Anyone old enough to remember when CBS ran "Wide World of Sports" on weekends, will remember the cool opening. That deep narrator voice says something about the "thrill of victory". The dramatic music comes in, and he says "The agony …

I was in L.A. when I woke up and turned on the hotel TV, hearing the news that Paul Newman had passed away. It wasn't so surprising. A few months back it was leaked that he was real sick and …

A few years back I was being interviewed by a radio station, and I ran into a guy I went to high school with. We ended up talking, and staying in touch. Since I worked as a DJ years earlier, …

Just typing that word in the subject title, made me think of the Guess Who song. I haven't heard that tune in probably 15 years. I just think I've gotten to a point in my life where any word someone …

Everyone knows the William Tell Overture, right? It was the Lone Ranger theme. Once on David Letterman, Siskel & Ebert went door-to-door and did weird things. It was hysterical. When they were showing what talents they have, Roger said he …

I'm on a jag with all these music related blogs. I'm sure in the next few days, I'll be back to bitching about OJ and stuff like that. I mean, how can I not? There's always something going on (I …

Having been born and raised in San Diego, I can appreciate when someone comes to our town to work and live, and they still love the sports teams they grew up with. They'll want to talk endlessly about why the …

I was at Harrah's Casino over the weekend. I ran into a teacher that had a lot of interesting stories. When he mentioned a 40th birthday party he was having the following day, I told him I wanted to crash …

I hadn't planned on commenting on the fire fighters that were forced to drive a fire engine in the gay pride parade in Hillcrest. I initially thought the guys complaining were acting like babies. Then I read more of the …

I heard a talk show going on about this. Then I read the story in the Union-Tribune yesterday morning. The Marine that rolled onto a grenade to save guys with him in Iraq, won't receive the Medal of Honor. The …

So, who do you think it is? Nicholson? DeNiro? Nope, Don LaFontaine. What, you don't recognize the name? Well, you'd recognize the voice. He's the king of the movie trailors. And, the first time many of us saw his face, …

There have been times I'm writing about a party, that someone comes over and says "You work for the Reader? Oh, I don't read it. I just look at the ads. And read 'News of the Weird'." In our last …

I hadn't planned on talking about the refs and how they cost the Chargers a game. But then watching Monday Night Football, the refs did some similar things. An Eagles receiver caught a bomb thrown by Donovan McNabb. He was …

Silly me...I thought the trunk of a car was for the spare tire and jack. And the occasional suitcase when you're off to the airport. But in the paper lately, I'm reading about the amount of bodies in trunks. I …

I went to Disneyland today. I was expecting the worst. It's a Saturday. Great weather, the place would be packed. I drive up and see parking is $12. Lame. But then, at a Charger game a few weeks ago, parking …

So many interesting things on the news today. Well, interesting to me. I was on the phone and heard there was a shark attack in Hawaii. The guy had a chunk taken out of his thigh. He was in the …

I remember the funny scene in The Freshman where Mathew Broderick goes to a girlfriends house. There are armed security guards. The family is obviously in the mob. And, he sees a Mona Lisa painting and comments that it looks …

Since I talked about an old lady from Oceanside the other day, I thought I'd go back to that theme. Herbert Woodward II (you can tell he's old from a name like that), and Wani Bielinski live in an elder-care …

My mom never reads my blogs, but she was on the computer, logged on, and was disgusted by what she saw. It made me glad she never found my dirty magazine collection in college. But I digress. She called and …

I logged onto the computer this morning, and they have these news stories pop up. One said that Heather Mills, the 5-year-exwife of Sir Paul McCartney, tried to sell a video of Paul that showed how abusive he was. The …

I love talking about bands with a music friend of mine that loves debating and discussing these things. Often times, we end up throwing trivia at each other, as our girlfriends look at us like we're insane. And they wonder …

So, a 20-year-old guy killed himself in Oceanside. And what happens? The parents go and do all this media, about how the police suicide negotiator, didn't do his job properly. Come on! Enough with all this crap. First, lots and …

A childhood friend of mine is now a professor. If you're at his house when Jeopardy! is on, you wonder how a person can know so much about such a variety of topics. He auditioned for the show, and ended …

It's so weird. I would've never guessed that, if you compared VP hopeful Palin and her kids names, with a guy named "Obama" and his kids names, that he'd win. He went with Malia and Sasha. She goes with: Track, …

The other day on KGBs morning show, they did a list of the Top 10 most overrated movies of all-time. They got it from something called The List Universe. I searched it out and found their choices. I'll put them …

So, I've been doing fantasy football for 20 years now. Each year, we have to try and get a few new teams into the league for people that dropped their teams the previous year. It's not necessary, because we don't …