FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

The Thaw (Return To Exertion)

Our long local nightmare is over. At long last, the streets, sidewalks, and yards are free of snow and ice (aside from a few of my north-facing neighbors, who still have a bit of snow in their yards). The legacy of the blizzard is some damaged roofs (my gutter is sagging again) and [...]

A Modest Proposal

The Chinese are fighting Internet addiction among the young the only way they know how: Boot Camp!
This is marvelous idea which I think should be extended to teens in this country. And why stop at Internet addiction? This could also be used to cure other teenage ailments, like Excessive Piercing And Tattooing, Wearing [...]

Ghost Riders On The Storm

Hey, I actually saw a movie today! In a theater! Bryce and I went to see Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider is not one of my favorite Marvel heroes – I don’t think I even own any GR comics, though I remember reading a few. Nevertheless, it’s a comic book movie, so [...]

I’ll Be The Jet To Meet His Shark

Catching up on my CD listening…
My good buddies Sue & Joe at 125 Records are distributing the debut CD by Bay Area artist Chris Brown (one of my many musicians with that name, so don’t be fooled by imitators!) called Now That You’re Fed. I’ve listened to it a few times so far and [...]

In Bed

Lookie at what Pilto got in his Pad Thai fortune cookie yesterday:

Since his wife reads this blog, she probably has something to say about that…
The fortunes keep getting weirder and weirder. Very few actually form complete sentences. For a couple of weeks in a row, Pilto kept getting one that said (pretty much) [...]

Strange Bedsitterfellows

Musician Al Stewart has been a guilty pleasure of mine since, oh… high school or so, when I first heard Year Of The Cat and then went in search of his back catalog. I’m actually more fond of his pre-YotC/pre-American fame output, though there was some sporadic good and even great stuff in the [...]

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