Archive for July, 2008

Chuck Jones

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvX_TvnBcOU] Another strange encounter with a comic luminary occurred when I met legendary Warner Brothers animator Chuck Jones at a career retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. There was a wine and cheese social after the screening and I noticed that Chuck was sitting by himself at a table. I put my […]

Was Babe Ruth Black?

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Babe Ruth with his new wife Claire, 1930. Besides the conclusions that have already been made about this topic, I was astonished to recently learn in Leigh Montville’s biography on Ruth called “The Big Bam” that a statue of St. Martin de Porres, known as the Patron Saint of mixed-race people, stood on Babe’s nightstand […]

Alien Invasion!

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Here’s proof that our hospitals are being overwhelmed by an invading armada of terminally sick illegal alien patients, who are taking advantage of our compassion, our facilities and ultimately our systemic incompetence. Each of these terminal patients is costing us a fortune. Hello?