All day on TCM, they were showing beach movies. I saw part of Beach Party, and then Muscle Beach Party. In Beach Party, Bob Cummings landed a small plane on the beach, and in Muscle Beach Party, the heiress who lives on the yacht off the beach landed a helicopter on the beach. I don’t [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Resolutions, Preferred Body Weights, and Walking Polls
With the New Year fast approaching, I, like most people, am making some resolutions. I’m not going to say what they are, but from the title I’m sure you can guess at least one of them. I just don’t like telling anyone about my resolutions, because then you feel like an even bigger idiot when [...]
Show Girls and the Roaring 20s
The other day I was driving passed this place, Show Girls, a strip club. The marquee out front read, December 31, Roaring 20s New Year’s Party. Now, I’m no historian, but I’m thinking that the 1920s were not particularly known for pole and lap dances. Then, again, it could bring a whole new meaning to [...]
Reptiles in Washington
It’s Christmas, and after waking up and opening presents I went to 7/11 to get coffee and the paper. I wanted to see if there was anything in the store ads compelling enough to make me want to venture into the post-Christmas shopping fray, no not really. One of the ads was from [...]