I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but summer is over, the leaves have changed, the Halloween candy has been consumed and it’s time to start thinking about the winter holidays…and SNOW! According to the National Weather Service, the average date of the first measurable snowfall in Indianapolis is November 19th and the […]
Jeff Stanger
The Divorce Registry- An Idea Whose Time Has Come
I was in a department store today with a couple of friends. I’ve always sort of viewed the department store as a flyover venue, sort of like New Yorkers view the Midwest. For me, it was that place you walked through on your way to the other place —the place with the electronics, or the […]
Deep Fried Citizens!
If you like your events dipped in batter and fried to a golden brown, the State Fair is almost here! The event’s organizers are calling this the Year of Soybeans. I wonder if they will try to deep fry them. Let’s face it, that wouldn’t be the most ridiculous deep fried thing sold there. We […]
Stay Classy, Connersville!
Connersville, Indiana made national news this week. And not for a good reason either. It seems they have their own version of water polo and it’s illegal. According to a WISH-TV report, a couple was charged for public indecency for having sex in a public pool. During the day. With LOTS of people around! Now, […]
You Can’t Beat A Dead Horse…
… but you can shoot a dead Camaro. Well, except in Arizona, where they frown on that sort of thing. It seems that Lauriano Lawrence Lovato, frustrated by the alliteration of his name and the fact that his car wouldn’t start, shot his car. Twice. Both shots went through the windshield and hit the dashboard.
French Toast
B-sides, outtakes and unreleased material. Sometimes stuff doesn’t make it into an movie or an album. The same thing happens with blogs for whatever reason. I was piddling around tonight and discovered some material that was started and never made it into a blog post. This particular one was from a series I was doing […]
Tweetup Tales (Part 1)
One day, an enterprising young man decided to host a tweetup. He walked proudly into his kitchen and announced to his wife, “I’m going to host a tweetup!” “What’s a tweetup?” asked his wife. “It’s a social event, where people mix and mingle and tweet for hours. And, they share a hashtag,” he answered. “Umm, […]
The “Viva La Mexico” Tweetup #1
After having such a great time at The Chocolate Tweetup, we decided to start planning for round 2. The time has finally come…. On Thursday, June 16th, Burd Ford will be hosting The Viva La Mexico Tweetup! This is a theme like never before. We are giving you the freedom to exercise your imagination and bring ANY food or […]
Plank You Very Much
When I was in college (for nearly a decade), being photographed face down in public usually was associated with some sort of consumption. Leave it to Taiwanese college girls to turn it into some sort of artistic “cause” driven activity! Is nothing beyond the reach of political correctness? Anyway, “planking” as it is known in […]
Trojans, Titles, and Artichokes
Nature (and apparently college football) abhors a vaccum. And a vaccum is exactly what the BCS Committee created yesterday when they vacated USC’s 2004 Championship. However, being the civic minded person that I am, I’ve declared a new BCS Champion for 2004. Somebody beat Oklahoma, right? It all started nearly a decade ago when the USC Trojans […]