Posts by skibum609

59 is too young to die. Coolio proved that Rap need not be the monotonous, vile garbage that we have to pretend is music, but that it could have actual lyrics. "Gangsta's paradise" is the perfect rap song.…

.....title says it all. Wtf! Who is he? Well, today is the 39th anniversary of the day Major Stanislav Petrov saved the world. In a wonderful world of technology, back in 1983, he was on duty at…

You unwrap a stick of butter. You place it in the butter dish. You place the butter dish in the same place you put it every single day of the year, with no seasonal exceptions. Where is…

It's date night with your girlfriend who is new school and loves MMA. You're old school and love boxing but admit that boxing today has been pussified and argue old school boxing was more exciting than MMA. She tells…

Prior to the start of the B.Y.U. football game the B.Y.U. team ran onto the field with an Oregon flag bearing the name and number of an Oregon football player who died in July in a climbing accident. They…

.....then take a look around at Selma Alabama; ah you may leave here for 4 days in space, but when you return it's the same old place; the pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace; you can bury your…

Great music should elicit emotions, deep emotions and nothing is more emotional than sadness. Name 3 songs that in your heart are so emotional that they can and should bring you and others to tears. My 5 - Photograph -…

Waaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, during the savings and loan crisis, attorneys came up with a great idea: give the property back to the bank with "a deed in lieu of foreclosure". The bank received the property, without having…

Are you a fan? Are you not a fan? Why? I make no pretense about it: The three stooges were and are the greatest comedy act in history. Slapstick is an incredibly difficult comedy medium, and no…

Name a song, which in your opinion predicts or has predicted the future. I choose 1969's one hit wonder by Zager and Evans - "In the year 2525". Some songs kill it. This is one of them. Miss…

Extras have become boring. 15-30 minutes is just not enough time to have fun. Always seems rushed and seldom worth the money. It also hurts that at my go to club, Desires, the newer dancers just don't appeal to…

Sitting in desires with a dancer I will call a "cf' although she was just the dancer I danced with the most. We are sitting at the bar and some guy is glaring at us. I mention it…