Gore May be Stripped of Nobel Prize |
In a shocking turn of events, the Nobel Prize committee has abruptly announced their intentions to investigate recent recipient Al Gore under suspicion of steroid abuse, which may result in his b...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:20:00 PST |
My Introduction into the Caste System |
Tuesday, Jan. 23rd, 2007The snow had been falling all morning. Gothenburg was covered in a fresh blanket of snow, the first it had seen in months.
I was out walking down by the harbor at Klippan, s...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:16:00 PST |
Pick Up the Pieces or Did James Brown Drive a Ford? |
Could the two recent deaths of James Brown and ex-president Gerald R. Ford be linked? I'm not saying they are, I'm merely wondering.
I can think of a few plausible scenarios.
1) Could it be that Ger...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:22:00 PST |
Interest in Obits Leads to Malachi Ritscher |
Last year when we were back home with my folks in rural Minnesota, my father and I got a chance to go out and see a few films. Just me and my dad, seeing a movie, a rare event, indeed. The last time I...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:59:00 PST |
That Day |
I was in bed, cashed, when my friend Dan came in, telling me to wake up, "something terrible has happened". It was a heavy grog I was under, having had maybe 3 hours of sleep, after having ...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:00:00 PST |
Oh Great George Lucas, I WIll Not Color Outside the Lines |
I was watching an ABC World News podcast a couple nights ago, starving for neutered news as I am. They had a short segment focusing on the Comic-Con going on in San Diego. You know how these things ar...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:32:00 PST |
ABC's The Superstars or How I Discovered Andrew Lloyd Weber |
As I was writing the post about Jacques "2 Cou 4 Skou" Cousteau, I happened to dredge up ABC's The Superstars. Now, here it is, surfaced and staring back at me.
The way I've set this up makes it sou...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:15:00 PST |
Uproarious Laughter watching Le Monde du Silence |
I thought I knew Jacques Cousteau, the kindly, gentle, seafarer of France, whose efforts to preserve and capture the mysteries of the deep on film made him a household name. His bold steps in the...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:59:00 PST |
Shampoo for Guys |
I spent an inordinant amount of time at the grocery store trying to find a bottle of shampoo. Just plain shampoo, with descriptions like GETS HAIR CLEAN or SCENT of SOAP. Why is this s...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:07:00 PST |
Last night, I dreamt of Steve Perry |
I was in some sort of hallway, a hotel, I believe, with deep pile carpeting patterned red and white. I was on my way down the hall going somewhere, when out a door, just ahead and to th...
Posted by Kurt Lightner on Thu, 11 May 2006 01:38:00 PST |
