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Blogging About Doug’s Blog…
…which was mentioned on another person’s blog! My buddy and former co-worker Doug Derda was recently mentioned on GlobalErie, a blog devoted to Doug’s hometown. The article talks about Doug’s podcast site — “Should I Drink That?” which he has been doing a great job on with our mutual friend Brad “Sick Puppy” [...]
The Crappening and SiCKO
It was a movie weekend in the Polk household. After seeing all of the previews for “The Happening”, Melissa and I were excited to see it on Friday night. I know that his most recent movies stunk, but I was holding out hope that M. Night Shayamalan’s newest flick would help him rebound [...]
Big Bird Unmasked
Know who Caroll Spinney is? Didn’t think so. I didn’t know either until I watched this video about him and his 40 years playing Big Bird and Oscar. I have always wondered who played him since the voice hasn’t changed since I started watching it as a kid. Now I know [...]
More Babies, Less Caskets
It is never good when your city has more people dying in it than are being born. I know we’ve had the “brain drain” for a long time, but this is definitely not good news for my hometown. It feels like a one-town punch after finding out that we’re the “sootiest” city in [...]
Use A Pen? Thank A Hungarian!
Yes…I bet you didn’t know that a Hungarian invented the ballpoint pen. Imagine what the world would be like if we were still using pencils. We wouldn’t have any contracts for sure since you could easily erase your signature (maybe that’s not such a bad thing — less work for lawyers!)
What I didn’t [...]
MP3 Players At Wal-Mart
Thinking about buying an MP3 player at Wal-Mart? Think again — unless you want to get an anti-capitalist rant or a player full of porn!