Having grown up watching Looney Tunes my whole life, there are just some gags that I just take for granted. For example, animals can disguise themselves as chickens simply by putting a red rubber glove on their heads. I had forgotten this, and had even forgotten there being a time when the difference between a […]
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Faith, Books, and Stuff
Author: madman
One of my favorite bookstores is 2nd Street Books in Osceola, Missouri, a small town about a half an hour south of Clinton on Missouri Highway 13. The store is in an old building just off the square, and has a pretty large inventory of books from all genres. Prices are very good: almost all […]
Chick #1: He better be careful. You’re the best thing he’s got. Chick #2: You tell him that.
Not, not basses as in the fish, but basses as in those guys who sing parts lower than tenor and baritone. I don’t know if you’ve ever sang bass, but bass is the low male part, kind of the tuba of voices. As you might expect, basses sing notes that are on the aptly-named bass […]
After I was back in the boat, the whole thing seemed pretty funny. In fact, it was downright hilarious. It was a total riot. Until I realized my wife might find out. Heather tends to try rushing me to the doctor if I so much as get a papercut, so it was my firm notion […]
Though I have repeatedly told my kids that there is no such thing as luck, my youngest daughter will still occasionally either make or give me something to take with me “for luck.” The current item, which I have carried with me now for two winters, is a buckeye. I used to wear a bead […]
It might surprise you that I like to cook. I’m not the best, but I do all right. Here is my recipe for turning a box dinner into an awesome dinner: Ingredients: 7 oz Box Zatarain’s New Orleans Style Black Beans and Rice 8 oz (1/2 package) Johnsonville New Orleans Andouille recipe spicy smoked sausage […]
My friends Jeyson has a funny way of telling stories. Not ha-ha funny, but peculiar funny. He starts with a brilliant opening that draws you in: “One time in college, me and Bill and Toby went hiking high in the mountains of Nepal.” Then he builds it up: “When we camped that night, we heard […]
As an apology to moviegoers everywhere, M. Night Shyamalan has been touring the country visiting with people and offering to make things right with everyone who saw The Happening–by letting them kick him in the crotch. “I figure I have it coming,” said a hobbling Shyamalan. “That movie really was a turd sandwich.” Shyamalan is […]
Unknown to most people, country music star Lee Greenwood is not American, but Canadian. The misnomer caused further confusion when Greenwood released his 1983 hit, which most people misunderstand to be “God Bless the U.S.A.” In fact, the real title, which reflects his native dialect, is “God Bless the U.S., Eh?”