Hey Joe

December 7, 1941

A date which will live in infamy.

Thank you to all who have served and continue to serve our country.

Righting past wrongs

 

Word on the street is that J-Lo has handed Skeletor his walking papers.

For the shallow amongst us, this comes as no surprise. What DID come as a surprise was that she actually married this no talent gargoyle to begin with. Ah well, we're all entitled to our mistakes.

J-Lo, don't make another one. Llame a mi bebé

Advertising Fail

Great job, oh super-genius advertising execs! Let's dredge up the Jonestown horror, put our own hilarious, witty little twist on it, and hopefully sell an ass-load of margaritas!

And keep your eyes peeled for our Ku Klux Klan ® brand Sizzling BBQ sauce; no cross-burning, lynching, or family get-together is complete without it! You'll find it next to our famous Third Reich® line of kosher goods at most fine food stores.

They call him Mr. Lucky

 

Pull this, Earnest Pullen.

California judge overturns ban on gay marriage

Thank you Judge Vaughn Walker for doing the right thing.

Live-Aid - 25 Years ago today

Wow, I can't believe it's been 25-years since Live-Aid, the Woodstock of the MTV Generation.

The brainchild of Bob Geldof, Live Aid was organized to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Top British and US acts of the day performed simultaneous concerts at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. Geldof, and his Boomtown Rats, performed at Wembley Stadium.

I think I still have a VHS tape around somewhere of the last few hours of the show. I had to go to work at Skip's and wanted to make sure I saw the Led Zeppelin reunion. Turns out Robert Plant's voice was shot to hell and they sounded like crap.

Remember the MTV "VJ's" hosting the event? Remember how Phil Collins flew from England to the US on the Concorde so as to sit in on drums with Led Zeppelin, becoming the only performer to play in both shows on both continents? Exciting times. I still remember how they cameras rolled as the Concorde landed, and Collins walking across the tarmac to be whisked off to make his set. I remember Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers being introduced by Don Johnson before ripping into "American Girl", Mick Jagger and Tina Turner performing "It's Only Rock & Roll." Seems funny some of the bands that performed, bands that have since faded away but were lucky enough to be popular at the right time in history, thereby getting a chance to participate in something epic. As a young 20-year old, I also felt that our generation was a part of something epic, and while there ended up being a bit of controversy, and accusations regarding where the money went, the spirit of the day remains intact. 

Nice job, Sir Bob.

Political Chauvinism

No one ever said politics was pretty.  

Stating the Obvious

So I read this article on Yahoo that drops the following bombshell of a discovery:

"New research suggests that just being overweight increases the risk of being bullied."

Is this "new" to someone? Who doesn't have childhood memories of sweaty, mean-faced prepubescents picking on some pudgy sad sack? You may have even been said sad sack, or one of the tormentors. If not, then you were definitely one of the nameless faces in the crowd, standing witness to this all to common form of educational system torture.

I straddled the line between conscientious objector and occasional tormentor. I recall this one kid, we'll call him Michael, who was on the fat side, but also ate weird shit like crayons and glue. I'm not condoning it, but how do we expect kids not to give a kid like that the occasional tongue lashing? He also wet his pants.

On the other end of the scale I also recall one day joining in a bit of "mob teasing" of a very scrawny, redheaded, horn-rimmed glasses wearing girl named Lisa Jones. That is until she kicked me in the nuts. Somehow that took all the fun right out of it. From that day forward I did my tormenting mano a mano.

So what's my point? I don't want your kid growing up to be an Anna Godfry. Teasing and bullying sucks, but it's been a part of childhood since the dawn of man. I'm not saying it's right, and I'm not saying we shouldn't do what we can to curtail it, particularly the bullying. That shit's gotten way out of hand.  So if you've got a chunky monkey at home, be aware that the "chunk" may very well be increasing the risk of his/her being bullied. In case you didn't know.

Happy Earth Day

 
(photo credit - me)

For the love of Mother Earth, please let up on the littering for today.

Thanks.

Mmmm, Slamwich®

Get ready all you cheap f*cks, Denny's is at it again.