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Literal Thoughts

Posted in Culture, Personal, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

> Can we just pause to reflect on the sheer joy and beauty of the word ubiquity?
Does any other word put the mandible in motion to the same degree? It’s like jazzercise for the jaws. It’s mouthy – but in a good way. Contrarily, obsequiousness is a messy word. It slithers through spit.
> Bonfire [...]

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Irony Can Be A Bitter Pill

Posted in Culture, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I find it ironic that the candidate of change has resurrected a cabinet that’s sat on a kitchen shelf like a relish dish for the last eight years.  And I find it ironic that Alanis Morissette has a singing career when the feline family that lives with the neighbors remain unemployed and are forced to [...]

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Keeping Sight Of Social Network Sites

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Friendship, Life, Marketing, Media, Random Thoughts, Relationships, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I think if you keep perspective and proportion, Social network sites (TBD, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter) are enjoyable. Networking isn’t defined as using these sites as a safety net to bar you from daily life or allowing yourself to use it as a net to gather a multitude of the like minded. But it’s a nice [...]

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A Record I Should Have Skipped Over

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Marketing, Media, Music, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I had the Archies version of Sugar.  I mean how apropos was that?  The entire contents of the cereal box was sugar.  And do you remember how those records wobbled while you played them?  You had to tape a quarter to the tone arm so that it didn’t skip.  Which let’s be serious [...]

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Sexiest Star In Film History

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Male Point of View, Media, Random Thoughts, Whimsical, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m saying Jane Fonda – love her or hate her. She inspired an entire generation of men to like science fiction. What? You think Barbarella had a plot?

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Roll Your Own

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Male Point of View, Music, Personal, Random Thoughts, Whimsical, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve written in the past of my hobby of singing out loud and adapting the tune that I’m listening to and reworking the lyrics with the addition of expletives, pornographic phraseology, and good old-fashioned curse words. I thought all guys did that. Well, apparently not.
I’ve heard from some men who share [...]

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Cast Away Or Keep Her?

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Male Point of View, Media, Personal, Random Thoughts, Whimsical, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You know how you play those silly-assed games like – if you were stranded on a desert island, who would you chose to be beside?
Ok I’ve considered this. No. I mean I’ve considered it. I’ve invested time. Ok, the obvious answer would be [...]

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Mary Ann Or Ginger?

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Random Thoughts, Whimsical, tagged , , , , , , on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I would have chosen Mrs Howell – the affluent older woman.   Think of the coconuts we could have bought.  Realistically my bifocals would have been tossed overboard during the storm.   Sure – but we could have made it work.

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Towering Over The Babble

Posted in Culture, Life, Media, Personal, Random Thoughts, Relationships, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You know … there’s a lot of people who might say that the internet is a contemporary response to the tower of Babel. People babble back and forth and say a lot of useless things that have little meaning.
But the truth is that the internet is a spectacular achievement. It’s the destruction [...]

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A Grave Issue

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, Music, News, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From pervert to patron saint in one day? Michael Jackson sang a few disco songs. If we’re going to forgive so easily, I think we should overlook MacArthur Park and make Donna Summer queen.

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Strictly Hearsay

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Media, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m thinking Bob Dylan is to music what placebos are to drugs. You’ve heard it’s supposed to be good and it seems like the real deal, but you’re just fooled and you find yourself sick anyway.

 
 © 2007-2008 Mark R Trost

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Cost Of Courtship

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Male Point of View, Media, Music, Random Thoughts, Relationships, Whimsical, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So I saw the film Mamma Mia! (the ! is for accuracy not emphasis.) Ok – suffice to say it’s the first time I haven’t liked Meryl Streep in a film – anyway Pierce Brosnan sings. And did you know the word pierce was actually the verb to describe the action his voice does to [...]

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Blue Is Just A Color To Me

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, Music, tagged , , , , on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Billie Holiday is Nathanael West’s words forced through a microphone. She iconic because her idiosyncratic voice echoes an era. And I enjoy evocations.
What I’m saying is that Billie Holiday’s recordings are evocative of a period in history best depicted in a novel like “The Day of The Locust.” I feel like I should be ironing [...]

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Tunes & Tissues

Posted in Entertainment, Media, Music, Random Thoughts, Whimsical, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Spinner.com has compiled a list of “The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World.” Ok, they’re pretty much mistaken. I’m not interested enough to compile 25 sad songs. I try to avoid the sad ones. And are those the biggest shoes you’ve ever seen?
But here’s my top 5:
1. “Where’ve You Been” – Kathy [...]

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I Always Get My Way

Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Media, Music, tagged , , , , , , , on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Ok I’m thinking there are three types of men in this world:
► The Frank Sinatra “My Way”
► The Elvis Presley “My Way”
► The Paul Anka “My Way”
I started to explain the distinctions of the three and then I realized it’s obvious. And I know I can’t actually authoritatively assert that these three types of [...]

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