Album Review: Drowning Pool releases 2010 album, creatively titled “Drowning Pool” ; plus YouTube interview

Drowning Pool. The name of the band conjures up one word with anybody who has ever heard of them: Bodies. I never owned a DP album before I came upon their 2007 release Full Circle but was very familiar with the song “Bodies.”  I have no clue what it was about except it involved bodies [...]

I Just Love College Hoops…in March!

It’s almost as great as October, when I suddenly become interested in professional baseball for a few weeks!

Cannonball Read #7 – Daemon, by Daniel Suarez

There is nothing quite like driving to work in an ice storm to make you realize you are nothing more than a rat in a fucking maze. As my car spun out at 20mph on ice covered roads I had to wonder “What the FUCK am I doing?” And more importantly why did my employer, [...]

Cannonball Read #10 – Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett

Unseen Academicals is the newest entry in the long line of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. The series of books that take place on the flat planet known as Discworld as it glides majestically through the cosmos on the back of the Great Turtle A’tuin are a heady combination of fantasy/satire/comedy/adventure and just about any other [...]

Cannonball Read #9 – Gun Monkeys by, Victor Gischler

Stealing a page from the Carl Hiaasen playbook Victor Gischler’s dark comedy Gun Monkeys portrays the seedy side of Florida as an anti-hero hitman leaves a path of bodies from Orlando to Tennessee . Charlie Swift is a competent and brutal enforcer/hitman for Stan the crime boss of Orlando . But when Charlie is sent [...]

Cannonball Read #8 – Fade to Blue by, Sean Beaudoin

If you have been searching for a novel that will turn your brain pretzel shaped, look no further than Sean Beaudoin’s Fade to Blue. This is one that really has to be experienced to understand. I’m not entirely sure what it is about but I have my theories. The book is one huge puzzle where [...]

No, I Have NOT Seen ‘The Blind Side’.

People say chocolate covered crickets are good too, but that doesn’t mean I am going to run down to the Bug Store and buy a half-pound of them.

Merger between Mustache and Beard website falls apart in 11th hour

RUFKM is becoming a global leader in several lucrative business ventures.  Besides writing stories about  cat burglars, harassing rock stars, and the North American Cockasaurus, we have bought and sold hundreds of domain names for a total net profit of $1.4 million.  Ever heard of Stamps.com? Genius. Our highly effective decision making process  to purchase [...]

I think I might be doing something wrong – Part II

You know what they say about fire. It is really hot, and when you are close to it it will burn you, because hot fire BURNS!

I think I might be doing something wrong – Part I.

At the end of the day I can relax in my $200 a month efficiency knowing that I’ve done something to help society

Swill Street Stories

Put the kids to bed, lock up your valuables and prepare to taste all 31 flavors of suck.

Gypsy Curse – Wake The Dead

Canada is an enigma wrapped in a riddle.  It is a land of unending contradictions that has caused both great pleasure and innumerable horrors upon the world.  Throughout history it has given us such greatness as Pamela Anderson, maple syrup, Captain Kirk and horse-mounted police.   At the other end it has unleashed the monstrosities of [...]

I Have GOT to Get Around This Car.

Do you think I like leaning on my horn when you waste almost two seconds of my life making me wait for you? No, I don’t. It grieves me to do it, but you force me to.