Author Archives: Mark A.

I laughed when I began reading the story about the Chicago Memorial Day Marathon, because even I know that a marathon isn’t 27.2 miles. Everyone knows a marathon is 24 miles. Bunch’a dummies up there in Chi-Town! Then I read a little further and found out that a marathon is 26.2 miles, thus proving once […]

Add Google Print to the amazing feats that are already possible via Google. What does Google Print do? Hell, what doesn’t it do: “Google Print finds pretty much any kind of book you can imagine: fiction, non-fiction, reference, scholarly, textbooks, children’s books, scientific, medical, professional, educational, and other books of all kinds. As we add […]

This links you to a video-compilation of what seems like every figure skating accident that has ever occurred (probably isn’t, but there is a lot of them). FYI: While I was watching this I had the volume turned down on the computer and was listening to Metallica’s “Slither” on my Ipod. Oddly enough, the Metallica […]

You know, I’m as anxious about the next Harry Potter book as the next fan. However, I don’t think my anxiousness will build to such a level that I feel the need to pack heat. Ten years from now Martin Scorsese will helm a movie detailing the hard-knock life of a mafioso’s fall from grace. […]

I feel a little guilty that I didn’t have an actual post about Memorial Day. So, in lieu of a meaningful post that would have been nothing more than affectation on my part, I would like to post the poem “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa: My black face fades, hiding inside the black granite. I […]

This is a little video of some guys jumping a Chevette. It’s a really funny video, and it brings back some memories. I had a friend that had a car just like that (well, it didn’t have the rebel flag on the top nor the number 01 on the door). He ended up buying two […]

I don’t know how I could have missed this beautiful site. They encourage people to write down a secret onto a postcard and mail it to them. Then they post those cards on the website. Some are funny, some are a little scary, but most are heartbreaking. Make sure you spend a few minutes on […]

Here’s a video of a drunk guy being tasered by a cop. Unlike some of the stories floating around the web of cops abusing the taser, this guy deserved every shock he got. I guess I’m a sadist, but I had to rewatch this several times. My favorite part is the first time the drunk […]

In my post about the new Star Wars movie I mistakenly stated that David Prowse was the actor which appears in Force-ghost form at the end of Jedi. Fellow blogger Womo brought the mistake to my attention: “Although David Prowse did play Vader in Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi, but when Luke takes daddy’s mask […]

This guy needs reminding that it’s Chase bank’s policy to metaphorically screw the people.