As a tumultuous 2008 draws to a lurching close and a turbulent 2009 waits in the wings for the Times Square ball to drop tomorrow night, it’s an apt time to look back on the past year.

However, since every broadcast and cable network is already presenting its 2008 Year in Review, it would be redundant to do so here.  Instead, I humbly offer my picks for the best, the worst, and the ugliest ”things” of 2008.

All of those categories feature multiple, worthy contestants although there are far fewer candidates vying for the peak of the good heap than … Read the rest

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http://www.urlesque.com/2008/12/10/2008-urlies-coolest-kid/… Read the rest

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Now that college freshmen are home for winter/holiday (no longer Christmas) break, toting his/her wash and maybe some of that “freshman fifteen” excess poundage, it may be time for another of what we used to call a sitdown.

That was our word for heart-to-hearts when the kids were in high school and in their early college years and we felt a need to share more of our extensive, mature knowledge, mostly gleaned from years of making our own stupid mistakes.

Sitdowns, of course, were aimed at imparting  sage parental advice on the pitfalls, temptations, and vicissitudes of growing up and … Read the rest

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Ah suspects dis be a hoxe but one never knows nowdays, do one?  (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=54054636632&h=acmur&u=e4S-v.)  And da secund one two on “Airplane Ebonics.”  Dat one comes wif a translassion of da ebonics fo yo honkies out dere.

Dat Deltaa!  Dey be redy when yo are!   … Read the rest

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When Rush Limbaugh first played Paul Shanklin’s satirical, political song, “Barack, the Magic Negro” on his show, he expected it to hit the fan, much like Imus’ “nappy-headed ho’s” comment.  Surprisingly, it didn’t.

It was really not in the same category as Imus’ remark about the Rutgers women’s basketball team which, although tasteless and insensitive, wasn’t all that execrable, either.  It certainly didn’t merit Imus’ persecution by such charlatans as the “Reverend” Al Sharpton.  Fortunately for free speech, Imus eventually landed back on his feet despite the racial ruckus.

Sharpton is still Sharpton.

Anyway, “Barack, the Magic Negro” has now … Read the rest

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Anyone who remembers the early years of “NBC’s Saturday Night,” later called, “Saturday Night Live,” or “SNL,” with its not-ready-for-prime-time-players, is aware that all subsequent efforts to replicate the original have fallen far short of both its success and its innovative brand of humor.  

Of the original cast, the pratfalling Chevy Chase is now washed-up, the insanely riotous John Belushi and Gilda Radner are long dead as is the later arrival but almost as funny, Chris Farley.   Such personalities as Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Bill Murray went on to some limited measures of post-SNL success. 

The notoriously-unfunny … Read the rest

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Okay, I freely admit that I’m not an elder version of Brad Pitt or of Mel Gibson or even of Bram Stoker’s Dracula as portrayed by Bela Lugosi.  But certain physiognomical features do tend to portray one’s soul. 

Dorian Gray may have been an exception to that general rule but Dorian’s soul was as corrupt as an overripe melon sitting in the sun on a hot, August day.

This face of George Soros betrays the devil, Old Scratch, Satan, Baal, Lucifer better than most.

Do read my next post for elucidation and clarification.… Read the rest

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                        MERRY

                   CHRISTMAS!

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” … Read the rest

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For a highly literate, inspirational, and timely article, “The Greatest Book Ever Written,” see Larrey Anderson’s piece on AmericanThinker.com, http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/the_greatest_book_ever_written.html.

It’s well worth the read this Christmas Eve amidst all the rancor and turmoil in our tumultuous world.… Read the rest

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Okay, here’s the deal, and it’s just a hypothetical.

Suppose we had to contend with a Humanity Sophie’s Choice and humanity’s leaders offered a plebiscite to the hoi polloi:  Vote, (you rabble), on what’s more important to the survival of mankind:  gay rights or the rain forests?

(You may substitute other liberal issues such as global warming, saving the polar bears, preserving the lives of snail darters, etc. for rain forests.)

That radical prelate, eighty-one year old Pope Benedict XVI actually opted for mankind!  Click here for the audio of his remarks, in English:   http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=247273. 

Go figure.

Understandably, homosexual … Read the rest

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