Author Archives: Mickey

Sweet Jesus, When Will It End?

   To call this moron a moron is to insult morons.

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“This Place is a Zoo!”

    This could possibly be the only TV commercial I’ve ever liked. Coincidentally, we were just talking about it while driving by the Detroit Zoo a couple weeks ago. Thanks to Schmoe for sharing the link — and to … Continue reading

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Rabbit Stew

    I know it’s childish, but I get a kick out of when a bit of profanity slips onto the networks. I had a field day listening to the missed bleeps in Comedy Central’s Night of Too Many Stars, … Continue reading

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Maestro Williams in Town

    I am very upset to find out today that famed film composer John Williams was in Detroit on Friday to conduct the DSO. I can’t believe such an icon was in town and I knew nothing about it. … Continue reading

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Burn a Disc, Save a Life

    I’ve been seeing this headline on the AP wire the last couple days: “DVD in Firefighter’s Coat Blocks Bullet“. Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy says he was leaving a Waffle House restaurant in Walterboro [South … Continue reading

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The Stomach Will Not Be Fooled!

    An interesting article at TIME.com: [N]ew research suggests that the body is not so easily fooled, and that sugar substitutes are no key to weight loss — perhaps helping to explain why, despite a plethora of low-calorie food … Continue reading

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Arrested Development Development?!

      Holy crap! It’s even being confirmed! It looks like there’s a possibility of a Bluth family reunion.    First Serenity and now this. It’s as if the movie studios are joining together to clean up the messes … Continue reading

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Lord of the Wrongs

    Yay!  Lord of the Rings bloopers! I hope there’s more where these came from.    [Archivist’s Note: the original video has been removed, but perhaps this one will suffice…]

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Headline of the Week

    I include a screen grab here, just in case the article gets changed. Really!  You don’t say!    And I’d always been told a cop couldn’t find that with two hands and a flashlight.

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But He’s Called Big Brother

    Some fat-haters in Mississippi want to see you starve. Raw Story has the unbelievable report that “[a] bill recently introduced in Mississippi’s state legislature would bar restaurants from serving people determined to be obese.”    The state’s health … Continue reading

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