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Cynthia Davis Mentioned on The Colbert Report

After being the worst person in the world twice in one week, Cynthia Davis has now made headlines on The Colbert Report. I know a lot of Conservatives think he is being serious when mocking them, so t...

cynthia-davis, humor, politics, stephen-colbert, the-colbert-report

Cynthia Davis is the Worst Person in the World... Twice

Rep. Cynthia Davis of O'Fallon, MO (District 19) has recently made a complete ass out of herself showing how little she knows about what it's like on the other side of the tracks. Someone needs to pop...

cynthia-davis, keith-olbermann, politics

My iMac

I know my sisters are going to get on me about this, saying I don't need another computer, but I purchased an iMac. My Windows Vista desktop has been giving me a lot of trouble over the last few weeks...

apple, imac, technology

Goodbye XM

SiriusXM is doing everything they can to raise money and alienate customers. Since the merger there are several things I've noticed about their service, none of them good. When the merger took place I...

rants, technology, xm-radio

Thoughts on iPhone OS 3.0

Unless you were living under a rock the past couple days, you probably know that OS 3.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch came out yesterday. There are many new features including copy/cut/paste, MMS (unl...

apple, att, iphone, technology

Meet Penny

On Saturday Penny arrived at my apartment. She is a sweet Boston Terrier that loves everyone she meets. She's 1 and very tiny. She seems to be adjusting well to her new home, though I have to play wit...

general, penny

Zack Morris Visits Jimmy Fallon

Mark Paul Gosselaar went on Late Night With Jimmy Fallonlast night to promote the season premier of his TNT drama Raising the Bar, only he didn't exactly go as himself. He went as his most famous char...

humor, mark-paul-gosselaar, saved-by-the-bell, tv

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Today marks the releases of another QN5 gem. I'm talking of Mr. SOS's How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb album. From QN5.com, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (named afte...

hip-hop, how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb, mr-sos, music, qn5

Becoming Healthy

Lately I've been trying to do things in my life to make me more healthy. I've been drinking less soda and have switched to water and juices. I've been eating better, making sure to include plenty of f...

life

Sweating the Small Stuff

I'm guilty of sweating the small stuff. I don't know why or when this started, but I notice that in certain situations I find myself stressing and over-thinking to the point of exhaustion. I'll give y...

general, life

Blackout! 2

10 years ago two of the best rappers in the game joined together to finally release an album. The result is one of the better albums from the late 90's. I'm talking about Method Man and Redman's Black...

blackout-2, hip-hop, method-man, music, redman

America Loves Gangsters

America loves Gottis, America loves bodies Pacino counting C-Notes for shooting up club lobbies While Eddie Nash controls bankrolls in Wonderland Tony Soprano hits channels and holds down On-Demand -C...

movies, television, tv

The Results Are In

The facial hair "contest" ended on Friday (though voting stayed open up through today). I've tallied all the votes (from here and twitter) and have come up with a winner. It appears as if the voters w...

facial-hair-contest, humor

Gmail Gadget Problem

I've been getting a lot of hits on my site because Google picked up a tweet I posted yesterday on Twitter about the Gmail Gadget problem on iGoogle. The error people are getting is: The Gmail gadget d...

gmail, google, igoogle

The Great Twitter Facial Hair Contest

Ok, it's not really a contest. The only thing you win is the gratification of seeing me make a fool out of myself. I've decided that I'm going to let the folks on Twitter (and commenter here) decide w...

facial-hair-contest, general, humor, life, twitter

Boycotting the Cardinals

To quote Network, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm boycotting the St. Louis Cardinals. Yesterday's events were the final straw. In case you w...

baseball, cardinals, john-mozeliak, sports

Frustrations

Tonight was a frustrating night at Sylvan. It was frustrating enough that at the end of the night I thought to myself how I didn't want to ever go back. Both hours I was there I had 3 extremely hypera...

general, sylvan, teaching

On Experts

Browsing the web I've come to the conclusion that everyone is an expert these days. It used to be you went to school for years and years, read everything on your topic, and published articles and book...

experts, rants, seo, social-media

Respect Your Elders

Hip hop is, by far, one of the youngest genres of music in America, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been around for a while. It really is amazing to see that the pioneers of the music are still around...

grandmaster-flash, hip-hop, music

The Wave

I love going to baseball games, especially if my beloved Cardinals are playing. One of the things that always amazes me about baseball games is the wave. I know a lot of people hate doing the wave, bu...

baseball, cardinals, sports, the-wave