The Severed Cortex

Awful. Absolutely awful. For a team coming off a solid year and a bowl bid, they open against much inferior competition and play like broke dick dogs instead of well, I guess Bulldogs. I shouldn't say much inferior. Derek Dooley comes from very stron… more »

I just learned that one of the most influential people in my life died this morning. I will write more about the man Al Hicks and what he meant to me, but right now it is too fresh in my mind and he deserves more than just a bunch of ramblings. Many of… more »

Well, maybe not this year. The Cubs, unfortunately, look unstoppable in the National League. I still like the idea of them getting to the World Series only to lose. I wouldn't mind a nice 3 and out in the divisional series either. Really anything tha… more »

Thanks to John Esser for the link. John reminded me that although I may be a towboater at heart, I still need to get my TPS reports done. more »

I actually got to drive my new car today. I've driven it a couple of times but as was expected, I've driven it little. Since moving to the metro east, Nancy usually meets her friends for breakfast down in the city somewhere. Normally I cook myself a c… more »

Major League Baseball has been around for more than 125 years and it always seems like something new happens every year. This is one of the reasons I like baseball as much as I do. I'm not sure if this is actually something new, but it does seem somewh… more »

I wish. I saw the Pixies in late 2004 (holy crap was it that long ago) and it was quite evident from seeing that show that as a band they won't be getting back together seriously any time soon. Joey, Frank, and David stayed on one side of the stage. K… more »

Someone should put some Vegas odds on the over/under for murders in North City. It seems like there is at least one every day and they all happen near Fairgrounds Park. more »

For your inner alien. For those that remember, MST 3000 the movie cracks on This Island Earth, an appropriately horrible science fiction B movie. more »

OK, so I lied. There is no prize. Try to click the ball though. It's both entertaining and annoying. more »

For two days now my vertigo has been mild. It hasn't gone away completely, and it may just be that I'm becoming acclimated to it, but it certainly appears to have diminished significantly. I hate the thought of antibiotics. To me they may fix a short… more »

The only thing this ass did was arbitrarily enforce a set of rules made up by man, doing so in the name of God as if God had personally given him the secret to the universe. He missed the whole point of charity and Christian stewardship. From the way h… more »

As usual, I'm about a month behind in Robert updates. Combine Derby You probably read those two words together and you're not sure what to think. Combine. NFL Combine? Combine two or more things together? And what about derby? Hat, race, town in… more »

Today, this blog category is literally about my brain. I was supposed to follow up with my doctor after four weeks, but after a couple of days of no relief from the vertigo we scheduled another appointment. Technically it had only been a week since I'v… more »

As if my buddy John (and other pilots I have known over the years) didn't have enough to worry about with currents, and sets, and wind, and high water, and assholes who shine their spotlight right in your eye, and stupid deckhands who couldn't tell the d… more »

So this is the SOB that's ruined curbside check in for me. I've wondered for three solid years and now I know. Let me tell you sir, you have made traveling by air extremely difficult for me and for that I believe you owe me an apology. I'm not buying… more »

Oh, Jason Varitek Why must thou sucketh so bad Your batting prowess hath erodeth to the level Where ordinary men sayeth Shit the fucking bed. I can hit better than that. With great reverence Young Theo lovest thou And one Terry cherith thoues… more »

Sometimes I think I'd rather not know. We eat at a couple of these places since we're just across the creek from lovely St. Chuck County. Let's just say I see a lot less Buffalo Wild Wings and Bellacino's and a lot more Ameristar and McAlister's in my… more »

On Wednesday afternoon I suddenly started getting dizzy. By the time I headed home, I was so dizzy I had no business driving. I drove anyway, and somehow managed to make it home albeit at times I realized I had no idea where I was. For some reason I t… more »

This is going to be a massive post. I was turned on to this book by one of my coworkers (Jason) who knows as much, if not more, about bands that you've never heard of than I do. Seems impossible doesn't it? I was a little bit skeptical about startin… more »

Aw man. I liked Skip Carey. He just had one of those unique voices like Vin Scully or Marty Brenneman or Ken 'Hawk' Harrelson. When I was a kid and cable was this fancy new thing with titty movies on HBO during the day, (three cheers for Emmanuelle),… more »

I'm fascinated with this story and while it seems interesting that he might be the anthrax killer, you can certainly argue that he killed himself for reasons other than the anthrax investigation. more »

The Mississippi River crested at almost 20 feet over flood stage. I was tied off to a tree above Lock 20 and had been for days. And by this time I had seen just about everything you can think of: dead livestock, propane tanks, remnants of boat docks, a… more »