Author: robm

I don’t understand for the life of me how successful people can be so stupid sometimes. It’s 2022 and what you can/cannot and should/should not say are pretty well defined. We all know what to stay away from in terms of race, gender, sexuality and the like, still people continue to open their mouths and insert their entire legs. Sometimes there is ill and racist intent, because some people are just terrible people. However, when a high profile, successful businessman opens his mouth and something racist comes out, good chance it was just stupidity as opposed to intent. No matter,…

The expression “not all heroes wear capes” is a bit overused, no? Of course not all heroes wear capes. Most people in general have never even owned a cape, no less wore one. In fact, since most heroes, at least real ones, are our military, our police, first responders and the occasional good Samaritan, I’d venture to say NONE of them were wearing capes. Don’t fact check me, cause there’s always an outlier. How about a happy story today? How about some real heroism, even if no capes were involved? What would you do if you saw a house on…

What’s up with the animal kingdom lately? You have snakes crawling in people’s ears, elephants attacking people, lions, tigers, and alligators doing what they do. Bears have become increasingly aggressive and comfortable around people. I even had a squirrel give me a sideways look the other day. It’s unsettling at best. Most of the animal kingdom has inherent physical advantages over humans. They can run faster, climb higher, jump farther, and are much stronger than people. Thank goodness for our higher brain functions or we would all be lunchmeat! Except Democrats. The buffet is open there. As far as the…

Sherrif Woody once famously complained of a snake in his boots. Sam Jackson had an issue with some snakes on a plane. Indiana Jones hated snakes. Ice Cube wrangled with an anaconda. I can’t lie, I hate snakes. I don’t watch movies that prominently feature them, I won’t go in the reptile house at the zoo, and if I see a snake in nature I’m out. I don’t care if most are beneficial to the environment, they freak me out. This probably stems from the fact that I grew up on a farm and had numerous run ins. Ever step…

Once upon a time, Brendan Fraser was one of the hottest up and coming actors in Hollywood. He was funny, handsome, ripped, and seemed to be a decent actor as well. He had successful turns in comedies like “Airheads” and “Encino Man’, but also did action movies like “The Mummy” series unsuccessfully rebooted by Tom Cruise in the 2010’s. Fraser appeared to be an action hero on the rise. Then he disappeared. Amid rumors of being blackballed in Hollywood, Fraser was relegated to voice work and low budget flicks. Along the way he battled a series of health issues that…

Jimmy Kimmel used to be funny, I swear he did. Remember “The Man Show” with Kimmel and the much funnier Adam Carolla? Absolute gold! Of course, if you tried to pull off a show about beer drinking and women on trampolines now you would likely be exiled far away from Hollywood, which might be a good thing all things considered. Kimmel was even good on “Too Late With Adam Carolla” back in the mid 2000’s. Come to think of it, Kimmel has only been good when riding Adam Carolla’s coat tails. Kimmel parlayed his success with Carolla into a late-night…

It’s hard to work with and around kids. I had four of my own and have close family members who work in education. Considering how we tend to spoil and insulate kids from consequences these days, it’s no wonder behavior keeps getting worse. That’s not to say the adults don’t share much of the responsibility though, as there are far too many adults that simple SHOULDN’T be working with kids. The absolute worst job has to be bus driver. Screaming kids, crappy pay, weather, crappy parents and crappy drivers. Lots of crap, mostly that they have to take off the…

Benjamin Franklin once famously (maybe) wrote: “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”. He probably didn’t write that any more than George Washington told his dad he couldn’t tell a lie after whacking that cherry tree, but the sentiment is there. Beer is good. The brewing industry has literally exploded in recent years with the influx of micro-breweries and craft beers. I’m not a craft beer guy myself, too many calories and often too hoppy or bitter, though the alcohol volume tends to be much higher. Guess you can’t have everything. Thanks to shortages…

What in the name of Dudley Do-Right is going on in the Great White North? We sometimes assume that our own country is the only one that has to deal with many of today’s modern problems. Racism, climate issues, energy issues, high prices at the pump and in the grocery; things are tough all over! So, how do we cope? How do we destress and exercise self-care? Self-care is very important when times are tough economically and socially, and boy aren’t both tough in 2022? Even in Canada. Now, when I think of Canada I think of mounted police, and…

This is getting to be a thing, isn’t it? The reporting of UFO’s, or UAP’s, as the government has become fond of calling them has gone through the roof in 2022. I don’t know if Covid lockdowns caused a lot of people to go bat-crap crazy (it did), or if some foreign governments have developed some new tech that our government doesn’t want to talk about, or perhaps there is an uptick in actual surveillance and monitoring from an extraterrestrial source; whatever the reason, reports have gotten more frequent and stranger. As more people see and record things that causes…

I’m a huge music fan. I’d much rather listen to music than watch television or a movie. Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s most folks only had one television, and three channels, so if you didn’t want to watch what the parents were watching, you simply sat in your room and listened to the radio. Pretty exciting times! It did, however, instill a love and appreciation for music that I still have to this day. I will listen to any genre for the most part, with the exception of jazz. I’d rather watch The View than listen to jazz.…

Anyone ever shop at Target? Maybe do your banking at CitiBank or Wells Fargo? Call your friends on your T-Mobile phone? Kick back and have some Jim Beam, or a nice Mike’s Hard lemonade? I’ll pass on the Mike’s Hard, it’s a bit sugary for my liking, but I’ll have the Jim Beam, please. Ever wonder what causes that your favorite retailers and brands donate to? Who does Target support? Do your favorite brands and retailers reflect your values, or are you just paying companies that hate you and everything you stand for? It’s understandable if you shop any of…

By now we all know what Democrats want. No fossil fuels, electric vehicles in every driveway, solar panels and windmills everywhere, it’s going to be awesome, right? Right? Probably not actually. The infrastructure isn’t in place for electric vehicles, and even if it was, we don’t have the wind and solar capabilities to even heat and cool our homes, no less charge a Hyundai. No matter, the left is pushing forward with their green agenda, and we are all going to suffer as a result. The focus should be on renewable energy, as well as hybrid technology, hydrogen cells, and…

It’s a green new world folks! Brandon and his Democrat buddies are dragging us kicking and screaming into a world without fossil fuel, and it’s going to be awesome! Just imagine a world without all of those ugly power plants and coal mines, replaced instead by acres and acres of windmills and vast tracts of what used to be farmland, now replaced with solar panels. Just so beautiful! We are going to save the planet! Just ask any Democrat, we are doomed if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels. If everyone would just cooperate and stop eating meat and stop…

There are tons of wacky, borderline illegal moneymaking schemes out there. Want to flip real estate? Maybe sell leggings to housewives that shouldn’t wear them out of the house? How about Amway, remember that? Mary Kay anyone? While most of those are legal, if not barely, there are lots of illegal scams floating around that can get you in a lot of trouble. Chain letters, pyramid schemes, the internet is rife with get rich quick schemes. The need to work from home, or just side hustle is more apparent in 2022 then ever. Times are tough folks, you gotta do…

Unpopular opinion time! I don’t like “The Lord of the Rings”. Ok, while that isn’t totally accurate, as I enjoyed the three original movies, I’m not a fan of Game of Thrones, The Hobbit movies, and have no intention of watching one second of any of the new cash grab prequals being peddled on streaming services. Man, it feels good to unburden my soul! The dragon, fairy, orc, fantasy realm just isn’t my thing. My reality is strange enough without throwing fire breathing dragons in the mix. To each their own I guess, as I am clearly in the…

I miss network television. No, not the virtue signaling, forced diversity laden crapfest that pretends to be network tv now, rather actual comedy and drama. If one were new to the planet and turned the television on to any night of network programming, the assumption would be that we are all gay, trans, people of color with huge diverse friend groups. I also assume one would get right back on one’s spaceship and get the heck out of here before it gets any weirder, but this is life in 2022. I miss the 90’s. Great music, good fashion (low rise…

We have all had bad vacations, haven’t we? Some are bad ideas, and some just turn out to be disasters. It’s hard to control all the circumstances. Car trouble, bad weather, too many people, illness, so many variables that can upset a family trip, “Griswold” style. Sometimes we just make bad destination choices. Branson, Missouri? Yuck. Disney in the summer (or winter for that matter), hard pass. Any large American city in 2022? Don’t think so! How about the adventurers? The wing suit guy that has to almost die just so he can feel something. The base jumper that needs…

I haven’t had too many jobs in my adult life; automotive work, restaurant work, writing, and some farm work growing up. One of my favorite things however was throwing the birthday parties as a crew person at McDonald’s. If you aren’t familiar, back in the day McDonald’s, for a fee would host birthday parties, complete with Happy Meals, balloons, games, and an incredibly delicious cake. Don’t think I didn’t help myself to all of that sugary goodness I could get my hands on. I always enjoyed interacting with the kids and flirting with the moms, (don’t judge) and it was…

The pyramids of Giza are perhaps the biggest mystery of humanity. I know we have existential mysteries; like why we are here, and how did the universe begin, but as far as physical, tangible mysteries, there aren’t many bigger than the pyramids. Literally. The Giza pyramids were designed and built 4500 years ago, presumably by Egyptians and slave labor. The massive dimension and precise location of the structures has never been adequately explained. It would be difficult even with today’s technology to move stones that large from that distance and position them is such a manner, and we have drones,…

How about some good news for a change? The headlines are littered with stories about crime, drugs, corrupt politicians (looking at you Joe), and generally bad news every day. A palate cleanse is good for you on occasion. There are still positive stories out there. I realize our mainstream media is broken, but there are occasional feel-good pieces that remind you all hope is not lost, and everything might just be ok. One such example comes out of Utah, where a 9-year-old boy survived an ordeal so terrifying and so improbable that it can only be described as “miraculous”. Whether…

Those of us with children know the stress level we live with daily because of our kids. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare to have to receive a phone call with bad news regarding your child. For the grace of God most of us never have to answer that call. It’s a scary world out there in 2022 America. Violent crime is on the rise, drugs are flowing unabated through our southern border, and it seems like we see more tragic stories about shooting, robberies and the like every day. Recently a Washington State family had to answer that call as…

I am a child of the 80’s. Simply put, and you can call me old if you want, I don’t care, but the 80’s were the last great generation. We all carried keys, got ourselves ready for school alone, came home to empty houses; in a lot of ways, we raised ourselves. A few of us might’ve went missing, I know you all remember the lost kids on milk cartons, but for the most part we knocked it out of the park. That’s why now when I see a movie or tv show set in my time period, it better…

Anyone try any of these side gig jobs to make extra money? You know, Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, Door Dash? I have done all of them from time to time, and especially during the lockdowns they were pretty profitable. Now, I don’t do much anymore since Brandon jacked the cost of gas up so high, but never know, when the Republicans get back in office and the country starts to get normal again, I might dabble in rideshare or food delivery once more. My personal favorite is food delivery. I could listen to whatever music I wanted, didn’t necessarily have…

I got my first video game console for my house in 1980. It was the original Atari 2600. Not to sound like the old guy on his lawn, cause right now I am the old guy in his office, but I much prefer the old system like the 2600 to anything developed today. Games now are just too hard to play without devoting crazy amounts of time to practice. What fun is getting smoked five minutes into Call of Duty? The games that followed the Atari, including the Nintendo, the Sega Master and Dreamcast system, the Nintendo 64, and the…

Being of a certain age, there are several triggers that even now take me back to my childhood. The ticking clock of Sixty Minutes, The Theme Song to All in the Family, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Winnie the Pooh among others, take me back to a simpler time where all I had to worry about was whether my homework was done and what I was getting for Christmas. Oh, and whether Pooh and Piglet were going to break into my house and kill us all. Wait, what? Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and the 100-acre woods were such a safe,…

Our big cities are getting more dangerous, and the crime is starting to filter outward from the inner city. Used to be the elite, super rich were insulated behind their gates and walls and could just sit back and tell everyone how to live their life from the comfort and safety of their giant homes. Not so much anymore, especially in Atlanta. Some of the Atlanta areas richest, most famous people have been getting broken into at an alarming rate recently. To be fair, getting broken into once would be alarming enough to me. Some Atlanta based celebs like Mariah…

Man, we just don’t know how to act anymore as a society! You see an increasing amount of bad behavior these days, fights at sporting events, popping shots in the drive-through, and brawls on college campuses. Whether it’s the long-term effects of people being cooped up for covid (it isn’t), or just the decaying moral fabric of our society, people just can’t seem to control themselves anymore. It isn’t always criminal activity, though we have seen a spike in that since the BLM riots of 2020, no there is more knucklehead behavior everywhere! The most alarming uptick in knucklehead behavior…

Something is out there, I’m sure of it! I’m not ashamed to admit it, but I LOVE Bigfoot sightings, ghost stories, UFO encounters, they are my jam! Give me some grainy footage of the Loch Ness Monster and I’m a happy fella! I would be one of those weird people “hunting” Bigfoots, but it would be my luck I would actually find him, and Bigfoot would capture me. It’s not like I don’t have experience in the field of sorts. I have videoed UFOs on 2 different occasions, and have professionally ghost hunted, equipment and all. No, not with “proton…

I grew up on a dairy and tobacco farm in Kentucky. We milked about 60 head of cows and sold the milk to the local dairy distributor. I’m not a big fan of dairy as a consequence; besides the unspeakable things it does to my system, I know firsthand how milk is made. When you think about milk, it’s kind of gross really. We happily drink and eat products made from a liquid squirted OUT of a large, long lashed animal. Who came up with that? Growing up we were brainwashed into thinking that dairy was essential for strong bones.…