2009 January

Archive for January, 2009

Super Bowl Primer

If you are planning to watch this year’s Super Bowl with some friends or relatives, but you are embarrassed that you are not as knowledgeable about football or the two teams involved as some of the other people at the party have no fear the Super Bowl Primer is here to help you. Here are [...]

Breaking Down the Ten Most Expensive Movies of All Time

I recently came across a list of the the ten most expensive movies in the history of cinema. The list is not adjusted for inflation according to the author. Click on the link to go to Linkphobia’s ten most expensive movies and see the list in greater detail and in sequential order. I started out [...]

Zemanta: Sliced Bread for Bloggers

Sorry for using the oft-repeated comparison of some new product or idea to the rise in popularity of sliced bread. Most people use this comparison without thinking about its meaning or why sliced bread was is even considered a big deal. Sure you can bake your own loaf of bread and slice it yourself, but [...]

Inauguration: A Day in Pictures

It has been a week already since the historic election of Barack Obama as our 44th President. The enthusiasm has died down some and instead of parades and inaugural balls we have press conferences and speculation about what version of the bailout bill will pass in Congress. As much as it may have seemed like [...]

The Late Shift Part Two

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The 1996 movie the Late Shift chronicles the behind the scenes struggle to determine who would take over the Tonight Show after Johnny Carson retired. I have not seen the movie since it first came out nor do I remember all of the details, but it was a nasty battle. Obviously Leno ended up [...]

Down with the Get Down with the Dickness Already

I am removing the Headline that says Get Down with the Dickness as I just learned, when checking to see if any of the major search engines have crawled this site yet, that another website uses the header Down with the Dickness. The actual web address is much different. It is the official Richard Cheese [...]

Time to Celebrate a Great Man

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We have all just witnessed the celebration of the dawning of a great new era. I know some of you are not crazy about this man, but it is time to get used to him being around. This is the week that we should all celebrate this man and the fact that his success and [...]

Why Dickness? Is This Some Sort of New X-Rated Blog?

No I am not starting an x-rated blog. It started because I was discussing the possibility of starting a new blog with a prospective business partner. We knew if we put our heads together we could create something special, but it could not just be some weak effort. I had to consciously step up my [...]

Dickness: The State or Quality of Being a Dick

Here are the various definitions listed for dickness in the Urban Dictionary:
1. The state or quality of being a dick. 2. The property of being without heart, devoid of passion or feeling. 3. The quality of being difficult to get along with. [...]