years. That's fast.

Just maybe 16 is the new 14. No, wait, 14 is the new 16...?

You know what I mean.

Before I get the hate mail -

Any criticisms must first apply for a criticism permit before being allowed entry into the designated criticism area or having your criticism acknowledged. The criticized will issue permits if and when they see fit, and consider...Read more

Go On, Kiss America

Sometimes it's good to be an American.

Near as I can tell, this is an ad for learning English. Not British English, American English.

There are somany jokes to be made, but I shall resist such urges.

Pardon the crap phone camera; this ad was backlit.

Say No to Crackers

Comedian Jim Norton once said that the the X Games and 'extreme' sports in general were just a way for white people to have something they could still be competitive in. He also said that the entire Winter Olympics are basically the same thing.

I laughed, because I think he's right.

I tend to scoff at a lot of 'extreme' 'sports' because it's just crap that kids used to do as part of being kids rather than some sports fad that reeks of the Left Coast (more later).

I have a hard time...Read more

Old, Big, Inked and Grumpy

I hate it when my life reflects my state of mind. Because usually I'm in a fairly foul mood.

But today got sort of weird on me, not in a bad way, but in ways that bring out what is often called a rueful smile.

To wit:

This month I turned 42. I am officially old enough to be of parental age to my students. And I try, albeit poorly at times, to move into middle age with a modicum of maturity.

40 is not the new 20. 40 is 40. Otherwise, I want my sh*tty math grades retroactively improved.

Wh...Read more

THIS... is my BOOM STICK!

http://www.filecabi.net/video/AA-12_shotgun.html

Without advocating violence, I think it is acceptable to acknowledge when a new development redefines the nature and capacity of something beyond expectation.

That's not a shotgun; that's Hell with a trigger.

The military will probably refer to this weapon euphemistically as the M-87 Problem Solver.

I think we should all chip in and buy one for Gajo; you know he'd...Read more

Quite Simply, This Frightens Me

Without resorting to any kind of obvious Austin Powers Fat B@stard or Jabba the Hut references, I must say that I find this image very unsettling.