Author Archives: Mark A.

On Friday night we saw Robert Schimmel, a stand-up comedian, perform at the Rivercenter Comedy Club here in San Antonio:You may have seen Schimmel’s HBO special “Unprotected,” or have heard him on XM or Sirius radio. He also makes regular appearances on Howard Stern’s radio program. In 2000 doctors diagnosed Schimmel with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. […]

links for 2006-01-29 Light Up Slippers No more stubbed pinky toes. On an unfortunate note, now I’ll not be able to use “Well it was dark, I was tired, and I guess my aim was a little off” as a valid excuse.

links for 2006-01-28 IN-N-Out 100×100 Burger For those who don’t know, the west coast burger chain In-N-Out Burger will put however many pieces of meat and cheese on a burger you want. Hence, 2×2 means two pieces of meat & two pieces of cheese. This guy ordered the 100×100. Mmmm, who’s hungry? Scott Adams’s New […]

I Beseech You, Oh Muse! Deliver unto me the passion and the ability to spin tales which capture the imagination of my audiences. Embrace me in your arms and whisper in my ear so many lines of inspiration as if we were lovers. Guide my fingers over this keyboard of plastic and with your guidance […]

When I worked at a bookstore several years ago (ok, ten’s more than several”¦let me continue please) I took great pride in recommending and hand-selling books. I made sure I read the majority of the best-sellers so I could give our customers an honest evaluation of them. I felt I had purpose, and customers needed […]

My goodness, I do feel loved today. My faith in the blogosphere has suddenly been renewed, because today I discovered that another blogger linked me. And not to totally bash the hell out of me either, thank you very much. To return the favor I shall happily link to “Mischievous Muse” authored by Anniia. Go […]

links for 2006-01-26 Thumb Thing Slow down tiger. The link takes you to a page that advertises a unique tool to hold books open, not to some kind of kinky sex toy. More’s the pity, huh?

links for 2006-01-25 Brokeback Bush A student asks President Bush if he’s seen “Brokeback Mountain.” Partisan Thought Is Irrational Like I needed to read an article to tell me this. Just for fun. Bored? Why not pour yourself a beer and practice your rectal examination techniques on the “Digital Rectal Examination Simulator.” Unleash the dogs […]

I’m sure you’ve all been following the Jack Abramoff scandal like good little citizens. You’ve probably been saying to one another how disgusted you are with the corruption in government, and proclaiming how we need sweeping reforms to excise these jackals from Washington. Truthfully, I’m finding it hard to get upset about this one and […]

For those of you who don’t know, statistic counters not allow blog owners to view the number of visitors to their blog, they also allow us to see where their readers are coming from. We can see your geographic location, your IP address, length of time you visited, etc, etc. We can also see what […]