Your Saturday Night DJ Party is Gettin’ Eclectic

Tonight I’m rocking the wheels of steel WordPress blog software to bring you some tasty funk. This weeks’ theme is… well, there is no theme. I’m hittin’ you with some jams from a bunch of different genres, because we’re crazy like that around here.

So come on inside the club. (No sneakers, hats or gang colors!) We got some UK grime, electro, a bit of hip-hoppy dubstep, some D’n’B, Florida breaks, hipstery goof-electro, 90s French disco-house and Baltimore bass meets Gucci Mane. Plus whatever else I feel like adding later. Holla.

Feel free to bring your own tunes to the party. Just remember, DANCE MUSIC ONLY. If you post Barry Manilow, you will get the gasface.
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Saturday Night Drive-In

Happy Saturday! It’s been a while since we have done a Saturday night movie so tonight I have a special treat courtesy of the Internet Archives. This is The Legend of Boggy Creek, a classic horror docudrama from 1972. The movie examines the legend about a swamp monster in rural Arkansas. The movie has appearances by a number of the locals who had claimed to see the monster and also contains reenactments of alleged encounters with the creature. It’s actually pretty damn creepy. The movie is an obvious inspiration for later horror movies, most notably The Blair Witch Project. The movie spawned four sequels including one that was so good it was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

 

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When Hillbilly Hand Fishing Goes Horribly Wrong

My husband woke me up and told me this story. I asked “Is that an urban legend?”

“No” he replied. “It’s Arkansas”.

In an eerie scene that reads like a cross between “The Hangover” and “Deliverance”, Brett Cummins, a television meteorologist got himself in some hot water. He had to chat with police on Monday after he woke up in an empty bath tub with a dead man who was wearing a dog collar. When Cummins woke up, he ran screaming out of the bathroom and threw up on the carpet. A witness, who lives in the house, said he, Cummins and the dead man had partied and used drugs the night before. Cummins has been released.

This is the inevitable result of mixing Hillbilly Handfishing and Meth. When questioned about the relationship by police, Cummins said “He’s got a pretty mouth.”  Comment.

PhotoPhriday: Back to School

Happy Phriday and Happy Phall!  Phall means back to school for students and freedom for Moms and Dads from their offspring following them around saying ‘I’m booooooored’ all day.

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Jerk Alert: Nerd Haters

It’s never good to hate, especially nerds. There’s no way you’ll ever get your computer fixed now. No, not ever. You should also think about the ramifications of hating on a millionaire nerd. Those guys basically rule the world. But really, and truly, nerd hate only hurts one person…you.
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Symbols of Life And Death In Brooklyn, NY

My BFF is Bill. He is like a scary, funny Gremlin who’s been fed after midnight.  His mother recently passed away after a long illness, and though my friend is tough, this was significantly tougher.  For a while, anyway.

The family mausoleum is in the historic and very beautiful Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn.

Symbols abound in our lives.  If you got a bouquet of yellow roses from a dude in 1880, it meant “We’re pals and that’s it.”.  You see a stick figure of a guy on a door and you can probably pee standing up if you cross the threshold.   Victorian ladies would snap their lacy hand-held fans at you if you pissed them off.  These days, women don’t usually carry fans.  But I don’t know one who can’t give you the side-eye.  We use these things to communicate when speech is either not needed or welcome.  Let’s see how that went for me and a friend yesterday. Continue reading →

Swimming in the Correct Lane

Pictured: Not You
So, you bought your new Speedo gear, expensive “no-fog” swim goggles with streamline effect and wipers, the latest in rubber head gear, and a horde of swimming knick-knacks that are supposed to boost your speed and performance. You’re ready to take on the public pool and all those other swimmers can eat your dust. Or whatever Michael Phelps calls it. Time to go work out and get all sexy!

Before you jump in and make a fool of yourself, it’s time to learn at little bit about lap swimming etiquette. Yes, that’s right, etiquette. There’s a polite way to do this, and I promise you that with a few pointers, you might not be able to out-swim Michael Phelps, but you can swim in the same pool that he does and not look like a total douche. Continue reading →