A Relation of Colonel Sanders, Kevin Bacon has Nothing on Lonnie, and Short Skirts vs. the Farm.

By:

The Dude on the Right

Yes, I admit, it’s been a while since my last blog.  It is, for me, that
time of year when the holidays seem to get in the way of consistency, but from
tonight until the Christmas/New Year’s time frame, I’ve got a couple of weeks of
trying to get back to normalcy, only to have it thrown out the window for a
couple of weeks at the end of December, and then comes January, the "New Year,"
when we are supposed to start again, come up with new goals, and screw them up
within about a week.

Such is life, except my last week.

My last week of not
getting things posted was about seeing friends, and isn’t that what the Holiday
Season is about?  Now, because it is a Sunday evening after a long, weekend
reunionish thing, I’m just trying to get back into the swing of things, and I
will list a bunch of topics that I may not revisit, which seems to bug the crap
out of my sister, who still wants me to explain the resolution of
my
mom’s issues in buying a new microwave
.  So, here we go, with some
topics from this past weekend which will probably fall by the wayside.  If
you would really like an explanation, use the comment link at the end of this
blog, and maybe those might get to a higher priority of explanation.  So
here’s some things from my last week:

–  I met someone who might be the
great or just grandson of Colonel Sanders in an elevator.  He was wearing a
nice skull-cap and had a very cute dudette with him (I hope this doesn’t get him
in trouble if it wasn’t him, or if it was him, and his normal dudette wasn’t
with him in Chicago last weekend, well, hell, I don’t know, like I said, it
might be the great or just grandson of Colonel Sanders, or just some dude with a
skull-cap with a very cute dudette).  She was skittish about being in an
elevator, and he liked to joke around by faking jumping up and down in said
elevator.  As do a lot of my other friends.  But not me.  We all
survived the elevator ride.

–  The reason I might have met the great or
just grandson of Colonel Sanders is because of dude named Lonnie, who seems to
know about everyone, or has one of the smallest degrees of separation I have
ever encountered.  Kevin Bacon might have six degrees of separation, but
Lonnie seems to have about two or three.  And that now includes some rugby
team members.

–  Tequilya:  Is that a good or bad way to start a
weekend of being with friends?  And Karen, or maybe it was Caron, or maybe
it was Carin.  All I know is she had a fantastic smile and nice boobs.

– 
Farmers vs. Dudettes in Short Skirts:  Who is sticky-shocked?

–  A
friend of ours got married, and no one seemed to know it.  It was a small
ceremony, only family, so should your life-long friends, or just people you now
just seem to know, feel slighted that they weren’t invited to the ceremony? 
I say, "No," but someone else I know says they should have been invited.  I
just hope my pledge-bro is happy, and like the heathen I am, I wouldn’t have
made the ceremony anyways.

–  Should smoking be banned from bars and
restaurants, or should you at least voice your objection to people you know whom
you wish wouldn’t smoke?

–  If you were in a bar, and really, really,
really, really, wanted to hear a song, would you drop three bucks into a virtual
jukebox to get it to the head of the line. (I have my answer.)

For those of
you out there in internet land, if it were up to me I’d like to explain the
entire Colonel Sanders story, but if you you really want to know about "Farmers
vs. Dudettes in Short Skirts," that story is great, too.  At least if I
ever get to it.

In the end, I had a great time this "Holiday Weekend" with
friends.  I hope you do/did, too.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

What’s New? Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up Podcast: Capon Talk, The Dude’s a Bad Uncle, and Stu Saw a Parade.

For this podcast it is a Thanksgiving Weekend Wrap-Up. Stu Gotz went shopping and saw a parade, while The Dude on the Right explains why he is a bad Uncle and eating capon vs. turkey. They also talk about the Tenacious D movie, “The Pick of Destiny,” and The Dude wants to go back to the simpler days of Christmas decorations.

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up: Capon Talk, The Dude’s a Bad Uncle, and Stu Saw a Parade.

By:

The Dude on the Right

Back from our respective Thanksgiving weekends, Stu Gotz and I had stories to
tell, especially me since Stu’s homework assignment for me during our last
podcast was to have a funny story about my holiday.  Stu’s weekend seemed
sort of tame, catching the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade with his family, and
his shopping on Black Friday, able to hit Toys "R" Us (which had a decent line),
Office Max (which had no line), and Target (which had women stealing from
carts).  Me, I regaled Stu with my story about the Thanksgiving capon, and
how I’m a bad uncle for taking my 15 year old niece to see "Borat.
I also hate building my Christmas display, and Stu looks for my analysis on the
latest Chicago Bears’ game.  And there is so much more!

Thanks for
listening.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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Holiday Priorities: Christmas Displays, Website Postings, or Porn and the Computer Industry.

By:

The Dude on the Right

I seem to have painted myself into a dilemma corner of prioritizing.  It’s
early Saturday evening and I’ve recently gotten back from visiting the old
country and an interesting Capon Day holiday.  I would say Turkey Day, but
instead of turkey for Thanksgiving, Mom decided to revert to the old days when
we always had a capon for Thanksgiving instead of turkey.  Back in those
days turkeys tended to come out very dry, or at least I think I remember that is
what Mom told us, so we had capon instead. We didn’t care that a capon was a
castrated rooster, mostly, maybe, because we didn’t really know what a capon
really was, but it was always tasty and moist, like chicken (duh).  Then,
for whatever reason (I guess man perfected the turkey so that when cooked, it
was juicy instead of dry), we switched to turkey.  And for the past bunch
of years, turkey was the meal, and I always butchered the shit out of it while
trying to do my best at carving.  This year my butchering the shit out of
the capon was no different than my butchering of our turkeys, although the capon
seemed to come out a hell of a lot more greasy than juicy than I remember.

But
that’s not having anything to do with my dilemma of prioritizing…

My dilemma
of prioritizing comes because of things like this:

–  Stu wanted me to take a picture while I was at home, sort of a homework
assignment, and instead of one I took a few, all having to do with this picture
at the right.  Now I’m supposed to write a blog about my photos.  But
when?

–  I would like to get in the Christmas spirit by getting my
display and tree put up, but do I do that and sacrifice postings to
Entertainment Ave!?

–  I would really like to do some cleaning around the
Dude-Pad.

–  I have to do some Christmas shopping.

–  My
movie-viewing is all screwed up because of both Thanksgiving Day weekend and
this upcoming weekend when some of my friends are having a Christmas Party
Weekend.

–  I came up with a blog idea about a funny story at home this
past weekend.

–  I also came up with a blog idea about porn and the
computer industry, over 25 years old.

–  I also came up with a blog idea
about when you play a "bad photo" trump card.

–  I also have some
consulting work to do before the end of the year.

–  And Lord knows with
everything else getting in the way, I’m wondering when I’m going to find the
time to catch up on my TV watching.

–  And, oh yea, I have a blog about
how I’m a bad Uncle.

–  And, oh yea again, there are the Chicago Bears to
watch.

So many things to do, so little time, and that’s not even bringing up
the fact of trying to write a review of "The Pick of Destiny," let alone doing a
Stu & The Dude Movie Review of the movie, nor I have a couple of new CD’s to
review.

November and December are so complicated.  I just don’t know
where to start.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

What’s New? Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up Podcast: Stu’s Done with “The Family Guy” and “Happy Feet,” The Dude Does “Casino Royale” and Wonders About a “Food Source Not Known.”

For this podcast Stu Gotz is back in town and The Dude on the Right is happy. Stu talks of times at Disney and at “Happy Feet,” while The Dude on the Right talks of “Casino Royale” and informs Stu that their favorite resaurant is clean, at least in the City of Chicago’s eyes, while one restaurant is closed for a food source. The Dude still wonders when he will catch up on his TV watching even though “Dancing with the Stars” done.

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up: Stu’s Done with “The Family Guy” and “Happy Feet,” The Dude Does “Casino Royale” and Wonders About a “Food Source Not Known.”

By:

The Dude on the Right

Thank God in Heaven because Stu Gotz is back town and I was able to send Lou
packing for now!  That means Stu and I give our weekend wrap-up, and as he
questions me as to what I’ve been up to while he’s been gone, I can’t really
remember.  He got to see "Happy Feet" with his kids and did he like it? 
Not so much.  Me, I tell him of my escapades seeing "Casino
Royale.
"  Stu was also a little worried one of

our favorite restaurants
might be on the City of Chicago’s
shut-down-because-of-shit list, or just shut down for health code violations,
but happily it wasn’t on the list. 

There was a place
, though, with an unknown food source, and you
stereotypically might think is was a Chinese restaurant, but it wasn’t.

We
also try to catch up on our TV viewing, and Stu wants me to come back from my
Thanksgiving travels with a good story and an interesting picture.  We’ll
see how that goes.

In any case, it’s good to have Stu back because I don’t
think I could have survived another podcast

with Lou filling in
.

Thanks always for visiting, and thanks for listening.

And, oh yea.  Save the cheerleader.  Save the world.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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Turkey Day Week Plans Already Are Going to the Birds.

By:

The Dude on the Right

With Turkey Day being this coming Thursday, this is always a weird week to
actually try to accomplish anything as planned.  Most people either take
off the entire week, realizing nothing substantial will get accomplished, or go
to work because they have to only to worry most of the time about how this
Thanksgiving will turn out and if there will be any fights.  Me, my Turkey
Day week of trying to accomplish things but not sticking with my game-plan has
already started.

First off, this weekend, I actually had four movies I wanted
to see.  "Casino Royale," "Shut Up & Sing," "Happy Feet," and "Let’s Go to
Prison" were all on my list.  I even had the schedule planned.  I
would see the first showing of "Casino Royale" on Saturday, followed immediately
by "Happy Feet" and I would still be able to catch the end of the Ohio
State/Michigan football game.  Then there was a 10AM showing of "Let’s Go
to Prison" on Sunday morning, which would have worked perfectly to see the
Chicago Bears game, and I could go and see "Shut Up & Sing" after the Bears’
defeat of the New York Jets.  I also figured I could fit in cleaning my
bathroom and maybe even some exercising during the weekend.  And, oh yea, I
was going out Saturday night to top it all off.

Then I remembered I should
probably get the brakes on my car looked at, and my self-diagnosed OCD kicked in
at getting all of our IMDB
links fixed so I could re-design our

Movie Theater
review archives (the re-design hasn’t happened as of this blog
typing).

With my plans now in flux, I go and see "Casino
Royale
" on Saturday, just as planned.  Skipping "Happy Feet" I head to
the place I’ve always gone to when having my brakes looked at, only to find they
changed their hours on Saturday, closing at 1PM.  So I head to the local
Midas, only they are already filled for the day.  So much for my brakes. 
Those plans screwed, I went home to watch Ohio State beat Michigan, while
feverishly updated our IMDB links because I was heading out Saturday evening.

Then of course I stayed out too late.

Yup, oversleeping on Sunday morning blew
"Let’s Go to Prison" out of the movie viewing schedule, the Bears did beat the
Jets, but by that time I could see "Shut Up & Sing" or continue with my OCDing
of our IMDB links, especially since I was so close to being finished, so I opted
for my OCDing.

So, lets’ see.  This weekend I wanted to see four movies
and I saw one.  I wanted to clean my bathroom but at least I did do 
laundry. I wanted to exercise, but sadly only my fingers and mouse hand got any
exercise.  At least I did get all of our IMDB links finished, if only I
could catch up on some of my TV viewing right now instead of typing this blog
and watching the Dallas Cowboys play the Indianapolis Colts.

So much for
getting anything I really want to get done during Turkey Day week so far, and I
haven’t even brought up when I might get some time to set up my Christmas
display.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

What’s New? A Movie Review of “Casino Royale.”

For this movie review of “Casino Royale,” The Dude on the Right was surprised to find that he really liked a James Bond film without any totally wacky gadgets. He liked Daniel Craig in the role of James, wishes his accountant looked like Eva Green, but just thought most of the scenes dragged on just a little too long.

What’s New? A Podcast of: Congrats Emmitt, Poor Karina, Zubrowka and the FDA, and A Challenge.

For this podcast The Dude on the Right is happy that Emmitt Smith won “Dancing with the Stars,” wonders about Karina’s pissy attitude, wishes the FDA wouldn’t ban some substances, and wonders if his niece or sister will participate in a podcast for Thanksgiving. All in good time.

Congrats Emmitt, Poor Karina, Zubrowka and the FDA, and A Challenge.

By:

The Dude on the Right

I was very happy to see Emmitt Smith win this season’s "Dancing with the Stars"
competition, but was shocked at the look on Karina’s face as she realized she
(and Mario) didn’t win.  She looked scorn, almost with the attitude of "We
should be the fucking winners, not those two," but the only thing she had going
for her was Mario pronouncing her name with a Spanish flair.  And what was
with Mario’s pronouncing of her name, because she was of Russian descent, not
Spanish, yet Mario kept giving her name a Spanish tinge.  Either that or I
don’t know my Russian.  And does she really think she has a chance at being
Mario’s long-term love interest?  Maybe he has changed, but I hope she
knows how to use Google!

I also wonder about the FDA and vodka (specifically
Zubrowka, a.k.a. Bison Grass Vodka), and also wonder if either my sister or
niece will want to do a podcast when I visit the old country for Turkey-Day. 
I suppose we’ll see next week!

Thanks always for visiting, and thanks for listening.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!

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