… can be found here. [H]ere’s how I interpret Comcast’s “no comment” approach to NBC’s Leno/O’Brien Diss Off: “This is what we’re loading up the Roberts’ Brinks Trucks for? Can we at least discuss backing out? Christ, even Carson’s old…
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Poor Puppy
So, as you can see from this picture … … Charlie Dawg is looking a little ragged today. That’s because yesterday, she had her left “thumb” amputated. Seems rougher than she’s letting on, though. A couple weeks back, her dewclaw…
Dear Fox Sports …
… Listen, I know it’s tough to factcheck a game that you’ve only been airing for about three hours, and to look at the score on the top of the screen before putting this graphic on the bottom bar ……
Weekend Reading Roundup (Frank the Entertainer Edition)
I just got done watching the latest episode of Frank the Entertainer in A Basement Affair. You know, the one about the guy who sucked New York’s toes moving 15 dames into his parents’ NY home in an attempt to…
My Favorite Stories
Back when I’d picked myself up off the brain-surgery ward and started to write again, I’d gotten a few emails asking how to find some stories I’d written before. Strangers wanted to know, which I considered complimentary, not rubbernecky. Initially,…
“The only thing better than the cutest kitty in the world is any dog.”
(Click the Read More button for video) Tosh.0
Hey, get your pants off the ground.
And here I didn’t realize Larry Platt, editor of Philadelphia Magazine, was black with a good voice, creative songwriting ability and a desire to make people pull them drawers up. Oh wait, it’s a different Larry Platt, a general? Say…
Shawn Norman vs Janice Norman
I’ll be honest wit all y’all: Minute I laid eyes on Janice Norman, I thought of that scene in New Jack City when Chris Rock is in an alley with a fellow crackhead who vehemently maintains that she was “the…
This Week’s Metro Column…
… is sure to win me some neighborly goodwill, I’m sure. But hey, I says what I mean and I mean what I says. Guess what, anonymous rat-fink neighbors: In eight decades, you’ll be remembered as classists from a holier-than-thou…
Leshon Kirkland vs Christina Dominguez
Well I think it’s safe to say that this case of Kirkland v Dominguez can be encapsulated in just one quote from Christina. And this here’s the quote: “If I is giving up my goods, you is gonna be mine.…