Posts by Ryan Livingston
Common Nonsense
America’s favorite curmudgeon is at it again with his recent book of essays entitled Common Nonsense. The book was written over a period of five years, complied of 154 writings written in no particular order. It covers a wide array of topics: Daily Life in America, Food & Drink, Heath and Doctors, Politics, Sports, Entertainment…
Read MoreThere and Back Again, and There Again Yet Again, Chapter III
I’m sure some smart cookie out there has said something to the extent: graduation is only the beginning of education. If not, I call dibs! Said or not, it holds true, and makes a dandy intro to another lump of words devoted to my further exploits into the realm of schooling. If you’re not up…
Read MoreIndustrial Television
It’s late on a Saturday Night. You’re channel surfing, trying to find something interesting to watch. Then you hit upon Staten Island Community Access and find a couple of guys in lounge chairs heckling their television set. You have found Industrial Television. The Premise For over 7 years now, iTv has been a showcase for…
Read MoreOn the Eve of Destruction
How appropriate a title for an instance of Friday the 13th. In a few hours, the calendar shall turn to the farce that is Valentine’s Day… yet again. The aisles have already run red with the blood of the spurned and choked with the chocolate bon-bons and plush toy offerings to Aphrodite’s brat, Cupid. “Bitter,”…
Read MoreThe Nature of the Breast
Well I guess it’s time for me to weigh in on the whole Super Bowel Half Time controversy that’s going around. I must say, I was shocked and/or appalled by this incident. Not at the time of it’s happening. Nay I was lulled into a stupor by the tediousness of the show, and didn’t see…
Read MoreScience Round-Up, 2/2/04
Making War Zones Pretty Again – Reference BBC News This week, scientists have come up with a plant the can detect the presence of landmines. Plants developed by Copenhagen firm Aresa Biodetection are said to turn from green to red when they come in contact with explosives in the soil. This follows in the footsteps…
Read MoreDamn You Fox… again!
Bless me father, for I have slipped… it has been 7 months since I last stabbed FOX in the groin with a dull pencil. So mush [sic] has happened since last that post, I don’t know where to begin. I guess I should start by saying I’m sorry for leaving my post. But the wealth…
Read MoreWe Interrupt This Late-Breaking News Report…
…for a word from our sponsor? One of the few advantages of a network having it’s own news agency is, when your watching your favorite show, you can be alerted at a moments notice to the goings on around you. Thus, the average couch-potato can be briefed about the end of the world without having…
Read MoreA Brush With Celebrity
Last night I watched Cartoon Network’s [Adult Swim], specifically Space Ghost: Coast-to-Coast. It got me remembering the time I met David Carradine at a convention. George Lowe, the voice of Space Ghost, was also there and I met him as well. But back to Carradine. He was scheduled to arrive at 3pm. I got to…
Read MoreAn Open Letter…
To the punks who stole my garbage can lid, The winter season is upon us. As such, the horrific winds and snows this time of year can be quite brutal. That is why it caused much dismay to see my garbage can unlidded. The sight of naked garbage on the curbside in 20-degree temperature is…
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