Chris Rodell's Blog, page 87
February 4, 2015
My blog is banned in China. I can't believe it either
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Unless the most oddly motivated rebellion in history is about to take place, my potential readership just took a 1.357 billion people hit
I’ve been banned in China!
Can you believe it?
It feels odd being banned in a places where I’m mostly ignored, like being rejected for romance by girls I barely know.
Like high school!
So it feels a bit energizing because to
Unless the most oddly motivated rebellion in history is about to take place, my potential readership just took a 1.357 billion people hit
I’ve been banned in China!
Can you believe it?
It feels odd being banned in a places where I’m mostly ignored, like being rejected for romance by girls I barely know.
Like high school!
So it feels a bit energizing because to
February 3, 2015
January tweets of the month
No preamble. No intro. Just 42 of the best 8days2amish tweets from January. Check in tomorrow when I’ll be writing about how my blog’s been banned in China. Honest!
• If you're livin' in New Orleans and yer nickname ain't "Fats" then you just ain't livin' right.
• If I were alive in the Zombie Apocalypse I'd call myself "The Dust.” Everyone knows zombies never bite "The Dust.”
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• If you're livin' in New Orleans and yer nickname ain't "Fats" then you just ain't livin' right.
• If I were alive in the Zombie Apocalypse I'd call myself "The Dust.” Everyone knows zombies never bite "The Dust.”
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February 2, 2015
Top 10 ways to ensure next Super Bowl won't be so depressing
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After what was the most depressing Super Bowl I can remember, I woke up today thinking something I’ve never thought before.
Thank God it’s Monday!
It was mostly the commercials, but that wasn’t all.
I think people are trying to turn Super Bowl Sunday into a national holiday — and I’m all for that — but they don’t know what a Super Bowl Sunday holiday is supposed to be
After what was the most depressing Super Bowl I can remember, I woke up today thinking something I’ve never thought before.
Thank God it’s Monday!
It was mostly the commercials, but that wasn’t all.
I think people are trying to turn Super Bowl Sunday into a national holiday — and I’m all for that — but they don’t know what a Super Bowl Sunday holiday is supposed to be
February 1, 2015
Super Bowl Steeler victory re-run from '09
This week will make it six long years since the Pittsburgh Steelers have won their sixth and most recent Super Bowl. Six years! People here are apoplectic, outraged. They’re suggesting Steeler management clean house, bring in new blood, fresh ideas. They’ll try anything. Well, anything except break the rules like the Patriots do all the time. But the game has me reminiscing about all our
January 30, 2015
Change Patriots name to the Boston Corbetts
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I don’t want the Patriots to win, but if they do I hope someone sneaks onto the field and replaces all the Gatorade with vats of boiling oil.
I tweeted that last week and an alarmed reader wrote that, gee, a guy as nice as I couldn’t possibly harbor such malicious thoughts.
The exchange shows there’s a growing gap between my on-line persona and the one that sneaks out
I don’t want the Patriots to win, but if they do I hope someone sneaks onto the field and replaces all the Gatorade with vats of boiling oil.
I tweeted that last week and an alarmed reader wrote that, gee, a guy as nice as I couldn’t possibly harbor such malicious thoughts.
The exchange shows there’s a growing gap between my on-line persona and the one that sneaks out
January 28, 2015
Well-rounded thoughts on purchasing new tires
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It’s difficult for me to convey just how much I detest spending money on anything I can’t eat, drink, cuddle, screw, cheer or enjoy on a golf course.
So yesterday was a bad day.
I spent $807.47 on something that will provide me no warmth or fond memories in my twilight years.
I bought four new tires.
It was a bullet I had to bite. Well, four bullets, actually.
It’s difficult for me to convey just how much I detest spending money on anything I can’t eat, drink, cuddle, screw, cheer or enjoy on a golf course.
So yesterday was a bad day.
I spent $807.47 on something that will provide me no warmth or fond memories in my twilight years.
I bought four new tires.
It was a bullet I had to bite. Well, four bullets, actually.
January 26, 2015
Dylan does Sinatra & why I'll never remarry
It was probably about 15 years ago when my wife asked the question every wife with access to Lifetime network movies eventually gets around to asking her husband:
If I die, will you remarry?
Her question prompted one of my own: how much would my answer factor into her eagerness to haunt me in her afterlife?
She said not at all. And I believe her because I’m pretty sure even basic
If I die, will you remarry?
Her question prompted one of my own: how much would my answer factor into her eagerness to haunt me in her afterlife?
She said not at all. And I believe her because I’m pretty sure even basic
January 25, 2015
Sunday re-run: America needs snitch prayers
I write a lot about faith, divinity and things like how old we’ll be in heaven. I do so because I think that’s important and I consider it a duty to try and make the world a better place. That’s why in Jan. 2013 I wrote this piece suggesting the world would be a better place if we had snitch prayers. The idea is a vengeful God wouldn’t wait until the afterlife to punish jerks. I think
January 23, 2015
DeflateGate, measles, Doomsday Clock & a great fan letter (plus 10 links)
Enough topical stuff happening today that I thought it’d be okay to do a round-up. I don’t know why I always feel like apologizing for taking the easy way out for something I do for free. It’s like a guy who spends his days standing and staring at clouds wondering if they’d be more beautiful if he laid down in the grass (it is, by the way).
What’s happening in the news? Let’s see . . .
What’s happening in the news? Let’s see . . .
January 22, 2015
Bigger than Jesus & "The Law of Rodell's Facebook Conundrum"
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I’m sure it’s unwise to mock people in positions to help you when they’re eager to do so. I don’t care.
This is bigger than me.
What, according to the latest lists, isn’t?
That’s part of the motivation.
My trigger is anytime someone wants to help me increase the profile of my book and they start with a question every person who’s trying to sell anything that
I’m sure it’s unwise to mock people in positions to help you when they’re eager to do so. I don’t care.
This is bigger than me.
What, according to the latest lists, isn’t?
That’s part of the motivation.
My trigger is anytime someone wants to help me increase the profile of my book and they start with a question every person who’s trying to sell anything that
