http://www.thisdementedlife.com Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:15:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You were a good hairbrush. By my side for at least 15 years or so, ever there when all the other hairbrushes would hide amongst the frippery in the makeup drawer. You served me well, never complaining about the times when my hair was so long that it took over ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=67 Recently my oldest adopted a Great Dane. Now as great danes go, he is a sweetie. Your typical goofy dog that is just too big to be graceful. Unfortunately, since she has a really busy life at the moment, he seems to have become my dog. He has a very gentle ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=45 Here's the deal. I like to watch Movies. I like to listen to music. I like to watch Standup Comedy. However, when said activity blasts me with some sort of political statement, you just lost me. Actors, Singers and Comedians who think to push their particular political opinions on me ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=39 So I saw a commerical on TV advertising the new Wingstreet, wings delivery now brought to us by the inept crew at Pizza Hut. Well it had been a decade or so since I ordered from Pizza Hut, and hoping against hope they they somehow cleaned up their act and ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=38 Includes video of Alan Tudyk talking about the possibility of a Serenity 2 movie - he says “…I heard it from Nathan Fillion so if it turns out not to be true you can blame him…”read more | digg story http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=35 FTA: "So contrary to all the reporters' claims Burton did not find that there were 9 scientific errors in AIT, but that there were nine points that might be errors or where differing views should be presented for balance."read more | digg story http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=34 COPENHAGEN All eyes are on Greenland's melting glaciers as alarm about global warming spreads. This year, numerous delegations of U.S. and European politicians have made pilgrimages to the fastest-moving glacier at Ilulissat, where they declare that they see climate change unfolding before their...read more | digg story http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=28 So I'm on the phone yesterday, with a client. Its going well until I start getting the incoming call beep. I check the number and its someone I don't recognize, but its local, meaning its for one of the kids. I ignore it because clients are more important that kids ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=27 Nothing in the universe is worse than some quack hawking his newest "Miracle Cure" with a 30 minute commercial. Well, actually, there is worse. Waking UP to a quack hawking his miracle cure. Now, I pay HUGE money for HDcable and yet 70% of the channels switch over to this ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=26 Mixed Messages After watching "The Devil Wears Prada" for the umpteenth time last night, it occurred to me there very disturbing mixed messages in this film. While I understand the film itself is meant for purely entertainment purposes, the insidiousness of the messages can harm it's target audience, namely children and ... http://www.thisdementedlife.com/?p=24