John Denver and the Muppets. And as a followup, the animated Bob and Doug and their version.  Couldn’t find the original SCTV version. I will spare you Alvin and the Chipmunks since that’s just earworm fodder. Continue reading

Just saw a guy on WGN (some kind of terrorism expert or official, I dunno).  After explaining what not to take to the airport NOW  (insulated water bottles and cups) due to rumblings by terrorists, he finishes up with the factoid that people are just factoring the possibility of terrorism into their lives, which is,… Continue reading

So I go to the bookstore today for a quick look around as well as to find a copy of Handel’s Messiah since various parts of it have been running through my brain for the last several days.  I go to the music section and ask the perky girl wandering about if they have Handel’s… Continue reading

And they wonder why the educational system in this country is in shambles.  In perusing the news of the day this morning, I found this gem on Big Government.  It seems that an Oklahoma City math teacher felt compelled to perform a citizens arrest on a seventh grade student for….  wait for it….  not a… Continue reading

Quote of the day goes to Nikki at theLibertyzone.com.  The winning words: “Apparently global warming is responsible for cold, heat, humidity, rain, snow, sunshine and the rumors about Oprah being a lesbian.” Continue reading

Two firefighters were killed in action and fourteen others injured trying to save an abandoned building in Chicago today.  They were going through searching for homeless people that might have been squatting there.  My heart goes out to the families of those brave men. Continue reading

You may have seen the SNL parody of the ‘Shake Weight’ for women (which was frickin’ funny), but now there is a real product for men as well.  My goodness gracious, someone wasn’t thinking (or I guess wasn’t thinking pruriently) when they made this commercial.  Below is the men’s commercial (real thing) and then the… Continue reading

It’s kind of funny that I just made this connection, mainly thanks to Himself and his posting of the old Schoolhouse Rock “How a Bill Becomes a Law”.  The DREAM Act is not an act, it is a bill–those tricky Democrats and their labeling again–trying to make its passage a foregone conclusion.  I don’t have… Continue reading

This is a very small thing in world events and I’m almost embarrassed to be blogging about it, but I have to admit to a bit of schadenfreude about the whole thing.  Seems that Obama and Michelle, those classless, clueless clods, are not invited to William and Kate’s wedding this coming April.  Considering the way… Continue reading

For the Chicago Tea Party’s Christmas party, they got a bomb scare that closed down the venue for a while.  What’s interesting, is that we listen to Chicago news quite a bit and I don’t recall hearing anything about this.  The really, really interesting part is that the potential violence, according to graffiti left at… Continue reading