Freaks and Geeks

Maybe the most underrated TV comedy ever… Freaks and Geeks aired from 1999-2000 on NBC. The hourlong show — sometimes called a “dramedy” — was critically acclaimed and won an Emmy in 2000 for outstanding casting for a comedy series. It was nominated for outstanding writing for a comedy series in 2000 and again in [...]

Happy Birthday Fifi!

“Fifi” eats carrots as she joins Sydney’s Taronga Zoo’s chimpanzee family to celebrate her 60th birthday, in Australia, on May 21. Fifi, the oldest member of Taronga’s chimpanzee family, and her extended family received a special vegetable cake, fresh leaves, watermelons and extra coconuts to mark this important milestone.
(AP/Mark Baker)
I guess cigars were out for [...]

Bollywood Superfriends Dance-off

I don’t like to just cob stuff off other people’s blogs, but this was WAY too good to pass up!
It is like a psychedelic, low budget combination of Aladdin, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever.
Amazing… and painfully long. Don’t miss the fight scene at around 3 minutes.
With their super-powers and super-dancing uniting for good, the world [...]

I am officially a heretic… are you?

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take [...]

Hail to the Chimp!

No, this is not a commentary on the current administration!

Local Demographics

Our local paper, The Courier News, is publishing a week long report focused on demographics and test scores in education. Sunday’s paper gave a breakdown of elementary schools in Elgin and District U46.
My son is fast approaching two, but still years away from school. However, I am always interested in anything to do with [...]

Lurker Appreciation Day

My friend Mark Riddle posted that today is Lurker Appreciation Day.
I am not sure if he made this up, but I like it!
I wanted to make sure that I said a big THANKS to the growing number of you who faithfully read my blog (nonsense). It makes me feel special. Now, get back to work, [...]

I Love Macs

I am a Mac lover. I have been working on Apple Computers since before the Mac was created, as our first home computer was the Apple IIe back in 1983. My brother and I learned word processing, a little bit of spreadsheet action, and some crude proDOS programming on this computer. We were really jazzed [...]

Uncle Jesse Lives in My Heart

I am not sure how I stumbled upon this… I really have no good excuse…
But yes, there is a website called the John Stamos Shrine of Power.
I hope that the site is tongue-in-cheek, even so, it is a little creepy.

Equally as scary is the WWUJD site (What Would Uncle Jesse Do?).
Don’t get me wrong, [...]

Comfort Food

I am feeling run down this week. Lots of stuff on my to do list at work and home, and some very emotionally draining stuff. No, I am not feeling sorry for myself. I am not a binge eater, but I do turn to a certain food for comfort… cereal. Yup, the old breakfast staple, [...]