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My late Grandfather is now a high roller

My wallet has a jacket with both my driver’s license and that of my late Grandfather. Today I played poker at the new Horseshoe in Indiana. I turned my license in for a player’s card. “We gave you a card for your father too.” Hey, my father isn’t Tony Randle. So now my Grandfather can …

The perks of being an alum

Just had this entertaining conversation with a rep from the Northwestern Aquatic Center. “How much is admission for an alumni?” “12 dollars” “How do I prove I’m an alumni?” “Do you have a card?” “No, can you look me up online?” “No, sorry you’ll need to get a card” “Hmm, how much is admission if …

No Part Too Small for Samuel Jackson

I’ve always loved Sam Jackson, but I’ve always been amused by his career. He’s the anti-Chris Tucker (Three Rush Hour movies and nothing else in a decade). In the early part of Jackson’s career, he was in seemingly every independent film around for about three minutes – all the early Spike Lee movies plus infinitesimally …

There is no indignity too expensive to suffer!

I continue my life as Brian Wilson minus the money and catalog of classic works I recently decided that I was going to make sure I didn’t flake out in the middle of my new trading job by moving 15 boxes of books across 3 states. I was making a failure too expensive to suffer. Now, after quitting …

Donald Trump bails out Ed McMahon – I’m not impressed

The Donald bought Ed McMahon’s 4.6 million dollar house so Ed wouldn’t have to suffer the indignity of, I don’t know, living like a regular person. I hate to put down people when they are acting charitable, but … How about helping some hard working people who need a break? I know Ed’s sick, but …

David Lee Roth and family.

David Lee Roth has the best fake hair of anyone. So let the fun begin again.   Beat It – Michael Jackson The biggest value in music history: Eddie Van Halen tosses a solo onto a Michael Jackson song for free, Michael crosses over. The rest is history. Hot for Teacher – Van Halen “I don’t feel …

Quicksilver: My friends Have 1 Degree of Separation

The execrable Quicksilver would probably not merit mention if I didn’t have personal unique experience with its subjects and surroundings. It would be like a lawyer refusing comment on the nonsense in The Firm, Legal Eagles, or any episode of Ally McBeal. Kevin Bacon plays an Options Trader on the floor of the Pacific Stock …