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Dubious Maxims: It Happens
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Saturday, November 03, 2012. Sometimes it happens - sometimes I just run out of things to say, even to myself, and my own "inner discourse" (to the extent that I even have one) strikes me as singularly uninteresting. But I DID wake up this morning and think "Maybe I've been away long enough; maybe I can write on my blog today without boring myself." So I'm trying it on for size. But here are a few things, up front. Blawg D...
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Dubious Maxims: Nothing On
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Saturday, January 21, 2012. Holy cow, look at all the sports! Pass How can the so-called "History Channel" executives sleep at night knowing that they're running this kind of crap? Quit crying, get a garbage bag, and start throwing some of that junk away! And then there's the sudden sobering realization that I really am deeply naive. I had no idea there was so much pay-per-view porn on satellite TV, such as "Hot MILFs ...
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Dubious Maxims: DIY
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Saturday, November 03, 2012. One thing I have been doing lately is watching the DIY Network. Enough, at at any rate, to have formed some opinions about the shows. There are shows I like. Appeals to me. I like the way his outrage overflows when he sees some particularly egregious example of bad workmanship, and the way he sighs, throws up his hands, and says "Tear it all out. Gut it.". Most of the Crashers. The overly effus...
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Dubious Maxims: December 2011
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Wednesday, December 28, 2011. You've gone in the crapper. Reality shows about pawn shops. Not my speed at all, and I'd rather go to the dentist and have this troublesome tooth fixed than watch them, but at least they don't drive me mad. Reality shows about ghost hunters, usually featuring some guy in a dark room blurting "Did you just feel that? I swear, it felt just like Elvis Presley pinching me on the ass! It seems to m...
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Dubious Maxims: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Sunday, March 31, 2013. De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum. The hole will slowly fill in with other things. Holes like that always do. But I'll always remember her, the happy little pound puppy that we saved from being put to sleep and gave a nice life to, and she rewarded us by being a happy, goofy little dog who leaned against me while I was going through chemo and never complained about anything. So long, dog. Rest now. PET scan...
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Dubious Maxims: September 2011
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Saturday, September 24, 2011. Stop Crapping On My Magazine. About the subject call in and offer their insights and opinions. But at least in talk radio, there's someone (presumably the person who answers the phone) who winnows out the real. To utter some ridiculous nonsense, as though the First Amendment isn't just a guarantee of free speech, but an actual moral imperative to exercise it. It drives me up the wall. I cannot...
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Dubious Maxims: Returning The Unused Portion
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Monday, February 20, 2012. Returning The Unused Portion. I'm about this close (picture someone holding their fingers about a quarter of an inch apart) from giving up on Facebook entirely. So great. Just about the only thing I use Facebook for doesn't work. Why am I there again? I honestly don't remember. So - what did I read this weekend? The other was "Wishful Drinking" by Carrie Fisher. It isn't so much an autobiogra...
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Dubious Maxims: January 2012
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Sunday, January 29, 2012. I'm bleeding. Seriously. As I write this, my arm is emitting a stream of the red groovy, as Alex might say. I find it fascinating and somehow life-affirming to sit here and bleed. And I'll bleed for that. Sure. Saturday, January 21, 2012. Holy cow, look at all the sports! Pass How can the so-called "History Channel" executives sleep at night knowing that they're running this kind of crap? And whil...
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Dubious Maxims: November 2011
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Sunday, November 27, 2011. The Fate of the World. I accidentally watched an ad for an NFL documentary a few weeks ago. Only now, weeks later, have I calmed down enough to bitch about it. I'm really tired of professional sports in general, and mostly because they won't just let me enjoy the sporting event for what it is. Instead, they have to try to make me believe that it matters. You know the style of documentary I mean, ...
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Dubious Maxims: Clopped
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein. Thursday, August 09, 2012. One of the big reasons I don't care for the TV show "Chopped". Let me start over. One of the many. Reasons I don't care for the TV show "Chopped" is the way the guest cooks (I like to call them that because it seems to irritate them) always use sports metaphors. "I'm going to bring my A game; I'm going to swing for the fences; I'm going to dig in for a goal line stand.". What do you say to THAT?
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