Author Archives: DailySpew
The Obesity Non-Crisis
It seems all that’s plastered over the news these days is the obesity crisis. Granted, I don’t watch or read news, but that’s my general sense as I flick past these channels in search of SportsCenter. Michelle Obama is up … Continue reading
Bill Belichick: Honorary Poker Player
As a resident of New England, I have followed the Patriots and Belichick’s career since the moment he took over as New England head coach. What hasn’t been said about this guy? He’s been called a genius, and the best … Continue reading
Pro Bowl: List or Flag, Period
Everything about the Pro Bowl is wrong. The entire rationale for it, aside from one more opportunity to squeeze cash out of the American viewing public like were all a collective $9B sponge, is flawed and stupid. The Pro Bowl, … Continue reading
Baldness and Other White People Problems
Last night I Netflixed a film called HappyThankYouMorePlease, a pretty heavy-handed and overdone piece of work presumably intended to be Josh Radnor’s Garden State. While I could devote an entire post to what amounts in my mind to a pseudo-indie … Continue reading
R.I.P., English Language
People not correctly using the language, inventing words, or misspelling things drives me up a tree. I realize fully that this complaint opens up this post and all others to unwanted scrutiny, as I seldom check spelling or proofread these … Continue reading
The Sport of Kings
Nobody like getting older. Aside from that 20 year-old whose birthday hits on a Saturday just 5 days away, pretty much everyone, for the most part would prefer to not age. Everything just goes. You don’t heal as quickly, or … Continue reading
Doomsday Possibly the Worst Thing to Happen to the World
Bold, I know. From what I gather from theorists, it could come in any form, but it is coming. Black hole, geomagnetic reversal, aliens, solar flares, something. And by the end of it we’ll all be dead. Or enslaved, or … Continue reading
Must Kill the Car
As many of my faithful readers know, I don’t own a car or possess a diver’s license. More to the point, I have never owned a driver’s license, and as long as I live in a major city, never intend … Continue reading
Headshots for a Satan Audition
I am by no means a professional photographer. I don’t own an expensive camera or any professional editing software. It has been years since I developed my own film. So we can all definitively establish that I am by no … Continue reading
I Hope People Tailgate My Funeral
A lot of people consider the idea of thinking about your own death to be morbid. I don’t really spend time thinking about how I might one day die, and certainly don’t want to be dead. But the funeral, I … Continue reading
