<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #bf40bf"><i>"Calgon, take me away!"</i></span>

By ToniMarek in Toni Marek: Blogger Extraordinaire

Those Calgon commercials used to make no sense to me. I would watch them as a teenager and I just knew there was some sort of sexual meaning behind all of it. The lady (naked) in the bathtub, the bubbles ...

Food for thought: Chocolate covered tortilla chips?

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

I'm not sure if I would like these, but if I ever find them in a store I wouldn't mind trying them out. Found on Junk Food Blog San Francisco, CA-based Native Kjalii Foods, Inc. introduced its "The Chocolate Chip", ...

This post isn't just about NASCAR; it's about identity, too.

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Tsk-tsk, NASCAR. You should be ashamed of yourself. Sometimes I’m embarrassed to identify myself as a fan of your premier stock car racing league. Bill Lester has become a regular fixture in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Here’s the story. ...

Be Nice To Your English Teacher

By timoi in On Another Note

Looking back on my long, glamorous, and often unpaid stint as a writer, I have often found it full of life lessons. Oh sure, I’ll never be a Shakespeare or a Hemingway, for that matter I’ll probably never be a ...

Get your toes ready for spring

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

This post is dedicated primarily to the ladies, but the gentlemen can also benefit from this information as well. Spring has arrived and that means the days of sandals, flip flops and bare legs are upon us. Although I am ...

Knowledge: Painful Power

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

A question comes up in conversation from time to time that I’m not sure how to answer: Do you feel better now that you’ve graduated college? You see, I once lived another life before I moved to Victoria, remarried, and ...

One of My Best Friends Makes Me Sad and Jealous

By cleric in And Baby Makes Seven

It's been quite a sad week for me as it is every year about this time. One of my closest friends is not available for our daily chats, rants, boasting, etc. that we share usually. It's spring break time and ...

Food for thought: Chile Rellenos

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

It's Friday! It's lunchtime! I'm hungry! And what do I have for lunch today? Well thanks to a kind friend, I am looking forward to having a chile relleno for lunch. Chile relleno - Chile relleno, literally "stuffed chile", is ...

A Bit Of Advice

By timoi in On Another Note

Happy St. Patrick's Day... As a young man, I spent some time with some colorful Irish men for a few years in a few bars here and there. They always left me with some advice. 1. Put on a Pogues ...

<span style="color: 00CD00">Erin Go Bragh</span>

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Some random—and kinda creepy—St. Patrick's Day photo Eat, drink green beer, wear green clothing, do whatever you want to do...But if I see you, I'll pinch you whether you're wearing green or not. Having said that, I wish you all ...