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Would You Clone a Booger?
BOOGER UPDATE: They said on CNN that this woman kidnapped a Mormon missionary in the 70s and used him as a sex slave. She was tried for that case, but bailed England before facing the charges. Bizarre.— August 10, 2008 2:43 p.m.
Worst Songs of All Time
fumber, a few things. first, i feel bad for you. it's a saturday night, and what are you doing? posting on the Reader website. dude, seriously, you need to get a life. second, your song. very lame attempt. for example, if you want to use the Star Spangled Banner, why not go: oh, say can you see/Josh's blogs are so boring see how that works? songs rhyme.— August 10, 2008 2:42 p.m.
Worst Songs of All Time
Good call on "Last Kiss" cosmo. Regarding English only songs Fred, I think the Macarena was sung in another language. Spanish, perhaps. I can't remember the lyrics, though. Only the dumb arm movements, and the chorus of "Hey, Macarena." I also think on lists like this, instead of going with the easy targets like Backstreet Boys, why not pick people like Donovan, who has a lot of great songs, but also crap like "Jennifer Juniper" (which was used nicely in the movie Election, but it's a horrible tune). Or 3 or 4 songs by the Monkees. There are probably 10 to 15 songs by Neil Diamond that can surely make the list.— August 9, 2008 12:05 p.m.
Jake and the Fat Man's Execution
I can always count on Fred and Anti for the awesome humor. It's a great idea, Fred.— August 9, 2008 11:56 a.m.
Hats Off to Mimi
Well, I'm a bit confused by this post. I have a few Chucks on my payroll. Was it Chuck Norris or Chuck Connors? Connors actually retired a few years back, telling me he's too old for doing the enforcement thing. Norris is a good guy, but I keep telling him to shave. For being a tough guy, he's probably the only dude I've ever met that looks more gay with a beard and mustache than without. Chuck Liddell...we couldn't work out a deal. If he says he knows me, he's lying.— August 9, 2008 2:13 a.m.
Lawn Mower Man
I have an excuse for those types of typos. I went to court reporting school for a year. And...part of the short hand you learn how to type, is that words are typed how they sound. So, "cat" is "kat". That way, the "c" can be dropped from their little stenography machines. If the word is "Czar" it's spelled "zar". Words like "stalking" or "stocking" would be spelled the same. It's just a court reports job to know, when transcribing documents, which one. And obviously, in a court case, that wouldn't be hard to figure out.— August 9, 2008 2:08 a.m.
That Jokes Old
In regards to what isn't funny, can we put Tina Feys show on the list? I wanted to like it. So bad. Great premise. Loved her on SNL. But, one laugh every 10 minutes, just isn't a great sitcom. Yet it gets praised.— August 8, 2008 5:02 p.m.
Subway Sandwich Shenanigans
Regarding Subway...the one in San Marcos does the meatball subs for $5. Because, when they were making me a turkey wrap a few days later (it was right by LA Fitness and I was hungry)...I glanced at the sandwiches they DO sell for that price. And meatball was on there. And, that was the only other sandwich of the bunch I'd get. Their meatballs are good. bluenwhite....what happened when you complained to them? On principle, I would've said "Well then, cancel our order. We'll get those items elsewhere." They probably would've relented and done the delivery. And if not, well, you get the items somewhere else (although, yeah, that is a lot of trouble). I'd also try to find the ad (I don't remember seeing that commercial). And, if it's not clear, then really complain. ESPECIALLY because, when you were arranging to have it delivered, they should've been upfront and said "You realize this isn't free delivery, because it's not an item over $1,500." Sometimes, employees are such idiots. I was in McDonald's drive thru, and I ordered a large Coke. This was a few days after their 42 oz 69 cent soda sale. So, I actually paid something like $1.58 or something, ofr a coke that was less than 42 oz. I'm not sure why the employee didn't just say "Hey, we have a deal on 42 oz Cokes right now. Would you like that instead of the large, which is more expensive?"— August 8, 2008 5 p.m.
Would You Clone a Booger?
That's funny. I wonder now about dog names. A friend of mine once called for me. I answered my phone and he was laughing. He said he dialed the wrong number (this was before cell phones, and landlines were still used more often than not). The wrong number said, "Uh...you can talk to Josh. But, uh...it's our dog." When I told my stepbrother about the name Gotham for a black French Bulldog, he said that's a lame name, because you have to think about how it will sound when you're calling the dog over repeatedly. And, he has a point (although, his dog growing up was Taurus, a German Shephard).— August 8, 2008 4:54 p.m.
The N Word
N WORD UPDATE: rapper NAS will be at House of Blues, downtown San Diego, Sunday, Aug 10th. He wanted to call his latest CD "N****r". The record label wouldn't let him. And, Rev. Al Sharpton complained about it, too. So instead it went untitled, and shows him with his back turned, whip scars on his back, with the letter "n" on his skin. One of the lyrics to his songs talks about how Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Dylan were never censored in what they say. What I'd love to tell Nas is, if ANY of them wanted to call an album "Nig**r," I'm sure the president of Columbia Records would've said "Mr. Joel, we loved Piano Man. Great song. Turnstiles didn't do well on Billboard, but I liked that record. But, can we maybe call the album something else?" If Dylan wanted to call his album "K*kes" I'm assuming they wouldn't let him. Yet, for some reason, NAS feels like everyone is against him. Oh well. Poor Nas.— August 8, 2008 1:54 a.m.