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Ken

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, it's shame times two!

About Me

I once killed a man for snoring too loud. This was before those nasal strips were invented.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I use My Space to publish a humor blog. If you like what you read, I'd be flattered to add you as a cyber friend, but it would be even nicer to have you subscribe.

Music:

Watch the video on my page if you want to know what's what.

Movies:

Animal House, Napolean Dynamite, Spider-man, Chinatown, Rushmore, Blue Velvet, Out of the Past, Sweet Smell of Success, Dr. Strangelove, Vertigo, The Third Man, Duck Soup, Used Cars, A Shot in the Dark, Touch of Evil, Dodsworth, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, In a Lonely Place, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Alien, Aliens, A Fish Called Wanda

Television:

The Daily Show, The Office, Law & Order: CI, 30 Rock, Scrubs, Flight of the Conchords, Project Runway, The Wire, Dexter, Heroes

Books:

A Confederacy of Dunces, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, What's the Matter with Kansas?, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Heroes:

Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bill Bixby

My Blog

Paul

His early performances were often forced, as if he couldn't quite channel his energy properly. He hit his stride in the 1960's, and once he loosened up, the full force of his charisma could not be de...
Posted by Ken on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:14:00 PST

Unstuck

It's been a rough patch of road lately for yours-truly, as I bounced from temporary agency to Craigslist ad in search of that elusive thing known as a job. A few weeks back my meager finances had dwin...
Posted by Ken on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:37:00 PST

Advertising for Dummies

TV advertising has been disturbing me a lot lately, and I don't mean the ones dealing with, say, incontinence or vaginal itching. Nor am I bothered by such commercials as the one for the ShamWow...
Posted by Ken on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:19:00 PST

Dog Day Afternoon

I'm currently sequestered in a house in Southern California, staying in the guest room of a dear friend. She's occasionally gone on business, and as a courtesy I help take care of her beautiful dog, ...
Posted by Ken on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:06:00 PST

Leaving Chicago

I was finally ready to leave Chicago. I was getting ready to take a train to Flint, Michigan, to see my family one final time before heading out west. So I packed the two unwieldy bags I'd brought wit...
Posted by Ken on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:28:00 PST

My First Annual Larry King Three Dot Column

(Larry King used to write a column in USA Today full of random observations separated by three dots. It's in honor of his dubious achievement that I have written the following...) Mayonnaise on frenc...
Posted by Ken on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:00 PST

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Blogger

Every Saturday, outside my window, skull-rattling Mexican music plays from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. While I'm sure the words change, the plaintive wail of the singer, the instrumentation (including that ...
Posted by Ken on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:28:00 PST

Whats the Deal (or No Deal)?

"Hosted by Howie Mandel, 'Deal or No Deal' is an exhilarating hit game show where contestants play and deal for a top prize of $1 million...Each night, the game of odds and chance unfolds when a cont...
Posted by Ken on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:58:00 PST

Daddy-O

Sometimes the act of parenting can become like footprints in the snow. You can try to retrace your steps, but they're gone and nothing will ever bring them back. What makes the act of fatherhood worth...
Posted by Ken on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:43:00 PST

Classic Rasak: A Friend is a Stranger You Wish Youd Never Met

(I've been blogging on MySpace for almost three years now, and so much of what I've written should be burned to a fine crisp, but a few things make me glad I've done this. Thus I am instituting a Sund...
Posted by Ken on Sun, 18 May 2008 12:38:00 PST