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Today is Christmas Eve. Let’s take a moment to remember that the holiday is about family, love, and caring for others. It’s about reaching out and touching someone. Don’t let the advertisers fool you, Christmas is not about spending money – it’s about spending quality time with family.

I’m in Berkeley with my family. We’re hanging [...]

Christmas is a week from today. Are you ready?

I’m ready to sit down in front of a fire and watch one of my favorite Christmas movies, Scrooged, starring Bill Murray. If you ask someone what they’re favorite Christmas movie is, they’ll probably say It’s A Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart. But if you ask me, [...]

I got an email earlier today from a friend of mine about a show his band is doing tonight at Blakes on Telegraph in Berkeley. Since I am unable to attend, I decided to dedicate a post to them. They are Electric Vagina, and they totally rock! Of course, we came from the same hometown, [...]

Did you know that Phil Collins wrote the theme song for Captain Planet? It’s true!

“EARTH!”
“FIRE!”
“WIND!”
“WATER!”
“HEART!”

“Go Planet!”

“By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!”

Captain Planet, he’s our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero

He’s our powers magnified
And he’s fighting on the planet’s side

Captain Planet, he’s our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero

Gonna help him put asunder
Bad guys [...]

Today is Monday, and that’s a big downer, but I had a wonderful long weekend and it was just the mini vacation I needed to help propel me through the end of the year.

More Monday songs:

“Monday, Monday” by The Mamas and The Papas
“Rainy days and Mondays” by The Carpenters
“I don’t like Mondays” by Boomtown Rats
“Blue [...]

As many of you know, I have a picture on my site that may or may not be Anna Nicole Smith in a body bag. This post has generated more hits and comments than anything else on here.

The comments range from loving thoughts of Anna Nicole to berating me as a person for posting such [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ben Franklin thought the turkey should be the official bird of the U.S.

Since 1970, turkey consumption as gone up 108%.

The average weight of turkeys on the table for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.

A 15 pound turkey is about 70% light meat and 30% dark meat.

A female turkey is called a hen and a male turkey [...]

Ok, so I’m not exactly thankful for nothing, but I’m not overflowing with thanks either. Raise your hand if this past year has been as hard for you as it has for me. Yes, yes, I know it could be worse…blah, blah, blah…but the fact remains that as of this instant, my life is pretty [...]

I guess I can’t complain too much that today is Monday – it’s a short week in the office, after all. But that’s really of little consolation. It’s still Monday and I still wish it wasn’t. Worse than that, it’s Monday morning, the worst morning of them all.

On November 19, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln delivered [...]

On this day in 1918, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, World War I came to an end. History.com

Veterans Day is largely intended to thank veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to United States national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those [...]

Now I’ve seen it all! First Duck Hunt, and now this! Video games have come such a long way. What will they think of next?

...urinal-based racing game…warns you against drunk driving if you’re not controlling your car…Belgium police didn’t seem to find it too amusing, and have banned the “Place to Pee”...as an indecency offense…engadget

As [...]

I must have missed the memo about meth heads being brilliant. Brilliant planners, anyway – they’re not so smart when it’s time to implement the plan.

The men concealed the ice methamphetamine in the body of a motorized, 3-foot hobby rocket connected by wires to the vehicle’s cigarette lighter…trooper attempted to stop their vehicle on Interstate [...]

So I was flipping channels a while ago and came across a soccer game. Not one to pass up the opportunity to look at men in shorts with thighs that could crack walnuts, I stopped and watched some of the game.

I’m not a total idiot when it comes to soccer, I know the rules and [...]

I love Halloween. LOVE it! It’s probably my third favorite day; behind Christmas and my birthday. Now, if I could only figure out how to get gifts from people on Halloween…

The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe’en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day”...which is now known as [...]

Lately, my friend Rhobby has been my best source for random facts. Check this one out! It really makes you think. And if it doesn’t, it certainly should.

If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like [...]

What happens when a Pepsi delivery guy and a Coke delivery guy cross paths at Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania?

The Coke guy gets punched in the face.

The two deliverymen were “apparently bickering back and forth” while unloading their wares at the Indiana County store, police said. When the Coke deliveryman left the store, his counterpart allegedly punched [...]

At this time last Saturday, I was preparing for the Download Festival; a day that’s all about rocking out. Today, I am preparing to help my friend move; a day that’s all about packing cars to the fullest and lifting boxes. Then there’s trying to maneuver furniture around corners and through doors.

Hmmm, I think last [...]

It’s time to start thinking about what you want for Christmas – or whatever gift-giving/getting holiday you celebrate.

Here are two great ideas that are going on my list for sure!

It’s a bit hard to read, so here’s what the Nipple Bra ad says:

The look is so provocative, no one would believe you’re actually wearing a [...]

I had a long day today. Hours upon hours in front of a computer screen looking up tax records. I’m sure you’re wondering why, but trust me, you don’t care. Plus, it won’t make a bit of difference in your life if you knew why I’ve spent the last several weeks on this tedious project. [...]

The following piece was written by a personal friend of mine, after her experience at this year’s Folsom Street Fair. I was actually in San Francisco the day before for the Love Parade, but from the sound of things, Saturday’s festival was very different from Sunday’s.

I took it upon myself to go to the Folsom [...]