When I first started out on America Online several moons ago (my advanced model abacus does not have enough fingers and toes to calculate the exact period of time passed) it seemed that despite often changing virus detection programs as fast as I changed shirts that a new nasty virus would find its way into [...]
Archive for November, 2007
A Low-Tech Redneck – Living in a Hi-Tech Crime World
Posted in Fleecing the Sheep, Good Samaritans, Life, Scoundrels, tagged Culture on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Russian Holiday Spirit: Sleigh Bells Ring, Protestors Beaten
Posted in Current Events, Life, News, Politics, Scalawags, Scoundrels, tagged elections, love, romance, Russia on November 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Every since GW’s former squeeze, Vladimir Putin, dumped him, Putin has been working on a little ménage-a-trios magic with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and Iranian Prez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Putin, who is facing the problem of Russian political term limits that are about to squash his dreams of dynasty, has evidently decided to prove to his [...]
Less Ordinary Christmas Gifts
Posted in humor, Life, Politics, Scalawags, Scoundrels, unusual, tagged Christmas, Culture, family on November 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Well today is Black Friday the most magical occasion of consumerism of the year! I am sure that many of you, like me, will be out on early expeditions trying to capture some advertised limited-quantity tantalizing treasure. And since today is the first official day of Christmas Shopping [...]
Return to That Most Joyous Day of the Year
Posted in Fleecing the Sheep, humor, Life, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Black Friday, Christmas, Culture, personal, shopping, Thanksgiving, thoughts on November 21, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Yes, Thanksgiving is upon us. Another year is rushing towards it’s demise. Christmas is looming and for those of us still procrastinating on buying those special someones those special gifts (Do gas stations offer gift certificates?) the time left to shop is about to become limited and congested. And as you eagerly anticipate receiving the [...]
You Know You Aren’t Young Anymore!
Posted in Entertainment, humor, Life, tagged Culture, personal on November 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I stumbled across a humorous list sent to me by someone several years back. It has been long enough that It was dated back about ten years ago but I do not remember who sent it to me. I had forgotten about the list until I uncovered it last night. For some strange reason it [...]
Hillary vs. Obama. Secrets – Does she or Doesn’t she?
Posted in Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged 2008, Clinton, Democrats, elections, Obama on November 18, 2007 | 11 Comments »
The big story running around the campaign trail is the Clinton camp leaked rumor article about Obama written by Robert Novak. The story said Clinton staffers claimed Hillary was sitting on damning information about Obama. The story has rightfully ruffled the feathers of the Obama camp. Does she or doesn’t she have information? The Clinton [...]
The Sarah Conner Chronicles – The Next Terminator Production
Posted in Entertainment, News, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Culture, sci-fi, television on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It seems Fox TV and Warner Bros. will be trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Terminator Movie Series. This January they are finally releasing “The Sarah Conner Chronicles” based on the popular movies. The television show is to take place following the second Terminator movie and revolve around the theme of Sarah and [...]
OMG – Australia to Censor Santa Claus?
Posted in Current Events, humor, Life, News, Politics, Wheres the Beef! on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
According to an article on Yahoo! News, Santa Claus faces censorship in Sydney, Australia. OMG, has Santa said some naughty words in public? Say it ain’t so Joe! But yup, evidently Santa has taken it up on himself to speak inappropriately in front of children! According to the story, a spokesman for Westaff Recruitment has [...]
theScoundrel is Classified –> Juvenile
Posted in Fleecing the Sheep, humor, unusual on November 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Welcome to theScoundrels descent to juvenile levels. This blog has been rated junior high levels for readability! Woo Hoo! Sulz had the following link over on her blog it was fun so I am posting it here on mine. Rate your blog for readability.
Television Shows Executed Prematurely
Posted in Entertainment, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Culture, hollywood, personal, television on November 13, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I was zipping (well with the current optical strike – it was more like plodding) around the Internet the other night and came across a link to a Maxim article concerning TV shows they would like to see get a second life. So I gave it a thought and decided to compile a list of [...]