Battling Microbe Minions

I think I’ve got the bubonic plague. All the symptoms are there, except for the rat bites, the swollen lymph nodes, the raging epidemic sweeping through the streets, and of course, the death. So it might just be a cold. Weird. I feel like I’ve written these words before. That’s the danger with blogging for [...]

Credit Fraud

I had my first experience with credit card fraud this morning. Some tricky prankster charged over $1300 to my American Express account in a Las Vegas leather shop on Saturday, just over two hours after I spent just over $100 on groceries at Ralphs in Culver City. It may not seem like a frightening thing [...]

The Definition of Childhood Disappointment

Eating a bowl of Kix today (Kid Tested, What Mothers Don’t Know Won’t Hurt ‘Em), I noticed that it wasn’t a whole lot upon completion. About as much as a piece of toast. Not that I scientifically tested this, though I’d say my mouth and stomach are as good measuring devices as anything else in [...]

Fringecast 7

Delving deep into the roots of Fringeblog, we’ve got an exciting and yet another controversial Fringecast for you, dealing with the devisive political issues tearing this country in two–namely, political fundraising phonecalls and their polarizing effect on everyday average Joes like you and me and Joe Blum. If you have ever wondered which way the [...]

Zombie Threat Rejuvenates In Merch Attacks

Red State won the award for Best Sound at the Progeny Festival of Motion Pictures on Saturday, which was a surprise. If it was going to win anything, I would have predicted an editing or possibly directing award, but having not seen any of the other entries, and with my main representative having failed to [...]

Zombies, Moving, and Fashion Statements

Just when you find yourself disappointed at George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead trailer, another trailer for a new zombie film comes out to make your heart sing with syrupy tunes.
There’s some pretty excellent zombie movies coming out this year. I guess last year’s Dawn of the Dead made executives realize that zombies, unlike [...]

Going Slowly Crazy

Here’s an example of why Instant Messenging is so bad for you. It makes you think and write stupid things…
abe0essejnet: Fruits and sugars might be a problem for people. That boysenberry topping could’ve done it.
abe0essejnet: I’ve never spelled boysenberry before today.
ndflmkr: i can tell. it’s boisenberry
abe0essejnet: You’re wrong beeoch.
ndflmkr: so i am
ndflmkr: although, it [...]

School to Guardsman: Pay Up!

What is up with this crap?
GRAND RAPIDS — A Michigan school district told a teacher activated for military duty that he must cover the cost of a substitute during part of his absence and give the district some of his military pay.

How is that even, you know, legal? Isn’t military duty covered by state [...]

Connected?

No connection between Saddam and the “insurgent” fighting. Nope. None whatsoever. Oh, except for this tidbit:
Beginning then, the Chicago native’s brigade rousted some of Saddam’s relatives in Tikrit. Some had been financing the insurgency that was just heating up against the American occupation. Others had been active combatants in the guerrilla war.
Hmmm. [...]

The New, Improved Democratic Economy

This article, dated January 7, is about the Democrats’ plan for tax relief, which included a $300 rebate for “virtually every working American,” and notes that it is in response to Bush’s proposed tax relief. According to Nancy Pelosi, Bush’s plan “would not have a stimulative effect and would not create jobs.”
The new Democratic [...]