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Work Place Anarchy

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ The 3 divisions of the modern American work place. According to someone smarter and richer than me, there are 3 categories of workers in every organization. The A group: Those who lead. Those who excel. Those who drive product forward and make people want to buy what […]

The strike zone changes?

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Baseball 101. I’m at the Nashville Sounds game Saturday night. The Sounds are the triple A affiliate for the Milwaukee Brewers. The park is antiquated and tired like a motel mattress. It’s a one story edifice of expensive beers and iron gates. In the middle of […]

Teenage Girls

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy. teenage girls. There are three of them in this house right now. It’s like a cackling coop hair and estrogen. It’s an onslaught of high pitched run on sentences and generation X angst. I’m on the couch, my back to them in the kitchen. I am only […]

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™ The Americans. The new spy show on FX. It’s unique because it makes you root for a bunch of Communists,  pretending to be Patriotic Americans living in the United States. That’s right. They are super secret double agents. They speak perfect English and live perfect America […]

Everyone’s Got a Momma

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Everybody’s got a momma. A buddy told me that after a scum bag was killed. “Who could we even get to talk about him?” I ask. “Everybody’s got a momma,” he replied. It was brilliant in its simplicity. Even if a guy is human detriment, he’s got […]

When Dinosaurs Tweet

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Twitter. Just as Twitter is reportedly losing some of its social luster, I am learning to like Twitter. I am starting to hash tag and ret-weet and direct message. I have 67 followers. I follow 3 times that many. I am very conscious about my followers. […]

Family Freak out

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ The Family Feud. It’s a game show I watched as a kid. Richard Dawson was the host then. Steve Harvey is the host now. Regardless of whom is hosting, the premise is simple. A studio audience of 100 is surveyed, and the most popular answers recorded. Two […]

Spider-Man 2

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ The Amazing Spiderman. I liked the film. I didn’t love the film. In the end, it didn’t take me anywhere I didn’t expect to go. When you pay $30 dollars for 2 tickets you expect to mentally go some place without a suitcase. You want a […]

Day 3 of the draft

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Day 3 of the draft. This isn’t the sexy day, but it’s the day where superbowls are won and lost. Day 1 is for the guys with diamond studs in their ears. Day 1 is for the guys who have Crystal champagne in their limos. Day […]

I’m taping the draft

You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™ Taping the NFL draft. “Nobody tell me anything, I’m taping it.” People look at me in the newsroom like I’m crazy or stupid or both. “I don’t wanna know how it ends!” I scream sticking my fingers in my ears. “AAAARRRGGGHHHH!” I hear a groan go […]