Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 4 months ago.
I’ve been out of town for a few days.
Apparently, Springfield’s very own tabloid (and by “tabloid” I mean a periodical that is essentially nothing more than a gossip magazine that never lets the facts get in the way of an article),...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
That could easily be considered a pretty good tip. It’s short and sweet, it’s sound advice, and it’s common sense.
It could also be considered a pretty shitty tip, if you’re a waiter or waitress. I have left that as a tip before. ...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
I desperately need to start renting movies.
I just can’t bring myself to go to a movie in the theaters. Paying $10 a ticket is idiotic, IMHO. Plus, it would wind up costing me way more, due to the bail money necessary when I get arrested for punch...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
Several blogs, both from around Springfield and elsewhere, that I fairly routinely read {and scavenge for post ideas like the carp of the blog world that I am} have had posts in the past in which they have “adopted” an actor and/or actress. I...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
Yeah, I don’t like eBay either, okay Sue me.
Seems a couple of sisters from Chicago found a corn flake in their cereal bowl that approximately resembles a likeness of the state of Illinois and decided to sell it on eBay, the big internet ripoff au...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
One of the finest yearly sports events is again upon us: the NCAA basketball tournament.
For anyone that likes watching basketball (or at least college basketball), mid-March through roughly April Fool’s Day is the season. There is the time-honore...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
So I posted something the other day bashing Wal-Mart. Some people agreed with me, some didn’t. Actually, MOST did, one didn’t. Not that I’m keeping track. And then there was a response, in the form of a post on a different blog, in w...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
There’s an article in today’s SJ-R about the grand opening of a new Wal-Mart “super store” in Jacksonville.
How is this news Is it THAT slow a news day in Central Illinois that our paper has to waste space on opening a store, esp...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
I mentioned a few days ago about “beer snobs” and “coffee snobs”, and proceeded to catch all sorts of shit from a self-proclaimed “beer geek“. Some people can’t take a joke.
But I neglected to mention the “...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
Yesterday was such a beautiful day in Springpatch. Some reports say we passed 70 degrees. That’s insane for early March. Not impossible (obviously), but pretty rare.
And now, today, we get bitch-slapped back to reality by temperatures in the mid-...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 5 months ago.
Today is Leap Day.
Every four years, we add an extra day to the calendar. Has to do with… aw, hell, I don’t have the first clue why we do it, we just do. (NOTE: after a quick glance at the place to go for questionably accurate information on...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
On this blog, I have taken shots at Scientology, Hillary Clinton, Britney Spears, Barry Bonds, “integrity” in sports in general, and Amy Winehouse, just to name a few. My last post was about snobs- beer snobs, coffee snobs, car snobs- and it ...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
Today’s bitchfest is about snobs.
Not necessarily snobs in the “normal” sense of the word, like the rich girl in high school that thought WAY too much of herself and the Audi that Daddy bought her on her Sweet 16. There were quite a few...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
…but I’m back.
My ISP has changed from Insight to Comcast, which means I have to change my freakin’ connection information, send emails to everyone I know with my new address (once they finally decide they’re actually going to chan...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
Today is the 54th birthday of John Travolta, ac-TOR.
Best known (depending on one’s age) for his breakout TV role of Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter, the movie role that made him a mega-star, Tony Manero in “Saturday Night Fever“...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I was all set to post this yesterday, on Valentine’s Day, but my “conscience” got the better of me. (I know, it sounded funny to me, too.) Anyway, I decided not to put a little raincloud on everyone’s “...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
Holy crap. 10,000 hits and counting. Who’d have thunk. Certainly not me.
Thanks to my regular reader(s), to the people that check in on occasion, and even to the people that come here by accident.
You guys rock!!!
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
Okay, so in a recent post (see below), I was ripping on Amy Crackhouse Winehouse specifically, but in general, on the fact that about 98.792% of music nowadays really sucks, IMHO.
Well, I decided I’d sing the praises (pardon the pun) of a young woma...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
Happy Birthday to our 16th President (and the sole reason why anybody not from Illinois has heard of any town in this state that isn’t named Chicago), Abraham Lincoln.
If he were still alive, he’d be 199 today. (I know, but you get the idea.)...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 6 months ago.
Apparently the Grammy awards were handed out last night. Did anyone know Did anyone care
From what I read in the SJ-R this morning, this Amy Winehouse chick, pictured at left, won 5 out of the 6 Grammys (or is it “Grammies”!) she was up f...
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