By Mark | January 6, 2013
I have no idea how accurate my memory is, but, about 25 years ago, while flipping through television stations late one night, I happened across one of Shirley Hemphill’s comedy routines. Shirley Hemphill, for those of you who don’t recognize the name, is probably best known for her portrayal of Shirley Wilson, the short-tempered but […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged Asheville, auditing, bootlegging, cocktails, Doobie Brothers, Elijah Muhammad, Flip Wilson, Good Times, Haywood Nelson, Jenny Jones, L. Ron Hubbard, Louis Farrakhan, Love Boat, Nation of Islam, Puerto Vallarta, Shirley Hemphill, Shirley Temple, What's Happening, Xenu, Yakub |
By Mark | October 10, 2010
With top Nevada Republicans coming forward to endorse her Democratic rival, Harry Reid, Tea Party sweetheart Sharron Angle has had to ratchet things up a bit in her campaign for Senate. Not only is she claiming in a new ad that Reid wants to give Viagra to convicted child molesters (it’s apparently vitally important to […]
Posted in Michigan, Other, Politics | Also tagged attack ads, Bacon, Burkas, child molesters, Dearborn, Frankford, Harry Reid, Nevada, Sharia law, Sharron Angle, tea party, Viagra, Viagra for child molesters |
By Mark | September 28, 2009
Former child actor Kirk Cameron, has, in recent years, made a name for himself in the world of evangelical Christianity as a staunch defender of what non-scientists on the outer fringes of reality call Creation Science. In this role, he generally appears alongside a fellow named Ray Comfort, who operates something known as Living Waters […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged accusations of being gay, anti-science, Bible, call to action, Canton, Charles Darwin, Creation Museum, creationism, Creationism Science, Diag, flash mob, Hitler, Kirk Cameron, literal interpretation of the Bible, New Hope Church, People Magazine, Ray Comfort, Rick roll, Science, She Blinded Me with Science, Skip Tilton, The Origin of Species, Thomas Dolby |
By Mark | February 23, 2009
I wasn’t going to post anything about last night’s Oscar awards, but then my friend Matt wrote to tell me that one of my favorite actors, Patrick McGoohan, hadn’t been included in the In Memoriam section. And, now, I feel obligated to say something, if only to further ingratiate myself to the ghost of the […]
Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged Ben Stiller, Braveheart, Dolemite, Joaquin Phoenix, Oscars, Patrick McGoohan, Rudy Ray Moore, Steve Martin, The Prisoner, Tina Fey, Vampira |
