Category Archives: Diversions

Sometimes, the best waste of time web page is found by accident. Thanks to Tina’s current post from the site with cats using poor grammar, I stumbled upon the Colbert Interview Simulator. Pretty clever. I wonder if Right Wingers will … Continue reading →

Arrr! Quite a busy week I’ve had and so much to post about too. I’ll try to get all this in now over the next couple of days. Let’s begin with the fun little “holiday” of imitating pirates from the … Continue reading →

Practically everyone’s teenage years sucked and to add insult to injury Hollywood made some of the crappiest movies about the subject matter. My biggest gripes were always casting and location. Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Welcome Back Kotter are … Continue reading →

Quite a relief to see that (the overly greedy) Fox/Viacom baronies came to an agreement with the actors. It mentions Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille and Maurice LaMarche but nothing regarding Phil Lamar, Lauren Tom or David … Continue reading →

Most people around my age would recognize Les Lye, especially if they just got Nickelodeon around the early Eighties. Although I was 14 when we first got cable TV in Houston (which was amazing because you received over 30 channels, … Continue reading →

Click on the picture to watch the movie. If you weren’t the winner, don’t feel bad, I’m sure we’ll have future Muppets, cats and other creatures needing a name.

Once again, some major credit goes to my friend Mark for notifying me on this web site called There, I Fixed It. You will see some frightening pictures of people “repairing” objects from cars to furniture and other creative means … Continue reading →

It has been a busy week for the obit pages. They usually say death comes in threes but either it starts over due to it being a new week or maybe there’s a range of days to envelope it in. … Continue reading →

Finally! If something as inconsistent as Family Guy can be brought back, it’s not a wonder Fox took longer to work out an arrangement for Futurama, it’s a show requiring an IQ over 100 to enjoy or understand. I guess … Continue reading →

Such a shame if his death was a murder or a suicide. He was always cool with me since as a child of the Seventies and Eighties, David was Caine, the ass-kicking buddhist monk who turned the dying TV Western … Continue reading →

What a bummer for her. Heck I didn’t even know she was seriously injured in a skiing accident until I saw the story in New York Times‘ website. Natasha gets a special mention because she starred in a favorite low-tech Sci … Continue reading →

…actually, I thought he died years ago since the outdated politics he spewed on the Public airwaves bit the dust during the Nixon years. How I wish I could find Joe Piscopo’s imitation of him. Growing up in the Midwest, … Continue reading →