"Murphy was an optimist!"
Big Orange Blasphemy November 22, 2012 10:48 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, Sex, Touchy Subjects
My father watched football regularly. Recliner, beer, game, don’t interrupt Dad. We lived in New Orleans in 1981 for Super Bowl XV and I rooted for Philadelphia and proudly hung my Eagles pennant on my wall. I played shirts and no-shirts tackle football, albeit poorly, with friends in a field of snow in New Jersey once or twice but never played in leagues or school. Football just wasn’t my game.
I came to Knoxville, TN for college and the football spirit sucked me in. Despite the University of Tennessee’s losing team, the fandom was incredible. With a stadium seating over 100,000 people and always packed on game day, it is difficult to not get sucked into the excitement via the crowd mob mentality. I still didn’t understand the game and was mostly there to cheer with the pigskin made it over the goal line. My fandom has waned. I don’t participate in the superstitions and don’t watch the games. But I do get a text message with the final score and am always slightly disappointed when UT loses.
Is it possible to get someone like me interested in football? Apparently so! Welcome, the Lingerie League!
And now every guy who reads this immediately heads over to Bing image search for "lingerie league wardrobe malfunction."
Images by KellBailey. See also.
add a commentOh! That explains Mtv. November 11, 2012 8:21 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Music, Of Interest, TV / MoviesGangnam Style Sans Music September 30, 2012 10:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, Of InterestSource, hypervocal.com, ‘Gangnam Style’ Without Music Is Rather Bizarre Indeed
add a commentDo It Anyway! September 17, 2012 4:01 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, Of Interest, TV / MoviesTotally awesome! 303 views right now. I predict one million views by Thursday.
add a commentWWI still going September 2, 2012 11:05 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : History, Of Interest, Touchy Subjects, WarAnd glacier melt has revealed 100 square meters of World War I munitions. The comments on that article are saddening.
add a commentThose famous last words August 30, 2012 8:39 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, Music, Of Interest, PhilosophyWhat will you say with your last breath? I certainly hope that mine will be poetic but I doubt I will achieve something as elegant as Samuel Beckett’s father’s last words:
According to [Samuel] Beckett, his father got up one morning, put on his dressing gown, then collapsed to the ground with a massive stroke, and died. His final words were "What a morning".
See also.
add a commentWell now, some people really do give a flying fuck August 21, 2012 8:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest
Today’s children’s shows August 18, 2012 9:12 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TV / MoviesAs I watch Saturday morning tv with my son I think these shows are creepy or the creators were high but then I recall my childhood programming and in all likelihood the probability that my childhood programming was the result of someone’s acid trip is far greator.
add a commentNot Mel Blanc August 18, 2012 8:43 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TV / MoviesMy 7 year old son is watching an animated show on television. I know I’m seeing a blue elephant with wheels for feet. But all I hear is Philip J Fry.
add a commentThank you Internet! August 14, 2012 8:39 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of InterestWhy couldn’t we watch the Olympic opening ceremonies live? July 27, 2012 9:33 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of InterestHe’s a movin’ on up July 24, 2012 4:38 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : News, Of Interest, TV / MoviesSherman Hemsley, aka George Jefferson, moves to a deluxe apartment in the sky
add a commentA Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self July 5, 2012 4:19 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of InterestThis currently has 309 views and is guaranteed to be the next big viral video on the web. I wish I had his forethought 20 years ago!
Update: Today, 24 hours later: 1,254,053 views.
add a commentThink your water is clean? May 21, 2012 9:47 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Environment, Of Interest, Touchy SubjectsCompare your rivers to this one in Bangladesh.
Connecticut Voting on Marijuana Legalization Today April 20, 2012 4:20 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Activism, Of Interest, Touchy SubjectsSince they are voting on legalization on 4/20 is the outcome of the vote a bit predetermined?
Update 4/26/2012: Yup, it passed.
add a commentThe House of Representatives voted late Wednesday night to legalize marijuana for medical purposes for adults — despite a letter from the state’s top federal prosecutor saying that those growing marijuana would be violating federal law.
The vote was 96-51 in favor.
Patients would be required to receive a prescription from a physician to receive marijuana to relieve pain from illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV and multiple sclerosis. The bill would allow some producers to cultivate and grow the marijuana, and licensed pharmacists could provide the marijuana to patients. Patients would need to requalify every year in order to keep smoking medical marijuana.
[Source, Hartford Connecticut Courant, House Approves Legalization Of Medical Marijuana]
