You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™A pirate festival called Gasparilla.It’s Mardis Gras on a pirate ship. It’s wenches loaded on rum. It’s cut-throats gargling with sea water mixed with grain alcohol. AARGH! Shiver me timbers Matey.It’s Capt. Morgans and beads, so many beads.Gasparilla is a Tampa tradition, even if the rest of the nation […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™A Steve Jobs Action figure. Kind of like GI Joe. Kind of like Ken and Barbie.Kind of creepy? Who wants their kids playing with a dead guy doll? How about a Truman Capote doll? please.So anyway, according to published reports, a Chinese company was producing the freaky looking […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy. ™ Wheel of Margaritas. I mean WHEEL OF FORTUNE. It is one of the most popular game shows of all time. It’s a ratings juggernaut based on a simple kid’s game; hangman. The show is a hit because of its simplicity, and because of its long time […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ The weekend news cycle. Newt wins South Carolina. Joe Paterno dies. Romney releases taxes. Syracuse loses 1st game at Notre Dame. NFL FINAL FOUR. The sea continues to claim a cruise ship in Italy. The world keeps spinning around the sun and that means stories of interest, importance […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™Going to a fire code violation and watching the dance of the living dead.crazy right?It’s a Friday night and I pull into the parking lot.The place is packed. Cars are wedged sideways and on the grass. I walk to the canopy marking the main entrance. The man at the […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ Douche bags who prey on the weak the elderly the infirmed those who cannot defend themselves. I did a story recently that turned my stomach. Just looking at this man’s mug shot and thinking about his actions makes me sick. I just threw up in my […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.JOE PATERNO DEAD AT AGE 85. Sadness.Joe Paterno.Living legend.America’s Grandpa.born 1926 – died 2012Dead at 85.Sunday January 22nd 2012: ESPN is in Breaking News coverage, going wall to wall. The interviews and the memories are poignant and lucid and full of history and meaning. Commentators are somber as […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ Television commercials that are so brilliant, so funny, so cinematically appetizing, I don’t even know what the hell they are promoting. I am watching TV tonight and I swear I don’t know what the commercials are trying to sell me till the end of the spot, and by […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy. Cell phone interruptions. They go off in movie theaters. They go off in elevators. They go off at your 1st graders finger painting exhibition. Crazy maraca ring tones and Metallica power chord riffs. Beyonce and Jayzee and Frank Sinatra. For the love of God – people, can’t […]
You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™Captain Coward. The Captain is suppose to go down with the ship. It’s one of the oldest sayings in recorded human history. Christopher Columbus was willing to sail off the edge of the Earth following this maritime principle. The Skipper and Gilligan hung in there during a […]