Yeah, I’m stealing one from Weer’d and his “Gun Death?” files. I just like this one too much.
Joe Ely’s classic song “Fighting For My Life” contains the lyric:
I don’t mean to crash the cymbals, I don’t mean to beat the drum
I don’t want to waste your time, I’d rather save you some.
TMQ’s favorite Batman film is “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm“. You can now skip the first 335 words of this week’s column. And if that’s all you were looking for, you can skip everything after the jump, too.
Phyllis Diller. (NYT. LAT. A/V Club.)
William Windom: A/V Club.
I visited Dalton some time ago, long before the recession, back when it was still a boom town. It is a very nice little city, helped by the fact that it is located in close proximity to some beautiful state parks, forests, and recreational areas. So I’m hoping things work out for Dalton’s residents and the carpet business picks up again. Or the Volkswagen business. Or something else…
Roger Clemens is back in baseball.
Pitching.
For the Sugar Land Skeeters. Here’s the team’s official website.
If I was going to go, I’d go this coming Saturday. Not only are they playing the Bridgeport Bluefish, but “Stuntman Ted Batchelor” is going to set himself on fire after the game and run the bases.
Minor league baseball. There’s nothing quite like it.
Yesterday was a bad day for Hollywood.
Noted actor William Windom passed away at the age of 88. (NYT. LAT.) You know, I’d love to see “My World and Welcome to It” finally make it to DVD.
And director Tony Scott (“Top Gun”, “Crimson Tide”, “Man on Fire”, etc.) committed suicide yesterday. (LAT. A/V Club.)
Kevin Caruso’s Suicide.org website. For what ever it may be worth.
Here are a bunch of random links that I promised various people, collected in one place, so I can email one link rather than half-a-dozen.
“Stupid Idea Of The Day: Let’s Nationalize Facebook!”. This was also in TMQ Watch, but buried, so I’m breaking it out here. Note that this goes to Forbes and not Slate, because I refuse to give Idiot Boy any linkage.
Obit from EE Times for Hans Camenzind, inventor of the 555 timer IC.
Rap music is becoming less homophobic.
“Many hip-hop artists, too, noticed when Jamaican dance hall artists such as Buju Banton, whose lyrics are violently anti-gay, saw lucrative tour dates canceled as a result.”
The latest in Buju Banton’s legal case, or “You got 10 years. Would you like to go for 15?”
“What will 2011 (the Year of the Rabbit) hold for Buju Banton?” Somehow, I don’t think the answer was “Federal prison”.
I have mentioned in the past that I don’t like linking to stories already on FARK, unless it is something that just demands coverage and comment.
I’m not sure this qualifies as an example of that, but I feel compelled to link anyway.
The Seattle Times has a profile of Dolores Erickson, who is 76 years old and doesn’t look that bad for 76. We’d happily take her out for a chaste dinner and movie.
Most of you probably see this coming, especially if you’re music buffs (Weer’d Beard, I’m looking at you). For the rest of you: who is Dolores Erickson?
After the jump (picture may be mildly NSFW. depending on where you work)…
We were expecting TMQ to start up again soonish, and actually noticed that the first TMQ of the season went up last Tuesday. Unfortunately, some personal issues kept us from getting back into the swing of things until now. Future TMQ Watches will be posted on the same Tuesday as the TMQ, barring unusual and unforeseen circumstances.
And with that, let’s fill the chainsaw’s gas tank with two-stroke mix, pull the starter cord, and get going. Winter will be here sooner than we think.
This is CNN SportsFirings.com, after all.
The Astros are currently at .322, 39-82. If they keep up this pace, they should lose 110 games this season.
A while back, I noted that the University of Texas had shut down the popular “informal classes” program as a money-saving step.
I found out, by way of today’s Statesman, that the classes are back.
I did not know this. Perhaps there is a reason for that:
I could snark on the whole “let’s use social media” thing, but guess what? Enrollment has gone up 23 percent between 2010 and 2012.
I could also snark on the classes that are being offered…but they’re actually pretty good. (“The World of Vincent Price” sounds like it could be fun, but I’m not sure I’d be willing to shell out $68 for it.)
(“Finally, students will look toward the future of food and food blogging, and delve into sustainable food systems and sustainable blogging systems.” What the heck is a “sustainable blogging system”?)
Edited to add: After I wrote this post, I had breakfast with two friends of mine. Both are more active on social media than I am, and one is actually a grad student at UT. Neither of them knew the informal classes were back, either.
I have written previously about the “dirty DUI” case, as the SFChron puts it. In brief, Christopher Butler and his PI agency were taking money from women involved in divorce/custody cases to set up their husbands on DUI charges.
One of the people who provided evidence against Butler and his cohorts (including former Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff Stephen Tanabe) was a reserve officer named William Howard. Howard has been a reserve officer with the sheriff’s department for 19 years.
An office discussion led to the misguided The Legend of the Lone Ranger movie from 1981. (Not to be confused with the misguided Lone Ranger movie currently in production.)
You remember that one, don’t you? The one where the Wrather Company went after Clayton Moore for making public appearances in a mask? The one starring Klinton Spilsbury?
I’m sure you haven’t been wondering, “Hey, what ever happened to Klinton Spilsbury?” But: what ever happened to Klinton Spilsbury?
Answer: he’s never worked again.
Kind of makes me go “Wow”. I mean, surely he could have gotten a part in some direct to video/DVD piece of crap? Or if they were really desperate, a part in a SyFy channel movie? “Anaconda 5: Anaconda vs. Bigfoot”?
…or does P90X sound more like a product of FN (probably a bullpup chambered in .250-3000) or a Volvo sport-utility vehicle than an exercise program?
I’ve added Steven Raichlen’s blog and Twitter feed.
Also added: Mick Vann’s “Gustidude”. Mr. Vann is one of a small number of local food writers I trust: I would say that even if it were not for the fact that he did a nice profile of the SDC many years ago.
And Gustidude came to my attention because he has a blog entry up about eating at Franklin’s BBQ with Raichlen.
So instead, I’ll link to this:
and this:
and let my readers fill in the blank.