The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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1994 in popular music – musical hell, heaven or purgatory?

Nothing cures a pesky bout of writer’s block like a good old-fashioned Inter-web meme!I stumbled across one today on a blog that is full of crap. So like the lemming I am, here we go: The gag

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The Top 9 Snakes of All-Time

Chris Holmes
posted on August 21, 2005February 4, 2013
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From ancient Egypt to Bugs Bunny to GI Joe, here are the greatest snakes to ever grace the annals of pop

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The Best $9.99 I’ve Ever Spent (Part 1)

Chris Holmes
posted on August 18, 2005October 19, 2012
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What could be better for a fan of vintage commercials than a set of DVDs containing nothing but them? Not much, really. Here's a handful of my

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August 16 in pop culture history

Chris Holmes
posted on August 16, 2005June 19, 2011
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Posted in People, TV & Radio

Patrick Warburton, Linchpin of the Universe

You know that feeling of total satisfaction you get when you find something great in life, and you didn’t even realize you were looking for it? I got that very feeling late last year when I

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Brian makes me SMiLE

Chris Holmes
posted on August 15, 2005June 18, 2013
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I don’t normally plunk down any of my hard-earned (well, just earned) money on any form of entertainment unless I have a reasonable expectation that it will be worth it. But when I found out a

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But can it core a apple?

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So long, Peter

Chris Holmes
posted on August 9, 2005August 30, 2010
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I have avoided television news like the plague since the 2000 US general election. While the legal battle between then-Governor Bush and Vice President Gore was certainly excellent fodder for the

Posted in Movies

“That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 7, 2005June 1, 2014
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I hadn’t intended to use a Popeye quote, of all things, to start my first blog entry, but such is the capriciousness of life. I decided to start this blog to chronicle my take on Western