Archive for the 'Ranting' Category

Guest Post: ‘Tis The Season Of Gimmee!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

     idey-ho folks, it’s the Squatch again. This week, I’d like to spew more bitter garbage, and you folks get to be the lucky recipients. You lucky lil’ devils!
     So, for the last two and a half weeks, the local radio stations have been playing Christmas music. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, and already we have to [...]

Guest Post: What’s Burning the Squatch’s Ass?

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

     i folks, I’m the Squatch, you’ll be hearing from me from time to time. Let’s get to it, shall we?
     You know whats been burning my ass? Hollywood.
     If I see one more goddamned sequel of some 70’s slasher flick, or superhero saga, or poorly re-done “revision”, I’m climbing up on a table in a restaurant and [...]

Morning Coffee with JavaElemental

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

      really have to start working on these ahead of time. Ah, well.

All Wet
In Fire’s Aftermath, Lessons Learned
California Fires Helped By Slowing Winds
Put Dumbledore Back in the Closet
No Joke: Colbert’s Campaign May Run Afoul of Law

Sexism, Racism

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

     he conversation began with him saying, “We’ve got to get these cell phones away from these young girls.” I immediately bristled and put my hands on my hips. “Oh, don’t put your hands on your hips with me!” He said.
     ”He” is a coffee-counter regular at The Restaurant Where I Work®. He’s a fat, sick old [...]

Michael Vick & Other Stuff

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

      began my day by taking the business end of a shotgun to the ravening zombie hordes. Really, is there any better way to begin a morning? I think not.
     Meanwhile, since I mentioned getting fat yesterday, I figured I ought to mention that I’ve lost about 13 pounds since I started dieting. Due to the [...]

North American Union

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

     ecently, a LiveJournal friend of mine, Stacerific, asked me what I thought of this whole North American Union thing. I responded, rather intelligently, I thought, with: “What North American Union?”
     Stacerific said, “Oh yeah, meeting on August 20th to ratify the idea. Been talking about it since ‘05.”
     ”No way.” I said. Surely not? Surely someone on [...]

Tall Tale Tuesday: Truth, Justice, and the American Way

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

     ne of the things about America is that it comes with a lot of mythology. We have our cultural emblems — Mom, Chevy, and apple pie — Old Glory, cowboys, the Old West . . . these are the things that our Tall Tale heroes are built out of, and part of the reason why [...]

Wednesday Riddles & A Bit About Responsibility

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

     Your Wednesday Riddle, from Webriddles: You are a bus driver. At the first stop, 4 people get on, including an old grandmother and her kids. At the second stop, 8 people get on, one with two big bags of groceries, and a young man with a new puppy, and three people get off. At the [...]

Don’t Go Away Mad, Girl, Just Go Away.

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

     So, I’m sitting on the computer this afternoon, putzing away, and Rhea’s on the phone with the husband. The husband is coming up to Michigan to give her money and see her. I’m listening with half an ear, and suddenly, I realize she’s giving him instructions to get to our house.
     The husband had threatened Art, [...]

Lovin’ It Like McDonalds

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Now, we’ve caught Bush and his administration stone cold lying. No, seriously: “Bush Was Set on Path to War, British Memo Says” (NYT 3-27-06 Don Van Natta JR). We got him. Carved in stone tablets, practically.
So. Um, don’t we get to have a trial-type-thingie now? I mean, we impeached Clinton over a blow job, and, [...]