Category: Friday

Recently I was at a comic book store and despite quickly finding exactly what I went in for, I continued to aimlessly browse because I was enjoying listening to the clerks talk to each other. They were exactly like Chris Griffin and Carl talking about movies. It’s one of those moments from TV being played out in real life. On top of that they were talking about Tarantino movies. And just to add, I found a Milan Hejduk figure for five dollars. Comics, movie dorks, and hockey toys; if that trip to the comic book shop were a day, it would be a Friday. Since I can’t, or rather I won’t, share my comics, I will share some of the other things I have read this week.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.15: Duck…Duck…”

When we went to Chicago, Brian was upset about not encountering anyone with the stereotypical Chicago accent the entire trip. On my recent excursion to Toronto, I experienced the Canadian accent from the first person I interacted with. It was glorious. On a side note, when you’re traveling alone, by car, into Canada, and your passport says your from Colorado, you’re suspect. Side effect of legal weed I didn’t anticipate. Oh well, that was last weekend and this is this weekend so let’s put the Canada talk on hold and surf the net so we can get to trick or treating!

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.14 All Hallows’ Eve Eve”

Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first Friday where all of Back to the Future now happens in the past. We don’t have flying cars or dehydrated pizzas. We sorta have hoverboards, and apparently next year we’ll have self-lacing shoes. Jaws 19 has a trailer. But maybe the biggest upset from the predictions of Back to the Future is, “There’s always next year” has once again reared its ugly head. But that’s all behind us now. Let’s once again look to the future, at least just a few days ahead because it’s time for the weekend! I’m heading to the Great White North on Saturday, but before that can happen we have to deal with Friday, I’m told that’s how weeks work. Now let’s get things started with your collection of oddball links.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.13 Over Used BTTF Quote Edition”

Have you been watching the Major League Baseball postseason? It has been amazing through the first round. The Cubs crushed the ball in their dominance over the Cardinals. Astrober (don’t call it that) came to an abrupt end. And of course the bat toss that Deadspin dubbed, “The first posterization in the history of Major League Baseball.” Exciting stuff and there’s still the ALCS, NLCS, and the World Series. We’re going to try to follow such a week with a fun weekend and to start it off, another edition of Happy Friday. Oh, and in case you forgot, this guy plays professional baseball, was in the NLDS, went through a hellish ordeal to leave Cuba for the US, and is completely afraid of thunder.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.12 Teletubbies of the Apocalypse”

I heard Sham 69 on Marky Ramone’s Punk Rock Blitzkrieg on Sirius XM station Faction this week and was taken back to high school. I had a Sham 69 cassette tape that I would often listen to while mowing the lawn, the Walkman didn’t skip like the Discman did despite the so-called skip-protect. This is just one example of how Marky Ramone’s Punk Rock Blitzkrieg has this great way of making me feel like I’m 13 again. Discovering punk rock for the first time and consuming as much as I could to find out what I liked and what I didn’t. And every episode also serves as a reminder that for every awesome punk rock song there are at least three awful ones. Still a better ratio than good internet to bad internet. The only real difference is both good and bad internet serve the purpose of wasting time on a Friday. So hey-ho, let’s go!

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.11: Gabba Gabba Hey”

In 2015, a collection of internet sites were sent to an inbox by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These links promptly escaped from a maximum-security email folder to the Denver underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as stories of interest. If you have time to kill… if no one else can help… and if you can click them… maybe you can read… Happy Friday.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.10 The Eh Team”

Friday does seem like the end of the week, but for most people you still gotta wait until that final work-day whistle blows (work-day whistles are still a thing, right?). Yogi Berra even said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” So while we wait out those last few hours until the foreman yanks on that bird and you can slide down the Brontosaurus* tail, let’s cruise the net and look at some of this week’s happenings. Now you’ve come to a fork in the road, so take it!

*May not actually be a Brontosaurus. I don’t know dinosaurs as well as I would like, and it’s a cartoon.

Continue reading “Happy Friday #1.9 Overwhelming Underdogs”

I just made a trip to 7-11 for some caffeine and came across Cracker Jack peanut butter popcorn. That was a combination of words I could not pass up. So I didn’t. And I will tell you it was the decision of the week. Now that I’m full of peanut buttery goodness and hopped up on caffeine we can let the weekend begin. I have big plans, so peanut butter Cracker Jack was just the tip. But before those plans let’s confer with Mario, prop masters, and Public Broadcasting. The essentials to a good weekend.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.8 A Song of College Days”

Here are a few things I have been thinking about this week. What did Lorraine McFly, think when she first saw a Calvin Klein ad? Why is the company that makes my fan called “Toastmaster?” It seems like it’s doing the opposite of toasting. Do webpages stop existing when we don’t visit them? Like a tree falling in the forest, or if the light bulb turns off when the fridge door closes, the world may never know. So you can either go ask Mr. Owl, or just look at these links and know they do exist in the moment we want them to.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.7: Looking For Trouble”

It’s Friday and the start of a three-day weekend, which means nothing when you’re between jobs, but exciting for the rest of you! But it should be a good weekend, with college football, DVD commentary and the usual Labor Day bbqs! But first we have some minor league baseball, some major league baseball, and Willie Nelson. So jump in and let’s ride this whiskey river.

Continue reading “Happy Friday # 1.6 From Down Town”