Are We Making A $700 Billion Mistake? (Pt. 1)

       I don’t know about you, but I’m worried sick. This financial market meltdown is giving me the willies, and now I think I see the devious greedy paws of chimps on the taxpayer’s checkbook.      Get a load of this: while Bernanke and Paulson are begging politicians for a big fat Wall … Read more

Monkeys Are Making Monkeys Of Us

       They think they’re so smart, and maybe they are, but monkeys are often discovered posing as authority figures endangering life as we know it here on this planet many of us call “home.”      Imagine being wheeled into the operating room and your last vision before drifting off to slumberville is a monkey … Read more

9 Reasons To Never Invite A Monkey To Dinner

  1.  Monkeys smell like monkeys. 2   Monkeys rarely put napkins in their laps and never know the proper fork to use. 3.  Monkeys are picky eaters (especially when it comes to noodle casseroles). 4.  Ask a monkey to pass you something, nine times out of ten he’ll fling it at your head. 5. … Read more

The Ugly Horror of Fatz

     As roadside attractions go, it’s hard to top the Gaffney Peach, conveniently located by Interstate-85 in Gaffney, South Carolina. Constructed in 1981, it’s a million dollar water storage tank that’s shaped like… get this… a PEACH!    It’s a wondrous sight when one is zipping along trying to avoid the long radar arm … Read more

Kids Out of Their Cuckoo Nut Brains!

  Youngsters these days show no respect for their elders. In my day we knew that those older than us had a little something called ‘wisdom’ and that was the cheese worth hearing, so we’d happily sit at the feet of knowledge, sniff its dirty socks and soak it in. But seems kids these days … Read more

There’s Gold in Them Thar Fake Ads

  What’s wrong with advertising these days? Advertising people. You grab a chair, I’ll grab a soapbox, let’s bitch this thing out. I recently met with an art director with about eight years experience tugging down a small fortune in salary. He took me through his book of nicely laminated ads and while he had … Read more