from January 27, 2008
1- Yes, TV can get worse.
Television sucks. How many times have we said this? But wait until a writer’s strike and BAM! we are flipping to TVLand for The Beverly Hillbillies reruns. (Granny cracks me up. And when Jethro puts on a wig and calls himself Jethrine? Classic. And I am notoriously hard to amuse. I only laugh at other’s tragedy.) So help me if I see another ad for American Gladiators I may kill. And have you seen how old Hulk Hogan is lately? I bet I can take him. “Watchoo gonna do when my arthritis makes me fall over on you?”
2- Movies can get worse too.
Have you seen the commercials for Meet the Spartans? They air like two every minute. Sometimes they air them twice, at the same time, on the same channel. I know this sounds silly but I swear they do it. First, I thought the movie came out two months ago, I saw the commercials so much. Secondly, it was topical maybe six months ago. Wow! It is full of jokes about Britney cutting off her hair. Wow! It has the fat guy from Borat. Wow! It makes fun of Dancing Feet. Who even remembers that penguin flick?
3- You don’t know people until you work with them.
I am sooo not going there.
4- You don’t know people until you know them.
D’uh. And ditto. But if you know what I mean then you know what I mean. You know how your cell phone has contacts and you can put them into categories like friends, work, and school? Well, it forces you to pick a category for every person in your phonebook. And sometimes you have to think about it. Ever wonder “Hmmmm. Do I put her (or him. Or her.) under friends? Started out under work. Should I move the contact?” Nah, do what I do, leave them all uncategorized. Saves the hassle when you want to move them all back to work. You don’t need a cell phone to tell you who your friends are.
5- Bill Clinton can get funnier.
If this happened just a few days ago this would have made the last blog. Clinton was sitting behind the podium at a Martin Luther King (Junior to you) tribute (or screed or whatever) and, fully in view of everyone, but more importantly the cameras, he fell asleep, shook himself awake, fell asleep, shook himself awake, and fell asleep again. Check out the video here: http://www.nypost.com/video/?vxSiteId=0db7b365-a288-4708-857b-8bdb545cbd0f&vxChannel=NY%20Post&vxClipId=1458_227094&vxBitrate=700
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
Have something to say? Let's hear it!