http://brecksong.com Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:22:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here’s the concept: Put a model airplane motor on roller skates and wear them to Wal-Mart. Rising costs and lowering expectations are dating, and it could end in a marriage of inconvenience. The no-car vehicle is on the horizon. Squatty little lumps of metal, vinyl, and ... http://brecksong.com/archives/101 Okay, I'll admit that tapping the funny bone these days is tougher than practicing chiropractic on an alligator farm. In fact, the gaping wounds of Wall Street have all but silenced the silly. Refusing surrender to the somber, I grabbed my boogie board and dove into the surf of the ... http://brecksong.com/archives/100 "Pale in comparison" is an idiom, like, "if you put a Volkswagen by a Hummer the 'bug' will take less gas to drive to Denver." While that has nothing to do with politics, Sarah Palin has everything to do with it. No, this isn't a paid political announcement, it's just ... http://brecksong.com/archives/99 Finally, a VP has been chosen by one of the presidential hopefuls. Soon, we'll go through the agony of another sleepless night with our cell phones in hand waiting on a text message from the other candidate. The senator-once-removed from Illinois has hitched his political wagon to a star from ... http://brecksong.com/archives/98 The Internet is a Wal-Mart of widely known facts. But when it comes to the Olympics there was obviously a clean-up on aisle three. In looking for the gold I almost missed it in the honey. It seems that gymnasts use Winnie the Pooh’s favorite as ... http://brecksong.com/archives/97 Some say it’s the depth of the pool. Others say it’s the fit of the Speedo. But most would say these Olympics are a swimming success. World records are dropping like stock options in a Hummer factory. The swim is in! Pity those who didn’t make it ... http://brecksong.com/archives/96 Who knew that by the time all the serenity prayers had been memorized someone would opt for a hug?  Singapore was recently invaded by a serial hugger.  Known as "Amma" because not everyone has time to say her given name, "Mata Amritanandamyi," the queen of cuddle from southern India supposedly ... http://brecksong.com/archives/95 There’s been a baby boom in Hollywood.  Have you noticed?  Husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends—and so forths—have welcomed new arrivals.  For some, moral traditions are obviously as important as goggles on a stork.  And even the legits have posed and profited (or profited and ... http://brecksong.com/archives/94 Imagine my surprise when I opened the carton of baby back ribs at Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q.  They were ribs, all right.  Baby ones . . . looked like they had been harvested from a frog with an organ donor card that lost a fistfight with a Mack truck.  Portion size ... http://brecksong.com/archives/85 News reports say NASA scientist had a celebration this week.  Their Mars Lander stirred up some dust.  Dust-stirring is a science for most government agencies, but seldom is there an extra-terrestrial dusting.  I’ll admit the whole Mars thing is a bit astronomical for someone like me.  I’ve always viewed the ... http://brecksong.com/archives/83