FlasshePoint

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

Stop Winking At Me!

I’m tough enough to admit when I’ve been a moron. So it’s time to man-up and come clean. This post about the Impala taillights was really stupid. First of all, since I posted that entry, I’ve noticed that there are a heckuva lot of cars with round taillights. It’s pretty common, [...]

It’s A Commodore 6!

One of my favorite shows of the 90s was Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K), which went from a local TV show on a Minnesota station, to a mainstay of the Comedy Channel / Comedy Central, and finally ended up on the SciFi Channel for its final seasons. It featured a man (originally Joel [...]

Buses Are Terrific

In an effort to alleviate the intense fear of buses I’ve had ever since I ran into one, I decided to ride the bus to work yesterday. (Well, actually, two buses. It’s kind of cool – they have this thing called a “transfer”, which the driver of the first bus hands you when [...]

I’m On Strike

In the opening of The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart basically used my joke from this blog entry from last March. I guess the whole gambling side effect thing is more well known now that the RLS drugs are actually on the market and are being peddled on TV. (Gambling addiction [...]

Who’s Da Bomb?

Pet Peeve of the Day: They keep turning my cherished childhood memories into crappy modern entertainment. Word leaked out today via Variety and The Hollywood Reporter that Paramount has greenlit Stratego: The Movie, based on the classic boardgame. Tony Scott has been attached as director, and the only star mentioned so far is Robert [...]

Bloggin’ It Old School

This evening I dug out my old college journal, pretentiously titled The Journal of Gaudium Paine, which was supposed to mean The Journal of Joy and Pain. I had been wanting to uncover it for a long time, with the hopes of maybe occasionally publishing an entry or two from it on this blog [...]

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