I think it would be foolish for me to assume that no one knows what Redbox is. Hello, big red boxes standing outside of McDonalds and Wal-Marts, luring people in with the fantastic concept of easily renting movies for only a buck a night. It’s a very appealing situation. No more dealing with snarky people who make you think working in a movie store ( Read more... )

So, I started this post today on my lunch at work because I had nothing better to do. Well...that's a lie. I had a bunch of stuff I could have done, but well...just didn't feel up to it. I feel very weird today - there's a lot that's been floating around in my head this past week and especially weekend - so you'll just have to bare with me, those ( Read more... )

So, I suppose I will start off this week's post briefly discussing, as my friend A.J. so eloquently put today, the celebration of my mortality.

I turned 24 this past Saturday. Now, 24 isn't one of those birthdays that marks anything. But seriously, let's face it. Nothing good is really marked after 21. I mean, at 25 I'll be able to rent a car ( Read more... )

WARNING - This musing will be all soccer. There won't even be a first bit about something else. It's all football and footballers from this point on folks.

Wednesday was an absolutely fabulous day for soccer. Especially if you were a Manchester United fan.
   The boys in red didn't just win, they completely and utterly dominated. Wayne Rooney was in ( Read more... )

As a writer, I have always enjoyed the jabs from non-writers concerning the stereotypes of my chosen profession/passion/insanity. The most popular being alcoholism, but a few others have always been sprinkled in to add some flavor to a very old adage. I have never admitted it before, but I have always secretly wondered if I would one day lose my ( Read more... )

It's usually around this time of year when the sinus pressure begins to build up to alarming rates in my head. So, naturally, that's what is occurring right now. The fact that it was 60 degrees on Saturday and now  a frigid 33 degrees is partially to blame, even thought I have felt like this for a while. I believe, however, that the reason it hasn' ( Read more... )