Kirkpatrick's Twisted Slant - "This blog goes to 11"

Monday, 31

Sure, the White Sox won, but...

...your manager is gheigh!

Not that there is anything wrong with that. : )

On dictionary.com, "Long live Venezuela and their manly man-love" translates to "desean Venezuela viva y su

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Posted By James at 11:01 AM

Merry Hallowgivmas

Now that it’s Halloween, I’m sure the remaining 10% of malls and general shopping areas that don’t have Christmas decorations up will slather their retail spots with holiday cheer. While my memory fa

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Posted By James at 10:42 AM

One final note for Cocktober

This HEADline is just BEGGING to be commented on. Thanks to John for the link.

"Head Coach Nutt confirms: Dick to replace Johnson vs. Gamecocks"

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf

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Posted By James at 2:11 PM

Friday, 28

Can you hear me now?

Cell phone etiquette has been discussed ad nauseum but I figured I’d reinforce and refine some unwritten rules that would make me less prone to having violent thoughts when one of these “rules” is bre

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Posted By James at 9:58 AM

Thursday, 27

A baseball championship in Chicago?

I never thought I would dedicate an entire blog post to the White Sox, but they deserve one. I blame my kindness to the White Sox today on my still-lingering, ass-kicking, weight-loss-inducing, avian

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Posted By James at 7:49 AM

Wednesday, 26

More elevator musings

Bill Murray once said in the movie What About Bob that there are 2 types of people in this world – those who like Neil Diamond and those who don’t. The same can be said of people and elevator

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Posted By James at 10:12 AM

Tuesday, 25

Sick

As someone who has spent 33 years on this planet, I should know better than to eat something that doesn't taste "just right" just because I don't feel like cooking something else. 10 hours of project

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Posted By James at 11:26 AM

Monday, 24

Movies on DVD

Being a big movie fan has had its rewards in the past 5 or 6 years with the proliferation of DVDs on the market. I am one of those people who lives for the special features that are included – delete

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Posted By James at 12:57 PM

Thursday, 20

Give me back that hour of sleep

As we head into the last week of Daylight Savings Time, it’s time that I speak out about a bill that was passed this summer which pissed me off immensely, but not for the political reasons you think.

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Posted By James at 6:57 AM

Wednesday, 19

Meat-On-Meat

No, this isn’t the title of a gay porn video or an episode where “crossing swords” at a gangbang went awry. In the midst of attempting to sober up at a Rhode Island diner after a night of a few too m

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Posted By James at 9:39 AM

Friday, 14

Cancelled shows - Part 2

The cancelled streak took an ugly turn in 1992 and it made people not want to get concert tickets with me for several years. In addition to the 2 GNR shows that were wiped out, I had 2 additional can

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Posted By James at 9:18 AM

Monday, 10

The Spell-Check police

In all honesty, while I am showing this sign to display the mentality of most southsiders and also to disparage the team in a Cubs-like passive-aggressive way, I will be cheering for the White Sox for

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Posted By James at 7:16 AM

Friday, 7

Pranks

One thing I’ve noticed in writing this blog is that a lot of memories are coming back that are good to put to paper. As a lot of you know, my short term memory can be suspect, although I’ll never adm

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Posted By James at 8:55 AM

Monday, 3

Random Monday musings - wildcards, Lost, American idiots, couch potatoing

As much as the schedule makers got maligned for last year’s schedule in baseball, this year they hit the jackpot. Divisions weren’t decided until the last series and there was the potential for 2 pla