Author: BooMan

Let’s Have Some Music

An oldie but a goodie: This one is a rebuttal to anyone who thinks America was in some kind of malaise during the Carter administration. No, we were experiencing a cultural crest. And we were optimistic, perseverant, and knew...

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Have a Darwin Award

Oh boy: “I have never heard of anyone testing out the safety of a gun by pointing at their head an pulling the trigger,” Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe was quoted as saying. Until now, of course. Authorities said the...

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Jeb and the “Are You Kidding Me” Factor

Personally, I think Jeb Bush could be the Republican Party’s 2016 nominee for the same reason that Mitt Romney was their 2012 nominee. Basically, it’s because, “are you kidding me?”, no one else is...

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Alec Baldwin Still Needs to Get Over Himself

I don’t know why I did it, but I read Alec Baldwin’s long farewell to public life. I don’t really have strong opinions about the man, and I don’t much care about his public life. I heard the recording he...

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Lt. Sulu Aims Photon Torpedo at Arizona

With Arizona’s legislature passing a virulently anti-gay bill (SB 1062), George Takei, who played the role of Lieutenant Sulu on Star Trek, has penned a diatribe that threatens economic armageddon for the Grand Canyon...

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