by Charlie on December 22, 2008
I returned from my walk this morning to a tweet from Guy Kawasaki about how injuries caused by excessive Wii play is on the rise. I tweeted back saying people should just get a dog and walk three times a day. Then, it occurred to me that somebody may have already developed a game for [...]
by Rufus on December 18, 2008
I found myself in a Staples last week, waiting on some stuff from the business services. I wandered down the wrong aisle and found myself in the wonderful world of teacher supplies! I don’t think I’ve ever gone down that aisle before, but if you have not been there, you should go. For me, for [...]
by Rufus on December 17, 2008
In a Huffington Post article today, Steven Shehori wrote a satirical piece, claiming that 37% of Americans could not locate America on a map of the United States of America. In it, he writes a quote: Shirley Matheson, a part-time Arby’s employee residing in Dayton, Ohio, agreed with Weiss’s assessment. “I live in the U.S.A., [...]
by Rufus on December 17, 2008
I won’t begrudge any dog his day, but what is the point of a Barney Christmas video every year? Is it some private joke I just don’t get? Meanwhile, the economy is in the tank, we’re still mired down in the Middle East, gas prices are on the rise, oil production is being cut…. *sigh*
by Rufus on December 16, 2008
I was in a Sam’s Club this afternoon, cruised through the electronics and noticed this really cool speaker set by HMDX Audio. The speakers were rechargeable and wireless. Wow, really cool. Except it said it worked for iPod. Well, did that mean iPhone 3G also? I don’t know, but I had an iPhone and they [...]
by Rufus on December 14, 2008
Vice President-elect Joe Biden has picked out a 3-month-old male German shepherd from a suburban Philadelphia kennel to bring with him to Washington. Biden, riding deep with seven black Secret Service vehicles, rolled up to German Shepherd breeder Linda Brown’s home in Chester County, Penn. on Saturday and rolled out having chosen the nation’s Second [...]
by Rufus on December 13, 2008
I saw this on the tv when I was half-asleep, it has stuck in my brain for over a year and nobody believed that ABC World News Tonight would play something like this. Well, here’s the proof! Now, is your brain doing the polka too? Yeah, not fair, but oh well!
by Rufus on December 13, 2008
In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
by Rufus on December 6, 2008
I hope I have the courage to be this good of a friend if ever called.
by Rufus on December 5, 2008
Two scenes in Katy Perry’s Hot & Cold music video struck me as funny today. Come on, a rock n’ rolling priest at a wedding? That’s just God’s sense of humor. A guy in a hot dog suit getting run over by a guy running away from his angry bride to be. Yeah, that has [...]
by Rufus on December 5, 2008
I grew up Catholic. One of the things you learn very early on is this earthly life is a test of your faith for a reward of either heaven and eternal life or hell and eternal damnation. Life here is supposed to be hard, we are supposed to feel pain because these trials are what [...]
by Rufus on November 30, 2008
From the “What the Heck are You Trying to Sell Me” department. It took a whole tank of gas for me to wade through this pump topper. Honestly, how long has Kroger been at the retail game? Posted by email from rufus’s posterous
by Rufus on November 29, 2008
Has anyone else seen these? Good stuff and not just for Easter any more. Sent from my iPhone Posted by email from rufus’s posterous
by Rufus on November 29, 2008
Here’s what you do when you’ve written a Dummies book about everything. Posted by email from rufus’s posterous