Category Archives: Television

Winston Churchill, Catch Football, And Wanton Parental Contradiction

  I hate to sound like one of those cantankerous mid-40’s white dudes who spends all his time bitching about how much better the world was when he was a kid but my wife says it’s one of my strong suits, so I’m just going to go with it. The focus of today’s mid-life bitchery has to …

November 14, 2012 – 6:19 pm | By mike | Posted in Kids, Life Lessons, Man-Dom, Marriage, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting, Sports, Television | Comments (0)

3 Football-Isms That MUST Go Away

  Like a lot of red blooded American boys, I spent a decent amount of time watching football this weekend. I don’t want to come across as overly critical here, but am I the only one who’s noticed that most Football Announcers seem to recycle the same few catch phrases over and over again without …

November 6, 2011 – 2:49 pm | By mike | Posted in Pop Culture, Sports, Television | Comments (3)

What should we call the band?

I know it’s really crossed the line into the mundane but I started thinking about band names this morning. I would think that for as challenging as it must be to PUT a band together, and keep it together for any length of time, it must be equally as challenging to come with a cool …

March 22, 2011 – 2:12 pm | By mike | Posted in Music, Television | Comments (2)

Better Living Through Technology

So, I double checked my calendar this morning.  We’re nearly 1/3rd of the way through the year 2011.  More than a full decade into the 21st Century now and I gotta level with you.  I’m starting to feel like I was gypped.  Like I was sold a bill of goods when I was a kid …

March 8, 2011 – 9:58 am | By mike | Posted in Mid-Life Crisis, Pop Culture, Technology, Television | Comments (0)