by Jim Stitzel | Oct 30, 2006 | General
I will periodically remark on a commercial I’ve seen or heard with a comment like, “That was really stupid. That company ought to fire whoever wrote that commercial.” My wife will then give me this knowing smile and say, “But do you remember...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 26, 2006 | General
Ok, this is silly, I know, but it annoys me just the same. What’s with this phenomenon I keep seeing around on various blogs of calling the Internet these cutesy little names? Some examples – ‘interweeb’, ‘interweb’,...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 24, 2006 | General
Boing Boing: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence trike drag (queen) race, SF I’m linking to this particular article for only one reason. I’ve considered writing about this for a little while now, but this quote was the catalyst: bq. Scenes like this make me...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 19, 2006 | General
I just got done watching all five episodes of the new show _Jericho_ airing on CBS. (They’re streaming them from the “official website”:http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho.) I thought the show looked intriguing from the previews, and so far...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 16, 2006 | General
I hate this weather, and I intensely dislike this time of year. I used to look forward to fall and winter, but the older I get, the more I despise the season. And what I wouldn’t give to have a nice, warm, 10-stall barn right now. Ever tried moving seven horses...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 11, 2006 | General
John Scalzi has an interesting write-up on “Star Wars as entertainment”:http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004532.html. He posits that the _Star Wars_ series cannot be classified as entertainment because George Lucas didn’t create it to _be_...
