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Cultural Contamination
Why haven't any reviews compared Finding Amanda to the Dreyfuss film LET IT RIDE, in which he is a cab driver that has a gambling problem, but goes to the track and keeps winning and keeps betting. And, why do studios continue to pay Eddie Murphy to make films? Pluto Nash flopped. All his movies where he plays fat women, have flopped. This movie made 4 million opening weekend, and will be gone soon. Insane.— July 17, 2008 1:49 a.m.
Under the Covers
Lester Bangs. Great writer. I always thought that would've been a great porn name.— July 17, 2008 1:42 a.m.
The Name Game: Angelina Jolie's Latest Kid
In kindergarten, this big Somoan kid named Johnny Morgan (if you're out there Johnny, call me. you were a cool dude). He said, "Do you have a brother named Smorgas?" It was so odd, because it was a funny comment. And the first time anyone made a joke about my last name. Then, each year during the first day of class, when the teacher says your first and last name, I'd hear, "Hey, Josh, are you 'bored'?" Or, "Do you have a brother named 'surf'?" Never original stuff. And never as clever as the kindergartener, who said "Smorgas". I love though, when people like trestles, try to justify crappy names. Like the explanation of Dweezil, that it's what Gails curled toe is. Like that now makes that a good name. The word ZXYREICRIJVIEJVIERMCVOE could mean "beautiful flower", but that doesn't make it a beautiful name.— July 17, 2008 1:39 a.m.
C is for Cookie (and cocaine)
He should've done a Homer Simpson type of move, and started putting donuts on the bench press pole, instead of the weights. Each time he brings it down to his chest, he can take a bite. Anyway, that was a cool gesture on your part. I like to use that cliche, when I hear people bitching about the police, that "They'll be the first people you call when you're in trouble." And they really do put their life on the line helping society.— July 16, 2008 3:52 p.m.
C is for Cookie (and cocaine)
That's interesting, ponzi. What was your point for doing that? Not that those people don't deserve those things. I'm sure, though, most times they can assess the situation. And if the person has a reason, says "You guys helped my wife out when her car broke down...." they probably hear stuff like that a lot, and have no problem eating the donuts.— July 16, 2008 10:36 a.m.
The Name Game: Angelina Jolie's Latest Kid
Well, if you've met other adopted kids and they did well, that's good enough for me. But, you should read Freakanomics and see about those studies. They were interesting. I really don't care what other countries think about us, and whether or not we know multiple languages. We don't have the proximaty to other countries, so it's not as necessary. And besides, other countries let people like Roman Polanski, a rapist, roam free without him being sent back here to serve his sentence. Other countries act rude to tourists. To me, a sign of intelligence, might be to treat tourists politely, and welcome the tourist dollar. Back to the names: The LA Times today, mentioned George Foreman having his reality show. It's with his fifth wife. And, as everyone knows, he has four sons, all of whom are named George. And, yes, I think that's stupid.— July 16, 2008 12:33 a.m.
Bring The Noize
And even at a Denny's, if your kids get out of line, we should hear you trying to contain them. Asking them to behave. We should see you taking them outside. We should see them getting better, ONCE you've spoken to them. When we don't see that, we know you're a crappy parent. Just because it's Denny's, doesn't mean anything goes.— July 15, 2008 10:10 p.m.
The Name Game: Angelina Jolie's Latest Kid
Yes, I saw Mulls art show at SDSU. Unusual pictures. I much prefered the artwork on his first LP more. I tried to interview him, but was in Vegas when he was in town for that. They gave me his home number, and we talked a few times, and then he decided he didn't want to do the interview, since the paintings wouldn't be there much longer. Trestles: Muhammad is the name that knocked me out of a trivia contest. My buddy and I, in 9th grade (he's now a professor at Berkley), were competing against all the other grades in a trivia contest. We came in 2nd, behind the seniors. The question we got was "What is the most common name in the world?" I forget what we said. It may have been a stupid guess like "John." It didn't occur to us to think outside of the U.S. My point is...if you are in America, and name your kid Muhammad, that's kinda goofy. And, if you're in another country...well, there was a story a few months back, this sweet, old lady, had a class, with a teddy bear. She let them name it. They picked Muhammad. Guess what happened? She was almost jailed because of that. So...I really don't care about the rest of the country, if they are that idiotic that naming a teddy bear with such a sacred name offends them. This was a teacher with little kids, and she had to resign (I believe). I remember the story of ? and the Mysterians. The record label said something about how hard it was to issue checks to him with that ? for a name. It's an odd story. He was an odd guy, apparently. But, your points don't make sense. Earlier, you say that because Frank Zappa had a word for what his wife Gails little toe did (Dweezil), that makes perfect sense to name their son that. How is that even logical? If I meet my future wife at the copy machine, should we name our kids Copy Machine? Or Xerox? Those are stupid names! Antigeek...you are obviously smart. You say you are adopted. What in the world, makes you think that stat would apply to EVERYONE that was adopted? They studied thousands. And they found, adopted kids did worse in school and on test scores, yet they had better (adopted) parents. They had more books and more activities (like learning an instrument), and yet, they did poorly in school. This baffled them. So, explain that. It has nothing to do with Rush Limbaugh. You're taking that personally, because you were adopted.— July 15, 2008 10:08 p.m.
The Name Game: Angelina Jolie's Latest Kid
I've got 5 of those Martin Mull albums. Love them. He could play guitar, paint, comedy...amazing talent. Pinetop Perkins, you forgot in that list. Hey, did you ever see Robert Klein do the blues musician, where he can't stop his leg from moving? Anyway...here's something to think about towelhead. Maybe there's a reason Sarah lives in an 8 bedroom mansion in La Jolla, and was named Sarah. And, LaQuisha lives in a ghetto, and was named LaQuisha. That same book, talks about how adopted kids do so poorly in schools. Even when they are adopted by families that provide them with more books, musical training, and are better families than other students that are getting better grades. They found out, or concluded, it's because your intelligence is based, mostly, on the genes you got from your folks. And, folks putting kids up for adoption, were probably of a certain intelligence. So, no matter how much Beethoven you piped into the kids room, or how often you read to them, they have that IQ they got from their parents. Now, back to names. Martin Mull. He has a weird last name. So, I think it was up to his parents, to think...what will sound okay, with his last name. I think parents need to do this, before naming their kids. That's my only point. As I said, I'm voting for Barrak Hussein Obama. Whether he wears the flag pin or not. Even if he wears the flag of another country on his lapel. He still gets my vote. It doesn't change the fact that...in such a close race (as all presidential races seem like they'll be, with the country evently divided among Democrat and Republicans). Little things like a funky name, could cost him the election. So, he can thank his folks for that. Normal named John can march his old, Republican butt into the oval office.— July 15, 2008 11:43 a.m.
The Name Game: Angelina Jolie's Latest Kid
Two quick things that just popped into my mind: Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, who used to play basketball with the San Diego Clippers when I was a kid watching hoops, named his son after a steak place his wife and him loved. That child: Kobe Bryant. I don't care what anyone says...that is a ridiculous name. You could've met your wife over a blinddate at a sushi place. You don't then name your daughter Sushi. It's stupid. And, if you do, that's fine. But, your child will be made fun of. And, nobody should take the stance, "What...should we only name our kids Michelle and Bob?" Another basketball player. During All-Star weekend one time in the late 80s, Spud Webbs mother said she named him after the Sputnik Satellite. Not sure how she then changed the letter "t" to a "d", and he became a potato instead of a satellite. Or, why she didn't just name him Satellite Webb.— July 15, 2008 10:48 a.m.