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My Thoughts on Michael Douglas and Michael Vick
Pete, I've said this before when people say what you've said. You can't TELL kids, "Hey...idiolize your dad, not Michael Jordan." Their dad is probably a 5'8" dude that can't slam dunk. Or ride a skateboard. Life doesn't work that way. You're a famous athlete, you're a role model whether you want to be or not. MICHAEL VICK UPDATE: He is going to play in Thursdays game. But, get this. He almost got into trouble for drinking alcohol in a bar after the previous game. I guess in his probation, he can't have alcohol or drugs. But they're giving him a pass on this (pun intended). You know what? The Eagles should pull him aside and say "Are you the stupidest muthaf***er on the planet? In public, at this point, don't drink. Don't smoke a cigarette. Hell, don't even eat a KitKat bar. Nothing, that anyone could be bothered by. You can drink, smoke, and eat candy or have sex...maybe all at once, at your own home. In public, you're still in kiss butt mode, and drinking any alcohol probably isn't the best thing for you right now." If he has a problem with being babied like this, they can cut him. Geez, what an idiot Vick is. I hope his leg gets snapped in half during his first play.— August 24, 2009 11:41 a.m.
Reality Shows -- From Brazilian Politicians to our own Octomom
UPDATE: The dude apparently hung himself in a seedy motel in Canada. Now, authorities are looking for a woman that showed up at that hotel in a PT Cruiser.— August 24, 2009 11:35 a.m.
Sports Shortz -- Mr. Cab Driver Edition
It's weird, because Roger Goddell (sp?) had gotten tough, at first. I think it's just so hard with the players union, and also with things that had happened in the past. If a player had murdered someone, and still got to play...well, that makes it hard to keep a person like Michael Vick out. Or, Plaxico Burress. He shot HIMSELF in the leg, and he's doing two years in prison. Other people do far worse, and don't serve a day in jail.— August 24, 2009 11:34 a.m.
A Sunday Picnic -- Free From the Computer
Yeah Pete, I remember all those things people thought would be disasterous because of the computers and missing a zero or whatever it was. I never thought it would be all that serious a problem, but they talked about how things were running by computer and when a power-outage happens and everything is done via computer, I could see the reason they worried a bit. Tiki...that was funny. I always wish I heard the term "whippersnappers" more these days. But, I have to correct you on something. I don't call it a cane. I call it a "pimp stick". It makes me feel younger (and more dangerous) that way. Regarding Twitter...really, people can get the news a lot of other ways. I talked to Jim Croce's wife Ingrid, about the time Lennon died. She said immediately afterwards, people were lining up at the Dakota. And this was not only before Twitter, but before cell phones. I'm going to start saying "You don't have Twitter, without a 'twit'." (twit is a word, like whippersnapper, that needs to make a comeback)— August 24, 2009 11:32 a.m.
Mad Mom
Obama should invite them over to the White House for a beer. That's what seems to be the thing these days, when idiotic people disrespect law enforcement officers. Gotta love those idiotic parents, too. They raise horrible kids, and get mad when we call them on it.— August 24, 2009 9:10 a.m.
Party Time?
Actually, I never say it. Someone said it to me the other day in regards to some argument, and it just stuck in my mind.— August 24, 2009 9:08 a.m.
Pedicab Crackdown
Yeah, those cabs are annoying and slow everything down. I'd love to see a "high speed" chase between the bike cab and the bike cop, with an officer an a horse catching up and kicking the guy out of his pedicab. On a side note: Reno 911 has just been cancelled. Officer Jim Dangle posted something on his site or something that said "I guess I'll have to retire the shorts."— August 24, 2009 2:36 a.m.
Party Time?
What's Victorian taxidermy? It actually sounds kind of interesting. And Pete, you think I lack a certain attitude. Well...go piss off you m&^%ther f#@*ing c*&^ su#@er! (okay...that was just me joshin' ya)— August 24, 2009 2:33 a.m.
The year I taught at Morse Senior High I spent $2000 on school supplies and making copies
I thought this article was a great read. But a few things strike me as odd. One, why even care about finding out what the basketball player that threatened you is doing? He should've been expelled, and possibly done some jail time. Who really cares that he writes poetry now. I bet he's still threatening people when he gets angry, instead of calmly talking the situation out. Second, why would a teacher get so angry and (jumping on the desk I can forgive), but to call someone cheating on a test the f-word. Why in the world, would a teacher take that personally? It baffles me. A teacher holds all the cards. He/she can calmly say "Well...this is the second time I've caught you cheating. So, you're going to get an F on this test, and probably an F in my class. Unless every day, you turn in some extra credit. And if I see you doing tests without your head even looking to the side. Even if you drop a pencil, you are not to pick it up." Instead, this teacher has to curse. This is definitely someone that wasn't equipped to be dealing with kids.— August 24, 2009 2:29 a.m.
Milwaukee Mayor in a Fight, Cops and Shoplifters in Flight
Well Pete, to speak for rickeysays...when the pension scandal came to light, I doubt he was sitting next to them in a fast food place where he could look over and comment, or he probably would've.— August 23, 2009 7:30 p.m.