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I'm a Pepper, You're a Pepper, She's a....Mrs. Fierce?
I don't drink diet sodas (although I should), but my friends tell me the Diet Dr. Pepper is the best of all of them.— October 27, 2008 4:37 p.m.
Odd Couple Oddities
Sometimes in comedies...it doesn't matter. Although, I think about Airplane style films (ie Naked Gun, etc)...and a joke, will be followed by another line that is equally as funny, that you don't hear. And, what bothered me about their laughs in Religulous is...often times, a joke or comment by Maher was cute, but not laugh out loud funny. And certainly not LOL for one minute funny!— October 27, 2008 1:19 a.m.
Jack in ze Box...Schnell!!
You have no Jack in the Box restaurants? How do you live? It was the location near a Food 4 Less, right on a corner with L.A. Fitness...Vista Village/Melrose area of Vista. Rickey (in my best Stewie voice)..."You better work on that, man. That's racist. Not cool, man." MsGrant....great line about "...exciting potential to burn down the house."— October 27, 2008 1:16 a.m.
Jack in ze Box...Schnell!!
With my moms side being Jewish, and dads side being Catholic, I always used the line "I go to confession. I just bring an attorney with me." I always thought it would've been cool, for our Christmas tree to have a Star of David on the top of it. Instead, we just had the candles on the counter, and a regular star on the top of the tree.— October 26, 2008 1:26 a.m.
B for Barack
This is going to sound really geekish, antigeek...but when driving around today, I heard them announce that she admitted it. And, I immediatetly thought about this blog. That's the sign of a pathetic person. Not her, me. Thinking about things I'll post, when out taking part in "real life". This is the same reason I argue with friends when we see a movie, like Crash, that gets great reviews, but really is lame, because of the things that happen in it. And, people doing things that people don't do in real life. You can hear how a person acts, or describes a crime scene, and know that it's bogus. Now, I DID believe that one woman that drowned her 3 kids in the back of her car, driving it into a lake. She said "Some Mexicans car jacked me." I had no reason not to. Although, it reminds me of how funny the scene of Ben Stiller is in the underrated comedy "The Cable Guy." He plays twins, that kill their family. It's a take on the Menendez Brothers. Well, the 911 call they play in court, he says "These Asians broke into my house. And, they had guns and stuff. And, they were speaking some weird language. I think it was Asian. And...they killed my dad, and the one Asian guy killed my mom, and they had other Asians waiting outside." He said "Asian" every few words. It was great. But anyway, I think the Obama campaign should issue a statement saying, "Although we now know that she fabricated the story on her attack, we still wish her well. And we hope she seeks any mental help she may need." It would just sound classy. Letterman did that when his stalker, who many times broke into his house (once slept in his bed, too). She killed herself, I believe, my jumping in front of a train. He mentioned how he did many jokes at the time this was all happening, but that he felt horrible that she had a mental problem, and never was able to get the help she needed. On a side note, when I was talking to a lawyer friend today, before word came out that she faked all this...I told her, "Wouldn't this lady be moving and trying to get away? The B wouldn't just be backwards, it would be messy." She hates George W. Bush and said "Yeah. It would end up looking more like a W." There was silence for a few seconds, and we both started laughing uncontrollably. I guess you had to be there.— October 25, 2008 1:39 a.m.
Cinema Valore - Intermission - Paul Newman
It's funny you say that. When Stewart died, I didn't care so much. It just seemed like another older actor that died. It wasn't until years later, that I realized how much I loved him in films like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Rear Window, and my favorite Hitchcock film, Vertigo.— October 25, 2008 1:29 a.m.
Odd Couple Oddities
It's so weird, my parents had the same record collection (minus T Rex, unfortunately). What was with them all having Herb Albert? And, the same with Peter, Paul, and Mary. Yikes! That's some horrible stuff. Regarding the theatres...when I saw that William Hurt movie, I remember there were only 8 people or so. In a theatre like that, it seemed odd. And, as much as I love that shared experience...when I saw Religulous, I couldn't hear Maher's next line, with the entire crowd laughing so hard. It was a bit annoying, because many times they'd be laughing at something that yes, was funny, but not warranting a one minute LOL that enables everyone else from hearing the religious leaders next line in response to Bill.— October 24, 2008 9:48 a.m.
B for Barack
Well meme....I'd like to charge you with a crime against the English language, but other than that, yes, they do sometimes charge blacks with hate crimes. I seem to recall a group of 3 or 4 black guys attacking someone, and yelling racial things, and that being added to the charge. But, there are times when you're correct, and it's not called a hate crime and I know if the races were reversed, it would have been. Even if the person was standing over her, and the "B" would've been carved that way, I still think the story is false. We'll see what the police think.— October 24, 2008 9:40 a.m.
Trick or Treat -- Football Edition
And, I don't knock athletes for wanting the money. I mean, if a sanitation worker or letter carrier, could go from working in one city for $55,000 a year, to another city to make $300,000...we wouldn't give that person a hard time. Why care if athletes do it? Just call the athlete out when they are retired, and say they'd give it all back (the awards, the money), for one championship ring. It's just not the case. And, don't tell me Tony Gwynn is great for staying in San Diego. He shouldn't get extra credit for turning down millions more to stay here. There's a lot in doing that that is wrong, too (not trying his hardest to have the Padres put together a winning team, etc).— October 23, 2008 3:24 p.m.
Odd Couple Oddities
There's cranberry sauce somewhere regarding the Beatles. I'm sure of it. I remember that movie theatre. When I was a senior in high school...my girlfriend and I had grad night, and the day before, or after, we stayed at a hotel in Hotel Circle. We went to see the movie playing there, and it was Lethal Weapon. We knew nothing about it, walked in while Mel Gibson is jumping off the building handcuffed to the suicidal person. We loved it! The last movie I remember seeing there, I believe, was called The Doctor, with William Hurt. What a great name for him to have, because it looks like it hurts him to read his lines. He's just one actor I don't care for. Anyway...yeah, that Beatles stuff was great. Are you familiar with all the things regarding his death? On Abbey Road, him not wearing shows, the Volkswagon with the 28IF plates (he would've been 28, IF he were still alive)...Harrison dressed as a grave digger. There was also, in Sgt. Pepper, "The one and only Billy Shears..." who was supposedly the name of some guy that won a McCartney look-alike contest. And, in Got To Get You Into My Life, there's some lines that are supposed to be clues (I was alone/I took a ride/I didn't know what I would find there). Don't worry about your moms album. Beatles records aren't worth much (one of the reasons why it was funny in the film THE ROCK, Nicolas Cage orders the Beatles first album, telling a co-worker it was worth thousands. Not unless it was the famous Butcher cover from Yesterday and Today, or rare for some other reason)— October 23, 2008 3:20 p.m.