The Severed Cortex

Good riddance to the leader of the biggest waste of government resources. You sir, were a pompous ass. more »

Robert's mom's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. We have a bunch of outdoor furniture that needs to be moved to the storage area outside of town. Normally those two statements together would have no tie-in at all, but I devised a plan to put… more »

Weird. I never knew that Randy Rhodes played with DuBrow and Quiet Riot first. You'd think that'd be some obscure fact that I would know, seeing as how I totally love Ozzy. Especially since Randy Rhodes played with Rudy Sarzo and Rudy played in QR. (… more »

Seattle punk band that seems destined to be the next big thing. more »

... and then Ole Miss fires their coach. I love to see Ole Miss suffer, but this seems awfully unfair. The guy was only given 3 years which isn't enough time to get his own guys positioned as juniors and seniors. Giving up a 14 point lead in the fourt… more »

I like to pretend I'm a real music critic. I don't pretend for a moment that I know anything about film, except of course that Porky's Revenge may very well be the best movie ever made. I did want to point out Air Guitar Nation though. My good friend… more »

Honestly. This was forwarded to us from our facilities management. I find it hard to believe that someone thought propane or gasoline in their cubicle might be a good idea. I'm thinking that pyrophoric material wasn't on the list until Great White scr… more »

As usual, I'm several weeks behind. Just before Halloween we picked Robert up so we could carve pumpkins. We wanted to do this last year with him, but he had already carved one with his sister so we missed out on it. Fortunately this year he hadn't be… more »

Oh well. It was nice to think 8 - 4. Even if State winds up 6 - 6, I'm pretty happy with the entire season, but losing two straight, one of those being Ole Miss, would have a certain amount of sting to it. I prefer the 7 - 5 thing and a really low end… more »

I've said it 100 times before. I'll take a bad team every year as long as he's cranking quality guys out of the program. Sylvester Croom is taking a page out of Bear Bryant's play book by targeting character ahead of athletic ability. So far it appear… more »

I bought Nancy a ring made by this guy when we were in Taos. We got a flyer in the mail that he had updated his web site. Not much more than was there before if you ask me, but you can at least buy some of his stuff online now. I really like his work… more »

God, I hope this story has some legs. It seems like if she had something she would have gone to them first to say 'Pay, or I spill the beans'. Apparently she has nothing or they screwed up and thought she was bluffing. more »

When I think venereal disease I always think of this important info. more »

The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land This was actually released over a year ago and while I knew of it's existence at the time I was wholly unmoved to buy it. And then a couple months ago I thought I needed to go back and review something that wasn't… more »

Casual Day is a uniquely new(er) experience in the workplace. I don't know who said you had to dress up to go to work, but clearly those days are starting to wane. At our work, coupons are sold as promotions to raise money, given away for holidays, or… more »

He'd have to be considered up there in the list of all time great American writers. I'm not saying anywhere as good as Vonnegut, but up there pretty close. I slogged through Harlot's Ghost several years ago and it's the only thing of his I've read. Pr… more »

Is it possible that Mississippi State could finish the regular season 8 - 4? That would be beyond any Mississippi State fan's wildest dreams, but that record in the SEC is an outstanding accomplishment from a team not expected to win more than three gam… more »

Man, these are not only funny, they're spot on true. more »

Unlike Floyd Irions, who is unquestionably a good coach, Bob Shannon is all that plus class. more »

Nancy and I spent a very contemplative weekend at the Seth Peterson cottage near Mirror Lake State Park. I spent a fair amount of time fishing off the bank and not catching anything, which was perfectly fine. more »

This will be nice if it ever gets done. It will alleviate some of the heavy traffic around here, especially when the mega church lets out on Sunday and every school day. The school traffic will get worse with the new elementary school, but I'm OK with… more »

It's pretty hard to take a pic of a glowing pumpkin in the dark unless you have a tripod to keep the camera still. Nancy did a pretty good job of it though. more »