tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225631122012-02-02T16:05:29.146-08:00The Dean's OfficeDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-79310474393485238252010-07-07T16:26:00.000-07:002010-07-07T16:26:02.648-07:00In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'.I left the democratic party today and registered in the Oregon Progessive Party. I encourage anyone in the state to also join the OPP. They need to get only about 600 more members by August to maintain their minor party status to appear on ballots.
It probably isn't a surprise to anyone that my frustration with Obama and the democrats have reached this level but what REALLY pushed me over the Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-43004791469824305432010-03-18T08:00:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:00:27.907-07:00I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this.Even the Great Orange Satan of the Daily Kos has pretty much made it a standard to piss on liberals because we have the audicity to insist that health care reform actually include HEALTH CARE REFORM.
The problem with this country right now is that the establishment - Democrats, Republicans and the media - will only allow right-wing solutions to problems which in large part stem from ight-wing Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-15058542108822455092010-02-17T12:38:00.000-08:002010-02-17T13:03:55.230-08:00Rome is the mob.We picked up cable when we dropped DSL because my wife works at home and DSL was simply not fast enough for her nees. One of the things that came with our hundreds of new channels was a few months free of the Starz movie channels.I'm REALLY digging their new series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand." It's a mix of golden era sword and sandal pictures, NC 17 cable shows like "Deadwood," cheesy guilty Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-72488970994977897742010-01-20T09:52:00.000-08:002010-01-20T10:45:35.838-08:00What's the matter with you? I think your brain is going soft with all that comedy you are playing with that young girl.I made the mistake of tuning in to the news just long enough last night to hear that the Massachusetts results are the result of Obama coddling his base and "overreaching."The narrative from the DLC/ Blue Dog wing of the party is that because liberals refused to compromise the democrats lost their 60 supermajority. A supermajority, I might add, that was clear to anyone paying attention months agoDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-52528081897302783192010-01-08T15:55:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:15:15.239-08:00I thought maybe you and I could go dancing or something.Happy birthday to Elvis Presley. Every time I put a bullet in my television or head off to DC to convince the president to make me a DEA Agent I think of you.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-27588834199065374862009-12-31T11:09:00.000-08:002009-12-31T11:31:12.052-08:00Reason? There's no TIME to be reasonable!Happy New Year y'all and good riddance to the awful decade that's passing.I hope everybody has a prosperous 2010. Except Buckeyes fans. They're going to start the year off in a foul (fowl) mood.DeanDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-7542719726066535612009-12-15T13:22:00.000-08:002009-12-16T09:16:03.412-08:00Now you go home and write "I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty" a hundred zillion times.One reason I haven't blogged much (besides work) is that I mostly blog about politics and the state of politics right now makes my heart hurt too damned much.I didn't expect to get everything I wanted with the new administration, but on the other hand I didn't expect that there would be absolutely no consequences to the last election. None.I've volunteered on campaigns and held elective office inDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-77956779231219113132009-12-09T08:11:00.000-08:002009-12-09T10:02:58.455-08:00The clean, cool chill of the holiday air... an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer...I took this with my camera phone last night while shopping. I have no idea how that book got there. :-)Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-15316682559092570772009-12-07T08:18:00.000-08:002009-12-08T09:05:14.927-08:00Well, if I can't have any fun I might as well leave.I started this post several times in commemoration of World AIDS Day last week. At times it's gotten pretty long so I'm going to just pare it down to it's essence.Somebody that my wife and I knew personally, loved and lost to AIDS was Father Peter Davis. Peter was a wonderful man, bigger than life and the pastor at the Catholic church my wife and I met at.Part of what's made it so hard to finish Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-25950454028199898402009-12-04T08:12:00.000-08:002009-12-04T08:43:49.588-08:00When you gonna drop Magnum on us, buddy?This gallery of movie stars posing in shots that call back their iconic roles years later is chock full of WIN. Probably my favorite out of the bunch...Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-76636265219597132202009-10-09T10:41:00.000-07:002009-10-09T10:57:53.495-07:00When an armed and threatening power lands uninvited in our capitol, we don't meet him with tea and cookies!How can Barack Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize when he's attacking the moon unprovoked?Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-2426308388639466662009-10-07T10:30:00.000-07:002009-10-07T12:36:12.388-07:00Who said that? Gary Cooper? James Stewart? Henry Fonda? Eh?This is a wonderful idea that Slash Films had. They're asking people to list their favorite movie scenes.As the author mentions this is an intensely personal thing that says more about the person identifying the scene than it does the scene itself. Reading through other's suggestions I found myself subconsciously taking points away from folks who either a) didn't have much cinematic literacy (i.eDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-64411063923354960332009-09-24T08:54:00.000-07:002009-10-01T10:42:43.199-07:00All dogs go to heaven because, unlike people, dogs are naturally good and loyal and kind.This is a post about dogs. One dog in particular.This last week I've been worried about my friend Lisa's puppy Chloe. The little gal was stricken with parvo and almost didn't make it. Lisa's ordeal in dealing with her worried kids and corporate vet brought back a lot of memories about the best dog I ever owned; Loey.Loey was a Border Collie/ German Shepherd mix that looked like a black German Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-2363333791937444012009-09-14T08:06:00.000-07:002009-09-14T09:05:01.247-07:00Sometimes a baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do.This last weekend upwards of 50,000-60,000 teabagging douchebags descended on the streets of Washington D.C. to loudly voice their anger at the results of the last election.We're all aware that a good portion of the clowns that were marching were there in response to Glenn Beck's "9-12 Project" of which the goal, according to Beck, is to return the country to that unified spirit of purpose we Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-70185618125115487152009-09-01T12:30:00.000-07:002009-09-01T12:54:11.883-07:00You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor... and would have different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO.I've been struggling with this all morning. It's a vile accusation about a very unfunny subject. But that's really not the point, is it?Conservatives like Beck have pushed the envelope in their discourse to the point that objective reality itself is under assault and any sort of bullshit they want to make up becomes part of our actual political conversation. Death panels. Birth certificates. Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-53105697766804706672009-08-28T07:54:00.001-07:002009-08-28T09:59:05.275-07:00Kirk Douglas... Van Gogh... ear.A little example of why I love Portland...Yesterday I took a break from work and walked the block or so from my office to the greatest used book store in the world. In the course of that one block journey......I passed a pair of beautiful women pulling along a wiener dog on leash......listened to the guys in front of me talk about Star Trek......stopped in front of the book store to talk to a Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-23239494968079917702009-08-26T04:58:00.000-07:002009-08-26T05:21:23.014-07:00Goodbye TeddyI sit here muddling through a sense of disbelief that Ted Kennedy has passed away. It certainly comes as no shock under the circumstances. It's just that the image of him being wheeled into the senate to cast the deciding vote in the health care battle has been seared into my imagination. It's clearly the only thing he was holding out for.Bouncing around the web a bit I see the haters on the Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-21335211850472882432009-08-20T09:17:00.001-07:002009-08-21T09:52:59.468-07:00You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years.In response to the same sort of budget shortfalls plaguing most other states this July the Oregon legislature passed a $700 million dollar tax increase which was signed by Governor Kulongoski. The first was an increase in the state income tax by a couple of points on single filers making over $150,000 and joint filers making over $250,000. The second was an increase in the corporate minimum tax Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-88564578967029088302009-08-11T12:18:00.000-07:002009-08-12T09:51:06.865-07:00The ship is in ship-shape shape.I watched a bit of the ridiculous Specter townhall and wasn't surprised that senator tool tweeted this bullshit shortly after the meeting..."1000 people came to tell me what was on their minds and I have a message to take back to DC loud and clear."So Specter thinks the folks we ought to listen to when it comes to the very complicated issue of health care in America are the children throwing a Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-53542996559708435142009-08-07T08:00:00.000-07:002009-08-07T08:30:47.426-07:00You're a mean father, you'll never give me anything I want! And I won't go to school till I have it!You have one of those unruly 8-year old children for which Ritalin may be a good idea. The child is disrespectful of the rules of the house, insists that everything goes their way and has no respect for your things. Just recently the little monkey broke your heart and your grandmother's china set playing frisbee in the house.Having had enough you put your foot down and send the child to his room Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-79731298938352516682009-08-06T15:28:00.001-07:002009-08-06T16:11:38.935-07:00Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.When I was younger I dreamed of being a movie director. In an effort to break into the business I did some PA work for a while working on a low-budget kung-fu flick and then a few national car commercials (which paid much better than the kung-fu flick in that they paid at all.) I gave it up after I interviewed for job on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film they were shooting in Oregon and they Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-51916697495637887742009-08-05T11:17:00.000-07:002009-08-05T12:06:14.313-07:00Poop, Poop! Oh, poetry of motion! Ohh, the bliss! Ohhh... poop, poop!They're still shooting the television show "Leverage" a few blocks from my office. How do I know? Because I almost ran over star Timothy Hutton this morning on my way to work as I turned a corner.Hutton was drinking a coffee, riding a bike the wrong way on a one-way street. I didn't recognize him until I rolled down my window to "explain" to the yahoo I'd almost killed how the one-way streets Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-68484689054949619002009-08-04T08:07:00.000-07:002009-08-04T10:38:49.358-07:00...Say it!... Say it!... Say it!Back to the real world after a wonderful vacation at the Washington coast with my family. From the sound of it we picked the perfect week to get out of town. 100 degree plus weather is atypical for Oregon. Six days in a row of that weather is unheard of. Yeesh.There's a lot of crap going through my head right now. Frankly there's too much going on in the world to write about. I'm just going to Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-88411991807957257092009-07-28T11:58:00.000-07:002009-07-29T08:13:32.065-07:00The Wagon Queen Family Truckster... You think you hate it now, wait 'til you drive it.I'm currently up at Cape Disappointment (where Lewis and Clark ended their journey but I'm not sure if it was before Lewis found out Clark was secretly Superman) enjoying the beautiful weather with my family. The campground has a wi-fi connection but I forgot the damn wire to connect our old digital camera to the pc to upload pictures. When I get back I'll put up some really great shots we took Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-50541526652231572662009-07-24T08:05:00.001-07:002009-07-24T13:24:38.468-07:00Let him rave on, that men will know him mad.Wow, just... wow.I'm a big believer in trial by jury but occasionally you get some ignorant yahoos that make some pretty ridiculous decisions. This trial is a glaring example of such a case.Yes; I wasn't in that courtroom listening to weeks of testimony. I'm not privy to all the information the jurors had to reach their verdict.None of that changes the central fact of this case: this couple Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-50335267289553688432009-07-20T09:10:00.000-07:002009-07-21T08:44:12.488-07:00I had a most startling dream. You were trying to to tell me something.I was gonna write some deeply insightful plea for continued exploration of space on the anniversary of Apollo, but instead let me just lament that I didn't make it to Trek in the Park this weekend and don't look to have the time next weekend as we're off to the coast to go camping.I've read mostly good reviews for Atomic Theater's live reenactment of the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" with only Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-61528098700311915692009-07-16T07:51:00.000-07:002009-07-16T08:04:20.617-07:00I'll take "The Penis Mightier" for 100, Trebek.Or is the pen mightier?I heard the rumor that Dave Chappelle was going to do a free show at midnight in Pioneer Square via Twitter. I briefly considered heading down there but I really haven't been home much as it is with work taking up most of my time.Because of the sound issue (Dave brought a small, battery operated mike and amp) when close to 12,000 people showed up I'm glad I didn't. Odds Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-40312917125887267222009-07-13T10:00:00.000-07:002009-07-13T10:52:05.937-07:00Next time we'll have a foolproof coffin.There is no God.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-52162026939969190732009-07-07T08:14:00.000-07:002009-07-08T10:33:47.113-07:00It's that every now and again - not often, but occasionally - you get to be a part of justice being done.Do you remember when AIDS was held out by fundamentalist types as proof of God's disapproval of homosexuality? How in the 80s all evidence that AIDS wasn't exclusively a gay disease was lost on those types?I wonder how the Pat Robertsons of the world will react to the amazing news that AIDS may actually hold the cure for lung and other types of cancer.So how does CTMP halt cancer progression? Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-40321753119106160912009-07-06T07:58:00.000-07:002009-07-06T08:17:06.185-07:00You, you with the banjo, can you help me? I seem to have lost my sense of direction!I hope y'all had a great holiday.I had an absolutely wonderful 4th of July with my family. We had a little picnic out at my grandparent's place where my mom lives now, just like when we were kids. The day consisted of mass quantities of burgers, homemade blackberry wine and catching up with family.At one point my mom's boyfriend got out his tractor and hooked up a flatbed trailer and gave tours Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-6284352492682836392009-07-02T07:58:00.000-07:002009-07-02T08:24:46.115-07:00Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy?Via Digby I think Senator Bernie Sanders has hit on the right question with regards to what form health care reform takes in the senate---So I think, with all due respect to Max and his hard work, it's the wrong strategy. I think the strategy should be to say to all 60 members of the Democratic caucus that even if you don't want a public plan in the final bill, you should commit to ending the Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-45021162478514308922009-07-01T08:01:00.000-07:002009-07-02T12:26:19.476-07:00Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion.I'm long past being disgusted that conservatives regularly root for millions of their fellow Americans to be killed by terrorists but still remain stumped on the complete absence of logic behind this idea. Apparently the formula is something along the lines of...Major terrorist attack while Republicans are in charge = country will turn to Republicans to protect them.On the other hand...Major Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-29284033508645444282009-06-29T10:51:00.000-07:002009-06-29T10:59:48.051-07:00I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.Happy birthday to Mel Brooks!In celebration of 84 years of the master here's a little AMC behind the scenes video of the making of Young Frankentein..Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-53449000648937535212009-06-26T07:39:00.000-07:002009-06-26T09:52:53.576-07:00Success, fame, and fortune, they're all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share.What a sad day yesterday was. A couple of generational icons lost in a matter of few hours. In their own ways both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson defined the decades in which they exploded into the American psyche.I found myself oddly reflective last night about the death of Jackson. More than Farrah (I was a Heather Thomas pink bikini poster guy) he was the star that you really couldn't Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-31538756905242348502009-06-25T07:48:00.000-07:002009-06-25T08:20:44.840-07:00You are disturbing the peaceful mood I'm in. You are destroying the frame of mind I'm in.They're shooting the show "Leverage" downstairs which made it fun getting into the office this morning. I'm a little bummed because Will Wheaton has been in Portland guest starring on that show and shooting all week but his stint ended before today. I would love to meet him.Despite that I'm going to sneak out at some point and see if I can spot Timothy Hutton.Also - if you don't regularly visit Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-51357096845872861232009-06-24T08:01:00.000-07:002009-06-24T08:15:27.123-07:00The world is divided into two kinds of people, those who have friends and those who are lonely like poor Tuco.No blogging today as I'll be hiking along the Appalachian Trail for some "Me Time."Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-62519328867383793252009-06-22T12:42:00.000-07:002009-06-22T12:47:20.162-07:00The new phone books are here!Hooray! The Great Orange Satan recognized me! I've been retweeted by the King of All Liberals himself.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-44689791035663353012009-06-22T08:04:00.000-07:002009-06-22T08:39:48.520-07:00There is no such thing as a bad boy.In the name of the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster what the hell are the editors of the print edition of the Oregonian thinking? The headline to this article on parents who murdered their fifteen-month-old daughter by treating her pneumonia with faith healing reads: "When Secular and Spiritual Laws Collide."Hey Big-O! This country is not Iran. Our legal system is not built around Sharia law. There Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-42594578404322402202009-06-19T07:50:00.000-07:002009-06-19T09:21:37.102-07:00The purpose of our suffering is only more suffering.I keep getting sucked into stuff at home and at work that's monopolizing my time but don't want to shut this blog down. I'm just going to post less frequently for a while. I assume at some point I'll get back to daily posting or something thereabouts.In the post before last I mentioned that I thought the ignoring politics approach many of my blogger friends were taking was the sane approach to Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-24590715281292796742009-06-16T07:49:00.000-07:002009-06-16T12:15:18.095-07:00What usually happens when people without guns stand up to people with guns.Pretty obsessed these last couple of days with the news coming out of Iran. For one thing it's caused me to rethink my feelings about Twitter (Change_for_Iran and PersianKiwi) and reinforced my belief that the traditional media are useless.I'm getting the same feelings from watching this as I got as Eastern Europe freed itself from totalitarian communism or watching those brave protesters in Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com204tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-42443770396408689202009-06-11T13:13:00.000-07:002009-06-12T12:17:45.424-07:00Good? He is not good, he's terrible, he's the worst.. there is not any man like him anywhere in the world!Poor conservatives. It's almost like the universe has it out for them. Jindal says volcano monitoring is a waste and a big ol' volcano erupts right in the middle of the republicanist state with the republicanist governor in the country. DHS releases a report warning that right wing violence may ensue out of frustration at the election, the righty talking heads go apeshit and just a few months Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-34566032231493420812009-06-10T08:42:00.000-07:002009-06-10T10:40:42.058-07:00She sips nitro... with Phase 4 heads! 600 horsepower through the wheels! She's meanness set to music and the bitch is born to run!Forgive me if I'm less than excited that the "Cash For Clunkers" bill passed the House.The bill awards cash vouchers of $3500-$4500 for those willing to trade in a vehicle rated at an EPA estimated 18 mpg or less for a vehicle rated at a marginally better MPG.If you can hear my cynicism bleeding through this writing then that would be because I consider this bill poor social engineering if you'reDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-91634602480548404772009-06-09T07:57:00.000-07:002009-06-09T08:14:10.456-07:00No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food... nor the sound of water... nor the touch of grass.Shamelessly borrowed from Fark. From where it came before that I haven't the foggiest.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-64786469287453646072009-06-05T09:18:00.001-07:002009-06-05T10:02:33.230-07:00By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universitartus Committiartum E Pluribus Unum, I hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of ThD.Gratz to #1Animefan who graduated from middle school last night and scored an amazing 550 out of 550 possible points on hor 8th grade project/ autobiography.I'm a proud papa.We had to brave a frikkin' thunderstorm with threat of tornado (TORNADO!) to get to the ceremony. This is Oregon not Kansas, right? Although we do have a little dog...(On a side note- I've been to tons of graduations and Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-45850591861108990362009-06-04T10:53:00.000-07:002009-06-04T11:48:52.860-07:00Winifred, I should like to make a slight differentiation between the word cheerful and just plain giddy irresponsibility.On a lighter note here are some happy videos I found and thought I'd share.The first is a mix of Mary Poppins using samples from the movie with a bit of original music. My family sat around the PC this morning before work/ school and watched this a couple of times. Absolutely lovely.This is a web ad for Cinematic Titanic so those of you who aren't familiar with what I was talking about can get anDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-16188428263713042242009-06-04T07:52:00.000-07:002009-06-04T08:29:36.762-07:00When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.I was sad to hear of the passing of actor David Carradine. I've always been a fan of his work especially his B films such as "Death Race 2000."Of course he was best known as the character Kwai Chang Caine in the "Kung Fu" television series. That series utilized one of the simplest and best formulas of American storytelling - the peace-loving loaner who is bullied to the point of fighting Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-54364828758197434872009-06-01T07:59:00.000-07:002009-06-01T10:29:33.993-07:00Ahh, yes, the haunting Torgo theme.Since my son was old enough to walk he's enjoyed certain things in life. He has those normal boy interests of course: full contact sports, burning ants with a magnifying glass, practical jokes on his buddies, climbing things, making the lives of his sisters a living hell. You get the picture.He's also had more esoteric tastes in literature and film that kind of set him apart in our podunk little Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-20076457753330026452009-05-29T05:02:00.000-07:002009-05-29T08:31:51.412-07:00I've got time for Tom, Dick and Harry Foolery too!!!!Last year I uncovered evidence of nefarious goings on among the castaways on Gilligan's Island. Long thought to be a family friendly sitcom, I believe that the show is much more subversive than it's given credit for.The other day I was watching the show with my kids and found further support for my theory. Gilligan is walking along when the Professor, hiding in nearby bushes, shoves a bamboo Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-6219934750608713592009-05-28T10:58:00.000-07:002009-05-28T15:48:24.185-07:00Taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.One more thing regarding the Sotomayor nomination...I noticed yesterday that the Wall Street Journal and other conservative mouthpieces had taken up the cry against "empathy" which Sotomayor had at one point argued is an important trait for a judge to embody. The general argument is trying to use pigeonhole Sotomayor into the larger conservative frame that liberal judges are wishy-washy emotionalDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-16173540344049777712009-05-26T12:04:00.000-07:002009-05-26T12:32:37.467-07:00Has the planet gone mad? My brother, passion's hostage. I seek justice - denied! I shall not submit! I shall conquer! I shall rise!Regarding the Sotomayor nomination-Good. She looks like an excellent choice IMHO. I love that she chose law as a career because, in part, she was inspired by watching Perry Mason.Conservatives have already thrown themselves on the floor and begun their tantrum. So far they're focusing on this."I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-70722347545305165822009-05-25T07:38:00.000-07:002009-05-25T07:46:11.198-07:00If you want to survive out here, you've got to know where your towel is.Happy Memorial Day!Besides commemorating our brave vets lets not forget that today is also Towel Day. Don't let any strag or Bugblatter Beast catch you without your towel.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-53887450775334638252009-05-21T07:39:00.000-07:002009-05-21T11:00:59.260-07:00Always in motion is the future.Tagged with a Splotchy virus by Randal. My contribution is after the rules...Here's what I would like to do. I want to create a story that branches out in a variety of different, unexpected ways. I don't know how realistic it is, but that's what I'm aiming for. Hopefully, at least one thread of the story can make a decent number of hops before it dies out.If you are one of the carriers of this Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-61126968319643096842009-05-20T07:56:00.000-07:002009-05-20T08:46:39.172-07:00I hate that word. It's a return, a return to the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen.Gingrich Calls for Pelosi to Resign.Mengele Calls Kevorkian a Medical Monster.Paris Hilton Calls Lindsay Lohan Easy.Jason Calls Freddy a Murdering Psycho.You get the idea.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-6469304441867901052009-05-18T05:18:00.000-07:002009-05-18T08:15:03.603-07:00You must chill. You must chill.Still around. Just busy.If you haven't been exposed to the creepy story of Ben the Stalker, AKA "Douche Quadbike" then you've missed a "Chocolate Rain" level internet meme.Ben "didn't understand" why his girlfriend Loren left him two years ago so he spent nine months making a video to win her back... or something. It's not really clear what he's trying to do with this video other than prove he's Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-58750547825363400182009-05-13T07:56:00.000-07:002009-05-13T08:31:37.597-07:00She's fair game, Joe. It's always open season on princesses.This is an excellent take on the state of politics today.The new chair of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), Clintonista Bruce Reed crooned in a Slate.com article that Specter’s defection was “an encouraging omen for Obama’s effort to build a new, pragmatic, post-partisan politics.”“Post-partisan politics” is code for a politics that basks in the glow of the status quo—a politics that Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-72106920996153443682009-05-08T08:23:00.000-07:002009-05-08T08:50:32.206-07:00Real tomato ketchup, Eddie?I'm worried that because I prefer yellow mustard to dijon I may be a conservative.In all seriousness- the right is really beyond parodying at this point, aren't they?Everyman.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-24680392916942091622009-05-07T09:11:00.000-07:002009-05-07T09:41:32.765-07:00I haven't got a brain... only straw.We have a lot of crows and jays out my way threatening our garden. Help me pick the theme for our scarecrow by voting on the options below or suggesting one of your own.I'll post pictures of the completed scarecrow once we have it up.Remember: it has to be SCARY.A. B. C. D. E. F. Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-17634634842203599902009-05-05T15:45:00.000-07:002009-05-05T16:01:37.772-07:00Our justice must be swift and merciless.Hey, Harry Reid. Bring this asshat in line as of yesterday or get the hell out of your position and let a real Democrat have your job.Question: With your departure from the Republican Party, there are no more Jewish Republicans in the Senate. Do you care about that?Specter: I sure do. There’s still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.The senate Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-31515195690328206832009-05-05T09:26:00.000-07:002009-05-05T09:44:40.507-07:00No, they're doing the work of the Lord. In a Ferrari, they can just do it faster.Dom DeLuise: Rest in peace, roly-poly bringer of joy.If there was ever a comic actor that I wanted to pinch the cheeks of it was DeLuise. He just seemed that lovable.My personal favorite DeLuise bit from Blazing Saddles:Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-63521916030708372132009-05-03T06:41:00.000-07:002009-05-03T08:11:11.171-07:00Dammit Spock I'm a doctor not a physicist!I'm going to write up a short, spoiler-free review of "Star Trek" which my oldest and I were lucky enough to see yesterday at a local critic's screening.Let's tackle the two big questions right out of the gate. Was the movie any good and was the movie true to the Trek universe that's built up over the last forty years?The answer to the first question from myself and my daughter is an empathetic "Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-656247228172665822009-05-01T07:47:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:14:22.881-07:00But, Aquaman, you cannot marry a woman without gills. You're from two different worlds... Oh, I've wasted my life.I was going to post this over at Atomic Romance but I don't think it would be appropriate to bump the somewhat somber post Swiney put up this morning. Head over there if you have a second and let him know you're thinking about him and his sick son.Just a reminder that tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day. If you have a comic shop in your neighborhood they're most likely participating. It means exactlyDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-72077292224004798512009-04-29T14:28:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:43:48.005-07:00There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."Are Southerners more likely to discriminate than Northerners?" asked a skeptical Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.Well, duh, John I don't know. From the same article...What a bunch of asshats the conservatives on the high court are. Kennedy should retire already and let Obama appoint someone rational to the court. It's been too long.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-81420314033814524022009-04-29T12:15:00.000-07:002009-04-29T15:01:48.359-07:00On the other hand...Like many progressives I've already had my share of disappointments in the Obama administration, none of them unexpected.But I also think it's easy sometimes to focus on the issue of the day and not back up and keep things in perspective. This pictorial diary at Kos had some amazing images, especially of the inauguration.But the image I personally found most interesting was this one--I asked Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-64951727019634392282009-04-27T08:27:00.000-07:002009-04-27T09:10:51.657-07:00Ooh, the Germans are mad at me. I'm so scared! Oooh, the Germans!From the "you can lead a horse to water" file: Obama vs. Bush at 100 days.While much has been made of Obama’s high levels of support in recent weeks, most new presidents still have some reserve of good will at the 100-day mark. Bush, for instance, did not score below 59 percent approval in any of our communities in early 2001. Even in our very Democratic, big-city “Industrial Metropolis” countiesDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-58777648188202329572009-04-24T05:09:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:26:20.474-07:00Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.Okay, I'll come out and say it even though it may force Randal to bitch-slap me into tomorrow: I don't like death metal very much.Even though I feel cut a pretty broad swath of musical interest, I just can't get into death metal no matter how hard I try. I'd like to believe that at it's heart this stems from the fact that I'm really not that angry of a person. I guess it comes down to different Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-88406675467047403942009-04-23T09:46:00.000-07:002009-04-24T07:54:36.521-07:00Damned your eyes, Igor!Doc Zaius tagged me with eyes meme last week. I'm going to be nice and not tag anyone else, but here are my eyes. Let it be known that those eyes are connected to a Clooneyesque visage on a perfect physique if you were wondering. Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-21816885397782535792009-04-23T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-23T07:48:17.417-07:00You're goin' down. Chainsaw.Give 'em have a taste of your boomstick, Barack.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-50995347406032157872009-04-22T07:59:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:50:36.371-07:00You can't handle the truth!The wonderful Liberality zapped me with the Honest Scrap Award which appears to be a bloggy game of truth or dare. I ain't afraid of the truth.Rules:1.You must brag about the award2.You must include the name of the blogger who bestowed the award on you and link back to the blogger3.You must choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design4.Show their names and Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-69234078470007967992009-04-21T07:48:00.000-07:002009-04-21T08:01:07.940-07:00Oh, you asked me why I saved you. I tried to carry you off, and the next day, you gave me water, and a little pity. Thank you all for the positive karma sent Mathilda's way. The vet took off the patch and gave her a subcutaneous electrolyte injection to hydrate her. The immediate effect was that she looked like a doggy version of Quasimodo until a little later when her body absord the liquid.The result was pretty amazing. Immediately upon getting home she ran around the yard and woofed down tons of dogfoodDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-67073675318225259372009-04-20T08:34:00.000-07:002009-04-20T08:51:35.025-07:00It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milkbone underwear.Usually I'm accused of "being a sick puppy" but right now I'm actually someone that "has a sick puppy." My very mellow, very sweet dog Mathilda had to have surgery to remove some stones from her bladder. All went well but she's not able to keep much down in terms of the prescription dogfood they sent home.Mrs. Wormer is taking her back to the vet anyway this morning to have her pain patch removedDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-41200055962316372772009-04-15T10:48:00.000-07:002009-04-16T05:55:50.714-07:00Don't give me that. I'm sick and tired of facts! You can twist 'em anyway you like, you know what I mean?Man, the anti-tax teabagger rally in Portland yesterday was HUGE. Check out this crowd---Oops. My bad. That's the last Obama campaign stop rally here before the election. Here are the teabaggers who were actually at Pioneer Courthouse Square... Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-70754155221103619052009-04-13T05:12:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:16:13.337-07:00Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember.Sakuracon...What can I say? I had a great time, but #1aminefan had to be dragged kicking and screaming from the Seattle Convention Center when it was time to go. She told me early on that she was "in her element." I'll say.We arrived early Friday and faced the only low-point, if you can call it that, of the trip. There seems to be something built into the nature of the these conventions where theDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-70038466891824283192009-04-09T19:49:00.000-07:002009-04-09T21:20:46.687-07:00It rains nine months a year in Seattle.I'm off to Seattle with #1animefan for Sakura-Con.I'll be the big one in the Ducks jacket not dressed like Sailor Moon. Although lord knows I have the legs to pull off a Sailor Moon costume. At least Mrs. Wormer says so.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-70228324756655053482009-04-08T07:50:00.000-07:002009-04-08T09:03:48.847-07:00Rhett, don't. I shall faint. Just because the photo makes me happy...BTW: these are the vary same troops who the right expects to join them in their threatened anti-tax, teabagger revolt against Obama and the federal government. Good luck with that.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-50998340650044459172009-04-07T09:57:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:47:17.811-07:00Kirk! Kirk, you're still alive, my old friend.As a fan of Shatner era Star Trek and someone who is excited to see the pending remake by J.J. Abrams and someone who dreams of owning a franchise of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema I have to say I'm jealous as hell at what happened last night in Austin.Fans were invited to a screening of what many consider to be the best Trek film- "Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan." They were told they would also Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-79041872425285911082009-04-03T14:14:00.000-07:002009-04-04T07:56:03.953-07:00I'm a virgin. I always have been.Woohoo, the suits are gone!They reviewed my operation, patted me on the head then went off to wherever bosses go when people aren't looking (Vegas? Heaven?) and left me one spent but very relieved manager.In hindsight there really wasn't much reason to stress out over the visit. Things are going well. We're making money for the corporation, despite the bad economy. My clients love me. It's all Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-29827048039534436532009-03-30T10:03:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:36:11.770-07:00Hey boss, did you ever see a more splendiferous crash?So much going on keeping me from reading and commenting on your blogs or blogging myself. This bums me out because reading don (I know I have a tag,) randal, liberality, fran, swiney, lisa, monkey, ubermilf, arkonbey and lockwood among all the other great blogs are one of my biggest joys right now.Work has really picked up, a bunch of corporate suits are going to fly in and check out my operationDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-90888968604012333862009-03-26T11:57:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:12:36.075-07:00Inkem binkem notamus rex, protect us all from the man with the hex Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu Mayberry wgah'nagl fhtagn.Barney is finally going to get to use his one bullet - on himself.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-61737564303558160472009-03-25T08:15:00.000-07:002009-03-25T08:25:28.828-07:00Don't worry, I got what it takes to cure him.Help me understand something if you could.Are we supposed to assume Obama is stupid because he uses a teleprompter? And why are we supposed to take accusations of stupidity seriously when they are made by people who are part of a political party that celebrates stupid (Bush, McCain, Palin, Quayle) as a matter of principle?I'm seriously at a loss here.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-77177393964606457742009-03-23T07:48:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:10:49.832-07:00You could've been a great anything, son.This weekend I had the occasion to break out a cigar. I rarely do so- maybe four times a year (if that.) Usually it's when my brother is taking a break from starring in kids shows on Nickelodeon and makes it up here to Oregon from LA.While I sat out on the deck listening to Sinatra, drinking a bottle of my homemade blackberry wine and savoring the fine hand-rolled Dominican one of my kids askedDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-89306068882683664992009-03-20T08:47:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:56:00.770-07:00(Quote to be inserted later.)Help! I can't pick the appropriate "Real Genius" quote to use as a title for this post on this laser story."Ok… they’re not actually phasers, but we are going to be seeing some seriously big honking lasers. Northrop Grumman has apparently broken one of the technological barriers to development and built a laser with more than 100 kW output which should pretty much fry anything in its sights."Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-51357834155693720702009-03-19T07:42:00.000-07:002009-03-19T08:52:27.002-07:00There's another old saying, Senator: Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.While bitching about AIG this week I was accused of being a "populist." Obviously "populist" along with "teleprompter," "post facto" and "Dodd" are the words of the week for the kiddies over at "Wingnut Street." (The most dysfunctional children's show ever conceived.)I've argued politics on the internet since Al Gore invented the damned thing, so when I tell you that there's little that can jarDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-33324917543664861852009-03-18T07:39:00.000-07:002009-03-18T08:14:17.717-07:00We are not the members of a democracy, Father. We are the members of an order.I've mentioned many times that I don't like pope Ratzinger.As a fallen catholic I've sort of decided that in most cases it doesn't matter what the catholic church does as long as they stay out of the rest of the world's business. Live and let live.But condoms and AIDS prevention in Africa are very much the world's business. The pope is once again asserting a morally indefensible position and Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-15711020297316513382009-03-17T07:49:00.000-07:002009-03-17T07:54:39.110-07:00Rabbit or hare? You're looking at Brian of Knocknasheega, king of all the Leprechauns!Happy St. Patrick's Day!I'm a bit concerned because I'm peeing green but I haven't had any green beer yet.I'll raise a pint to you anyway with my favorite Irish toast:May you die in bed at 95, shot by a jealous spouse.Cheers!DeanDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-91475383278375897572009-03-16T11:55:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:06:12.335-07:00If we were YOUR kids, we'd punish ourselves.I can't believe some some progressive blogs are getting caught up in the AIG/ Employment law question where AIG is arguing that failing to honor contracts with regards to bonuses could put them in violation of the law.It's all such bullshit. Some executive at AIG decided he wanted his bonus but realized that in this climate with millions of Americans feeling the short end of their terrible Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-48273523958110631582009-03-16T08:24:00.000-07:002009-03-16T10:20:58.288-07:00God has a plan, Gaius. He has a plan for everything, and everyone.WARNING - MAJOR GEEK STUFF TO FOLLOW!This last Friday I had the pleasure of drinking a pitcher of India Pale Ale while enjoying the next to last episode of Battlestar Galactica with 1000 other fans of the show and actress Katee Sakhoff who plays Starbuck.I'm obviously a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica. It hasn't always fired on all cylinders but it has consistently been one of the best shows Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-17665938440560996772009-03-13T08:02:00.000-07:002009-03-13T09:05:48.096-07:00Someone stop me; Oh someone please, just try and stop me!I'm not the type of liberal that'a reflexively against public funding of sports stadiums. I enjoy sports and I do think there is a public value to build cost-effective stadiums if the interests of the taxpayers are looked out for when the deal is formed.I wish we would the same sort of public support go towards the arts, schools and libraries as we see towards crafting deals to bring major leagueDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-68630931860679042992009-03-11T16:17:00.000-07:002009-03-11T16:48:14.536-07:00Boy. What a softshell I'm turning out to be.It's that time of the year- the sound of bagpipes and drunken drunken Irishmen is in the air.That also means the giant crab is up at Jake's Famous Crawfish a couple of blocks from my place of business. The crab appears during their St. Patrick's Day party. I snapped this with my camera phone yesterday...The crab goes up every year like clockwork and every year I get a chuckle out of the fact thatDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-48657119926207862812009-03-10T07:57:00.000-07:002009-03-11T08:28:55.912-07:00And you can tell Rolling Stone magazine that my last words were... I'm on drugs!Michael Jackson seems to have taken the idea of a rock star concert rider to a whole new level.Besides the 4 hair driers he's reportedly demanding 9 top doctors, 3 master chefs and a host of other ridiculous crap backstage at his upcoming London concerts that would put Van Halen to shame.It did get me thinking that coming up with a rider for my own rock band would be kind of fun. Presented for Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-60658593654710959732009-03-09T07:44:00.000-07:002009-03-09T08:55:19.267-07:00Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.Fran sums up an awful conversation she had with someone of a conservative bent over gay marriage. Lest we think that all conservatives all as much of a lost cause as that guy she posted a seperate discussion with a different conservative gentleman that went much better.Fran's tale reminded me of a story about Mrs. Wormer. One of the things I love about Mrs. Wormer are her very impressive Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-59455016997644499752009-03-06T07:46:00.000-08:002009-03-06T08:32:42.705-08:00Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keensLadybug pointed me towards this Nasa run contest to name the next ISS component. Many of us would like to see the component named "Serenity" after the ship from the wonderful Firefly tv series.If you have another name in mind, no worries. You can suggest your alternate, lesser name here.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-51951467602992891112009-03-05T13:10:00.000-08:002009-03-05T15:02:45.536-08:00We're missing something.Health care is the issue of the day and nobody sums up where the lines are drawn better than dday over at Digby's place. Here's the quote from the GOP congressman dday is referring to-REP. ZACH WAMP: Listen, health care is a privilege. […]Health care is a privilege?I subscribe to the best plan the Fortune 500 company I work for provides. My premiums are astronomical but I've always felt this Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-33478571523932171772009-03-04T10:04:00.000-08:002009-03-05T07:54:47.472-08:00Live, from New York... it's Saturday Night!I bought Mrs. Wormer the first season of Saturday Night Live (75-76') for her birthday and we've been slowly working through watching the discs. A few impressions-- The show was nowhere near as funny as I remember it.The show was very music-centric, with multiple musical guests and musical sets taking up about half the show.The show was very focused on the guests. When George Carlin hosted the Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-89784326070686849642009-03-03T10:32:00.000-08:002009-03-03T10:41:25.804-08:00This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: fearless and inventive.Just saying. (I haven't done a Rush post in a while. As a warning- Jabba quotes always equal Rush.)Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-84660750227988949882009-03-02T07:34:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:39:43.780-08:00A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me."Ah, the joys of family.During a birthday dinner for Mrs. Wormer last night my new brother-in-law interrupted a fun discussion about donkey basketball of all things to share the following joke:"You know what they say. You can lead a liberal to water but you can't make them think."Under the table Mrs. Wormer immediately grabbed my knee in a death grip. No arguments with the family. Across the tableDean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-62753560188281072392009-02-25T10:24:00.001-08:002009-02-25T10:40:30.798-08:00The 'Wizard of Wall Street' strikes again!If I have to read another variation of the "Obama's tax cuts will only save me $14 bucks a week, big deal" meme I'm going to do that magic trick Heath Ledger uses in the "Dark Knight" on myself. Seriously. I have the pencil ready on my desk and everything.Who the hell thinks $14 dollars a week won't help them out? Is everybody as rich as Paris Hilton? Or just conservatives?I make a pretty good Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-85457574254109940812009-02-25T08:36:00.000-08:002009-02-25T11:38:10.248-08:00Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!I watched the speech last night and came away convinced more than ever that we made the right choice in November.Besides Obama's great ability to communicate complex economic issues in easily understandable terms, I got a kick out of how much of his speech was composed of subtle and not-so-subtle attacks on the opposition. He put Republicans in the position of having to choose to cheer against Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-75978931841965332382009-02-24T07:40:00.000-08:002009-02-24T08:50:01.995-08:00I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpanzee. No, you'll never make a monkey out of me!This is a bit of an enigma.On Facebook I recently found somebody named "Doc Zaius" who looks suspiciously like our own Doctor Zaius of blogger infamy. When I asked our Zaius about this denied the Doc Zaius of Facebook was in fact him.Does Zaius have a psycho imposter who is aping him on Facebook?(Facebook's "Doc Zaius.)("Our" Doctor Zaius.)You would have to admit the resemblance is uncanny.But Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-5413311507327222242009-02-21T20:08:00.000-08:002009-02-22T05:08:20.118-08:00I think you're right. I will have a drink.During an evening of real joy (and some drinking) in our house last night I sat down and wrote the following post. I was planning on posting the recipe for the drink I'd assembled, which is why I took the pictures. I just wasn't planning on doing it while still under the influence of that drink. Rather than clean it up I thought I'd share it in it's raw form.______________________________________Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-9615388850364019272009-02-20T07:53:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:29:48.873-08:00'Mr. Hand, will I pass this class?' Gee, Mr. Spicoli, I don't know!If you could make a single book, film, or album required material to graduate from high school, what would it be?Isn't that a tough question? I'm going to make it a little easier and limit it to one from each category.Book: "The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition."Film: "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain"Album: Monterey International Pop Festival Live, 1967.How about you guys?Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.com11