February 6, 2016

Crane collapse in NYC, a couple of questions.....

Was the crane company a union company? trying to find that out and hitting a dead end. Seems this is not all that infrequent. How about the others? Were they union contractors?

February 5, 2016

Panda Express? (fast Panda?)

WTF does that mean? Everybody knows it takes all day to cook a panda!

Just came from there for the first time and I gotta tell ya it was pretty sucky. Chow Mein, all noodles, no flavor. The entree portions are teeny and the prices high. I can go to my regular place for less, get way better food, not hear classic rock (yeah, that again) and leave full... yet there is a line around the corner at PandaE. And I am still hungry as a Duran Duran song.

A line full of take out orders, all talking or texting in the line waiting for the counter people to move the line along.

And the take out orders come in styrofoam (not rare in the to go category) and the eat in plates were paper (Which is nice)....

Is it the candy entrees (Walnut shrimps and orange chicken seem to be the main order) that keep people coming back? Cuz I probably won't.......(They don't have soup!)

February 3, 2016

Sen. Clinton: I am both the flip and the flop,

the yin and the yang, the good and evil, black and white, progressive and moderate.


She is all things to everyone. Whatever you want her to be, she will say she is.

God, this shit is infuriating.
BE SOMETHING, for Cripes sake.

February 3, 2016

Youth, High School Football (and other contact sports) Child Abuse?

Now that we have a LOT of evidence linking concussions, contact sports to brain injuries and damage (CTE, Dementia, others) can we say that if you put your kid in those programs you are abusing that child?

I wouldn't let mine play contact sports, or at least those sports where there was going to be contact on every play, and that was in the 80's. Volleyball, Baseball and Soccer, that was it. No football, Rugby, boxing etc......

My Mom, even though my dad wanted us to play (who suffered and eventually died due to Alzheimer's and the 17 strokes he had due to his football playing days in the 40's), was adamant about not letting us play football. I thanks her for that.

February 3, 2016

Should we start calling it the "DEEP MEDIA?"

When referring to websites not operated by the TV, newspaper networks (THE MSN?). Sites like this one, Alternet, Commondreams, media matters, Al Jazeera,even Huffpost?

I've been trying to think of a word or phrase that conjures that up when talking about a story that your Right wing uncle (or aunt, no sexism when it comes to this stuff) doesn't see on the MSN. "Where did you get that?"

"The Deep media" seems like a good response instead of saying Al Jazeera where immediately they think it is some direct link to an Iman's mosque......

And yes feel free to dis Huffpost all you want Huffpost haters......

January 31, 2016

The next nine months are going to be very difficult

Already this morning I had to tell an old white geezer to not talk politics at the table I am sitting at. (I was there before he was). And I had to change coffee shops for the exact same thing two weeks ago because instead of honoring my wishes a guy decided to threaten me with physical violence.

I get the passion and all, and I am glad they are engaged, but the right wing nutcases are out, and angry and loaded with talking points and hatred for everyone.
Gonna be a long nine months.

January 28, 2016

I am fucking sick of classic fucking rock!

Shit sucked then and sucks now. Why does it have to be playing everywhere? The supermarket, the Gym, the tavern I hang out in, the coffee shop, the dollar store, the AM/PM, every fucking where I have to endure Lynrd skynrd, Steve Miller, Eagles and all that music that sucked way back when and sucks even more today.
Seriously there has been a lot of amazing music since the 80's, yet you would think that Journey was the end all of end alls.
FUCK THAT SHIT.

January 26, 2016

Does Trump go to church? Which one?

I am curious now that he is piling up religious leaders endorsements....

January 26, 2016

Just saw The Martian

Great movie. The effects amazing, the acting superb. There were a couple of "who didn't see that coming" moments, but it's a movie. Fairly believable plot and details at least to me. Had a few huge quotable lines too " let's science the shit out of it" and another..... I think I liked this movie better than Star Wars (which was pretty damn good) and better than any movie I've seen in a long time (excluding Star Wars). Love that there was no violence and little, but extremely effective, cursing.

Is this up for awards? I don't follow that stuff so I don't know really.

January 23, 2016

Wanna hear your favorite album of the year right now?

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/01/22/tedeschi-trucks-band-let-me-get-by-album-stream/
Here it is. You won't be able to stop listening. This very well could be America's best live band as well.