We Know A Bad Sign When We See One

We have a tall, scraggly tree in our front yard (we think it’s a black locust) that is hardly the most beautiful tree in the neighborhood, but which we love regardless. It’s kind of the only plant life that was growing in our front yard when we bought the house, and is one of Pookie’s [...]

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What The Devils Are Up To Instead Of Playing In The SCF

While some teams are getting all excited to be playing in the Stanley Cup Final, our stupid team is doing no such thing. Instead, they’re hanging around the American Museum of Natural History. Ugh. Brian Rolston. He’s not a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a good sense. He’s a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the “old, dried up stack [...]

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Happy Waxy Monkey Frog Birthday, Schnookie!

It’s another Memorial Day weekend, and that means it’s another birthday for Schnookie. WOO HOO! We’re off for a day of fun at the Museum of Natural History, where we hope all the butterflies and lizards and snakes and dinosaurs will be as festive as this waxy monkey frog is. Sure, it’s not a national [...]

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The Devils’ Gym

So today we watched an episode of “Walker, Texas (New York) Ranger” called Devil’s Turf. In it, an evil bodybuilder/trainer dude, proprietor of the titular Devil’s Gym, introduces a group of high school football players to their one-way ticket to Div I scholarships — “powerball”: a combination of steroids and speed. This prompted this exchange: [...]

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Wherein Walker, Texas Ranger Solves The Mystery Of The Coach-Killing Devils, With Some Help From Husky The Muskie

The scene opens with Jimmy Trivette, Walker’s partner, playing football with some high schoolers, while Walker and the outrageously annoying reporter lady stand on the sidelines. The reporter lady, who helped Walker uncover a UFO mystery in a previous episode, is a very unwelcome addition here. The sideline conversation is expositing several things: 1. Texans [...]

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ECF Game 2 — Open Thread

Hey! There’s hockey again tonight! And we’re watching it! Craziness!

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ECF Finals Game 1 Open Thread

To paraphrase Flyers announcer J.J., we can’t believe we’re saying this, but join us for an open thread for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Habs (?!) and the Flyers (?!?!?!?).

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