Monthly Archives: July 2008

Behold, The Beercast

A Week’s Worth, originally uploaded by Jan Tonnesen. Six men. Two beers. On a weeknight in July, they all met at a picnic table on the patio of the almighty Highlander. In this second episode of the sure-to-be award-winning Sub-Optimal Beercast, Tony (The King of Beers), James, Garrett, Seth, Rusty and my humble self discuss

Out In The West Texas Town

Grift’s post about Max Blumenthal’s culturally tone-deaf and presumptive idiocy inspired me to write a much too long comment about Toby Keith. That much too long comment then reminded me of Marty Robbins and the awesome power of his signature song. I have to say, it is always good when your train of thought can

Eight Long Seconds

Eight seconds can be a very long time. For a rodeo champion, it can seem like an eternity. For John McCain, it might as well be forever. The question asked and the answer given have been discussed so much already, but that delay just kills me. And the eye-roll! Dear God, the eye-roll!

Continued Rebuilding

An update of sorts. Number One. I have my original .com domain back.  Turns out there is a grace period and I was still in it.  I’m still more than a little annoyed that my registrar saw fit to allow a squatter to keep my site warm during my brief expiration period, but it is

Just Like Starting Over

… but not quite. I have made a tactical error, basically. Here’s what happened … When I registered grabbingsand.com so long ago, I was hosted by a friendly little company called LogJamming. It was run by two guys, just a pair of geeks who had the bandwidth. They established themselves by hosting Wil Wheaton’s blog,

A Very Rare Child Indeed

I’m known for my peculiar taste in music, for my tendency to go for the old soul or rock and roll when seeking out new music. When I can’t find something contemporary to satisfy me, I’ll go back in time, reaching for the late 60s and early 70s and clawing around until I find gems

Ignorance About Slavery

As someone who volunteers about 400 hours of his life per year to a cause he holds dearly, allow me to say that Jonah Goldberg is a complete and utter idiot. It’s one thing to be a pundit, even to be a pundit for the sake of punditry, but quite another to be willfully ignorant

If I Wrote Fan-Fiction, This Is What I Would Write

I could never write fan-fiction about a single television series or one particular book. Where’s the fun in that? No, I’d have to write nothing but cross-overs. So if I had the time and inclination, I’d write something like this: Quantum Leap / Enterprise This one writes itself, doesn’t it? The final episode of Enterprise