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A Day in Traffic Court
What are the details on his ticket and why he received it? It baffles me that Critical Mass can do all this crap, yet your husband gets a ticket!— September 3, 2009 11:09 a.m.
The Basterds at Corvette Diner
Verolica...I looked into buying that soundtrack. I have the complete Chuck Berry collection on a Chess box set, as well as Bo Diddley (who many critics were upset was left out of the movie). I found it more odd that Adrian Brody's character HAD A BROTHER THAT FOUNDED the record label with him, and was left out. Anyway...the soundtrack doesn't have a good compilation of songs, but Chess released a CD that has about 23 tracks, all the ORIGINAL recordings from those artists. It's a great disc. Ponzi...I heard from the Corvette Diner folks. They said they don't do the gum at the end of the meals, because the building they are using is historic, and they had problems in their old place with gum being stuck everywhere. They also said a few patrons complained about the waiters being "rude" (that same kind of rude that Dick's Last Resort does, but that sometimes freaks out tourists or old folks, that don't realize it's all schtick). But since you mentioned "running on all cylinders" so cleverly, that reminded me of something else. Aside from the Corvette near the front door, and the ones pictured on the menus...there was a lack of them here.— September 3, 2009 11:08 a.m.
Roller Coaster of Love
I don't htink at amusement parks, it's "at your own risk" the way, say, an ice skating rink is. I think there's a presumed safety thing when you go on rides. Although, when you sky dive or bungee jump, they sign things saying you can't sue if things go wrong. That main kid is Jesse Eisenberg, who doesn't seem to be getting any love! Yeah, he is Cera's twin. I guess I can see Samburg a bit, too. But since that guy mostly does SNL stuff, I don't think of him as a "movie star". But Cera and Eisenberg, remind me of when I was a kid and Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton both kind of looked alike, as well as Matthew Broderick and Jon Cryer. Until one becomes a lot more famous than the other, it gets confusing. Eisenberg was flat out amazing in The Squid and the Whale. Although now I see he did some lame horror movie with Woody Harrelson, which is called "Zombieland." I wonder what "land" movie he'll do next.— September 3, 2009 11:04 a.m.
Two Idiots Suing -- The Miss California Edition
Hey...someone just told me that Dateline NBC (To Catch a Predator) was sued for $125 million, because one of those pervs that got arrested, killed himself because of it being shown on TV. And, the show settled with the family. I have no clue why they wouldn't have just let this case go to court, and let the family know they'd counter-sue for court costs and also, it would just make the family name come up again and again.— September 3, 2009 8:50 a.m.
Cops in Crosshairs
And surfpup...seriously...you can't possibly believe being a florist is more dangerous than a cop. You can't be that naive. Maybe they're more likely to draw blood (as the thorns on roses can get them once in a while). But for someone with common sense, you can just think for a few seconds, and realize that statement is wrong. And, a few more seconds of thinking...might tell someone that IF the statistics you claim are somewhat accurate, that merely means this. That more people may have died or been robbed, while working as a florist. But that might be because there are so few of them, related to the amount of cops. Because, I read a statistic about five years ago, that said something along the lines of: 85% of all cops, go thru their entire career, never having to fire their gun. So, I do understand that some people think (from movies, TV shows, or the high profile news stories), that the dangers get blown out of perportion. But still...that doesn't mean it's a "safe" job.— September 3, 2009 8:35 a.m.
Crest Burgers
Ya know what? I can't remember now, which parts were cake and which were frosting. I know the top part of the bun and bottom, were cake. And I seem to think that the "burger" part of the cupcake, was like a brownie. And the frosting were all the different colors of things like ketchup, mustard, lettuce.— September 3, 2009 8:28 a.m.
Two Idiots Suing -- The Miss California Edition
Nice post, robbiebear. I do think that because of the way that idiot Perez handled things afterwards, he should never be invited back as a judge. Pete, I think she DID answer the question honestly. She screwed up because she doesn't have a brain. She started saying things like "I believe in opposite marriage," instead of saying "I believe in marriage between a man and a woman." And, she should've at least had the presence of mind to know that you're going to tick off half the population (ie "judges"), and she could've said that she's all for a gay couple having a union, adopting kids, getting equal benefits from the work place...but to her, marriage means man and a woman, not man and a man, woman and a woman, or man and 10 women, or man and a horse. Okay, well...maybe leave that last sentence out, but you see the point.— September 3, 2009 8:27 a.m.
How would you prefer to die?
I did tell Kevin that very thing. I said I could understand the shark attack (and now another one in Carlsbad, which didn't kill a woman, just got her leg). Pete, I'm guessing the woodchipper thing would feel about the way you'd imagine it. I mean, there's nothing that would be all that surprising about it, dontcha think?— September 3, 2009 8:21 a.m.
Crest Burgers
Yeah, those cupcakes friggin' rocked! You don't think of Crest as party central...you think of it as cavity fighting. But 4 out of 5 dentists would've recommended this party!— September 3, 2009 8:19 a.m.
Taking Stock
Alias...I've read nothing but bad things about Answer Man, so I'd avoid it. Especially when the critics love this type of movie (and Jeff Daniels -- always aces; check him out in the underrated thriller The Lookout, from a few years back).— September 2, 2009 7:23 p.m.