My Sick Mind

Bienvenido, Bloggers. EL GAMESHOW MÁS EXITOSO DEL PLANETA Los fines de semana no serán lo mismo en Telemundo. Este programa te mantendrá al borde de tu asiento durante cada segundo y hasta el final. Muy Pronto. * OK, that's enough of that nonsense. While working the channels the other night, I stumbled across my favorite non-English speaking TV channel, Telemundo. Usually, it's the scantily-clad women that catch my eye, but this time it was something else. It was Vas o No Vas , the Spanish-language version of NBC's game show, Deal or No Deal, hosted by genial Hector Sandarti. It had all the Deal junk ... the steel cases, hot babes, the wacky contestants and goofy host. Although the cases were a little less fancy, the host a lot less bald (and quirky), the show looked like it was produced by college students and I didn't understand a word ... still, I couldn't turn away . Forget that the top prize was a measley $250,000 (2,677,323 Pesos). When the contestants...

I think I've told you, but in case you weren't paying attention, I watch that Dancing With the Stars show long enough to see Cheryl , then I'm tuned out. Sorry, but I'm not even sure who the other "stars" are (outside of Emmitt), so she has my undivided attention. Fortunately for me, she and Emmett have survived another week. My Tuesday's are full. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, in my fine home-state of New Jersey: TRENTON - Same-sex couples in New Jersey must be given all the benefits and rights enjoyed by married men and women, but state lawmakers will have to decide whether they can officially wed, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday. Groups like the New Jersey Coalition to Preserve and Protect Marriage, Focus on the Family and the New Jersey Family Policy Council oppose same-sex marriages. As if opposite-sex marriages have been such a great success. By the way, I'll bet a week's pay tha...

In the Marketing class I had at Widener , I found out that there are people who are referred to as " Early Adopters ". Those are the ones that start-up's and growth companies target when they introduce new products. I suppose "Guinea Pigs" would apply, but the adventurer in me would not appreciate the negative connotation. I'm a gadget guy. I love new stuff, and the newer the better. And if the price is right, I'm all in. Like those new flavored coffees. Uh-huh. And the potato chips that taste like cheese steaks? You betcha. And how about the cat litter with the little crystals? I haven't heard any complaints. I'd love to be able to drive a hybrid car, but they're just too expensive now. I did buy a 2005 Ford Focus that is a PZEV (Partial Zero-Emissions Vehicle) so I feel like I'm part of the solution. I think by the time I'm ready to buy my next vehicle, it will be partially battery powered. In that spirit, I've been ex...

Thirteen Things That Scare Me a Little The Christmas decorations are up at the local mall, but never mind that. Tuesday is Hallowe'en. 1. Any letter from my Condo Association. It makes my heart skip a beat. Usually it's something really stupid that I'm not doing. Tell the people who are doing it and leave me alone. 2. Spam e-mail with T.M.I. I recently got a Spam message that contained my first and last name, from a Landon Nicholson (no relation) telling me that "Your history shows that your Viagra prescription is ready to be re-filled." Uh-huh. My personal history shows that I need Viagra like I need a hair dryer and a comb. 3. When the Boss says, "You got a minute?" He never calls me in to chit-chat. 4. Dying alone. I don't need to elaborate on that, except to say that if I needed Viagra, I wouldn't be worried about it. 5. George W. Bush with his hand on the Bible. I keep waiting for it to burst into flames . 6. My spin instructo...

OK , so yesterday was kind of a downer. Nobody said blogging was easy. So, I'm reading the newspaper today, and there's a story on page 2 about the ongoing clean-up at the World Trade Center site (heretofore known as "Ground Zero" - which I can no longer call my bedroom). The big problem, it seems, is that they are still digging up remains of the victims. Small pieces of bone and other such unidentifiable fragments of human remains. What aroused my interest was that the city has come under some scrutiny for doing what many refer to as a half-assed job of cleaning and recovering in the wake of the attacks. What fascinates me about such things is that we (the collective "we") are so hung up on this closure thing, when it comes to bodies and whatnot. What I don't get is - why does it matter so much to us? Will finding a bone fragment or some other mutiliated body part bring some sense of completion to what we already knew was a foregone conclusion? Bu...

According to a recent Google search, leading to my blog, there must have been a Cecily Tynan Parade somewhere. I wish I had been informed. I'll bet it was Saturday. I chose Saturday to catch up on my sleep. If those Tynan's went past my window while I was asleep ... well, I just hate to have to wait until the 2007 Cecily Tynan Parade. You snooze, you lose. Meanwhile, enjoy this little clip from The Late Show with David Letterman, while I try to think of something to write about...

ATTLEBORO , Mass. -- Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase games during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable. Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. If I had a kid in the Attleboro school system, I'd yank him out and home-school him, starting today. I don't think the school has the best interests of the kids at heart, and if they had any guts, this is the letter that would have been sent home with junior and his fat ass: Dear Parent, In response to a great deal of self-imposed fear, we have decided to ban running around outside on school playgrounds. It's not that the kids scare us, but what we are really afraid of is being sued. If the kids enjoy playing "unsupervised chase games", they can do it on their own time. We...

My downstairs neighbor commissioned his son to build a bird feeder for our little tree outside the condo. He put together this metal cylinder with screws for the birds to sit on. The thing looks like it was assembled by the military, complete with big screws holding the bottom plate to the cylinder and a removable metal cap with a hook. It holds an entire bag of bird seed, and fortunately, the tree has grown a bit over the last few years, because the strong limbs are necessary to hold the weight of the steel and seed, plus whatever lucky animals happen to find their lunch under our tree. So far, we haven't seen many birds... . ..but we are doing our part to keep the local squirrels fat and happy. The little bastards ate through the whole thing in less than a week, and notice how the bottom makes a nice resting place for his furry ass.