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Top Ten Tuesday! The Ten Best TV Show Theme Songs Ever

Thanks to the Netflix/Hulu era, everyone in every country can watch the popular TV shows from anywhere, so regardless of your home country, I hope you’ll know some of these. Although this is going to be a very United States centric list, I’d love to hear suggestions and maybe links in the comments to anything from anywhere else. This was the toughest Top Ten list that I’ve ever put together.

10. Scooby Doo:Yes, the cartoon theme song. I requested that this be played for my first dance at my w...

Michael Phelps Get a Job!

Like everyone else, I’ve been watching the Olympics. The other day the announcer mentioned that swimmer Michael Phelps is 31 years old. My first thought was that 31 is super old for an Olympian and it’s time for Phelps to stop playing in the pool, grow up, and get a job like the rest of us adults.

Think about it; he’s splashing around in a pool with kids ten to fifteen years younger than him. Usually that’s creepy. What if he keeps doing that when he gets home from the Olympics?

It’s not jus...

TBT! I Predict a Riot!

This is a classic post from August of 2011 when none of you were reading my stuff. This is like reading my blog on vinyl.

It seems that jolly, old England isn’t so jolly these days. Last week, apparently triggered by the shooting of a civilian by Scotland Yard, it seems that everyone in London put down their tea and crumpets to participate in widespread rioting and looting. The English it seems are a little skittish about gunfire (see American revolution circa 1776).

Really? Scotland Yard sh...

Top Ten Tuesday! Ten Things That Should Be Olympic Events

Aren’t we all sick and tired of these idiotic made up “sports” that are in the Olympics? Synchronized diving? Ice dancing? The Biathalon? Synchronized swimming? If those stupid things can be sports, so can these:

10: Eating competitions-These people are the real heroes.

9.Bowling:It will be mandatory that competitors have to drink beer and eat chicken wings throughout the competition.

8.Bowling-Eating Biathalon:Bowl a frame, then see how many wings and pints you can take in in between your t...

Is It Time To Stop The Olympics?

Yes, you read that right. I believe that the Olympics may not be relevant any longer. I believe that without significant changes, the Olympics should not go on. Also, in addition to my perpetual candidacies for President and Sexiest Man Alive, that I should also be head of the International Olympic Committee.

Here are the reasons I think the Olympics need are no longer relevant:

Performance Enhancing Drugs:Steroids, blood doping or Human Growth Hormone are like picking your nose. Everyone in...

Lactose Lives Matter!

In this era where everyone preaches tolerance, I am not ashamed to admit that I am intolerant. Ok, I am ashamed a little bit about my intolerance. But, it’s not my fault. I was born this way. Yes, yes, I know you’ve held me to a higher standard and this revelation may be shocking and disappointing to some of you, but it’s time the truth came out. Some people are intolerant when it comes to other religions, races, political leanings, or nationalities. I am intolerant to lactose. Yup, that’s ri...

TBT! Worshipping at the Church of The World Wide Web

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My mother was Irish-Catholic. She went to a Catholic school run by nuns and got her knuckles rapped with a ruler by the Sisters on a regular basis. Every day before classes started there was a full mass. She literally attended church seven days a week. As a kid, until I went away to college she took me to church every weekend.

Fast forward to today. Instead of church every morning, kids go to their phones every morning to see what happened in ‘their world’ overnight. My mother could q...

“Adult” Coloring Books

When you talk aboutadultcoloring books you have to be careful not to emphasize the wordadulttoo much or your friends will think you’re coloring a whole different kind of picture. Although I’m sure there areadultcoloring books of that kind too.

Yes, that is real. The wholeadultcoloring book craze started about a year ago and I sincerely apologize for not having made fun of it sooner. There were just better things to make fun of. This week however, unless you want me to get political, the whol...

Top Ten Tuesday! My Ten Favorite Bands to See Live!

I love live music. There’s not much better than the energy of a crowd enjoying a live performance. At this point in my life I’ve seen hundreds of bands live, many of them iconic. These are my favorite ten bands that I’ve seen live.

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10. Fall Out Boy: I first heard about them from a sampler CD that was being given away for free as I left a concert for another band. The video below isn’t them live, but I thought you’d want to hear their remake of the Ghostbusters song for the new m...

Music Monday! 3OH!3 and Katy Perry

To be honest, I think this band,3OH!3, has better songs, but I’m using the one they made with Katy Perry just to grab your attention because I know you’ve heard of Katy Perry, but you might not know3OH!3. In case you were wondering, their name is pronounced Three Oh Three. They’re an electronic music duo from Boulder, Colorado consisting of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte.

I became aware of them in 2008 when their song Don’t Trust Mehit no. 7 on the Billboard charts in the U.S. I’ve seen the...