Freddy Fender 1937-2006

“Before the Next Teardrop Falls”. Freddy Fender died at noon today after a battle with cancer. RIP.

Haunted Furniture

If you have some bucks to spend and really want to spice up your Halloween party or scare the bejebeezes out of the neighborhood kids, consider purchasing some haunted furniture from The Scarefactory! My favorites are the Exobed Blaster and the Easy Chair Ghould. Around $3000 each. Kewl!!!

tsk tsk St. Pete Times

In an article that appeared online today in the St. Petersburg (FL) Times, political writer Elena Lesley reported that “Council member Jim Farley compared the mayor’s proposed chops to those made by Lizzie Borden, the most notorious accused ax murderer in U.S. history.” Now one can take this little quote two ways. One is that […]

Perfect Storm

I’ve been quiet these past few days. Not that I didn’t have anything to say, or that I ran our of ideas—just that my cable access broke and I had no Internet or email. The cable company even cancelled my email accounts for some dumb reason they could not explain, so no one could send […]

MLB Late Night Music: Buster Keaton

My favorite comic silent star of all time is Buster Keaton. Found this compilation of his pratfalls and stunts. You will enjoy it, I guarantee it. “I’ve Just Seen a Face” by the Beatles.

Crime Radio

Clews: The Historic True Crime Blog has an interesting post regarding a show on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation program. From the program’s description: For 10 years, the media and the police continued to investigate the highly publicized murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. But thousands of unsolved cases gather dust in police files. […]