Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Blazing Saddles 40th Anniversary

    As Og pointed out, today, February 7 is the 40th, yes, 40th anniversary, of the release of Blazing Saddles.  Oy, 40 years and I still laugh!  The humor definitely does not get old!  That’s Hedley! One of my favorite scenes with the incomparable Madeline Kahn…. And finally (just because this is one of my favs… Continue reading

  • Wouldn't make a bit of difference

    Via The Voices in My Head, the below picture: My response:   ‘No, not really.  I’ll have lots of room because most of the words will only have four letters. And there will be a lot of repeats.’ Continue reading

  • Speaking of inner nerd….

    As both a Doctor Who and Muppets fan, I found this to be really funny. It’s okay to Blink, you’ll hear them coming towards you…. Via:  https://cheezburger.com/8036223232 Continue reading

  • Olympics = White Elephant

    Back in Siam and other places in South Asia, when a ruler wished to punish an underling (or if the underling was gaining too much wealth), he would ‘reward’ him with a White Elephant.  The care and feeding of such a valuable creature doomed the recipient to bankruptcy or at the very least kept them… Continue reading

  • Time Warp

    Fount of Knowledge Co-Worker Speaking to Shiny Young Intern: FOKC-You know, you can use those binders to keep your POGS in. SYI-POG?!? Me–Welcome to my time warp, FOKC.  I’m constantly making cultural references that no one understands.  SYI wasn’t even born when POGS went out of style.  His dad is four years younger than me.… Continue reading

  • The Feminization of Super Bowl Commercials and a Sad

    Seemed like most of the commercials, NASCAR, Diet Mountain Dew, and Budweiser being the exceptions, were actually geared towards women.  Chevy and Ford trucks completely missed their demographic, IMO. I don’t know who was hiring the agencies that put together most of the drivel, but really, dudes, it’s the Super Bowl.  Some testosterone in those… Continue reading

  • Happy Imbolc, St. Brigid's Day, Candlemas, Groundhogs Day

    Apparently Candlemas/Imbolc/St. Brigid’s Day has, folklorically speaking, been used as a day to predict the weather, probably how it ended up at the same time as Groundhog’s Day.  In any case, the days are noticeably longer, not appreciably warmer or less snowy, but this winter too, shall pass. Continue reading

  • A reminder

    I’ve got this up in my office.  I used a picture taken by a friend for the background: Continue reading

  • You mean they don't cover possession in med school??

    So something that was local lore that I didn’t realize was local lore ended up in the Daily Mail (UK) online. Apparently in Gary, IN there is a haunted house with the ubiquitous portal to hell in the basement (because what house can truly be considered to be haunted without a portal to hell in… Continue reading

  • Kelly's Heroes-Just because….

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