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Author Archives: Lyle Verbilion
Waitresses and Depression
When I was a teenager I was diagnosed with depression. Imagine my shock and surprise. I wanted to tell the doctor, “You’d be depressed too if everyone were out to get you!” But I was afraid he wouldn’t get the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More, DVD, movie, recomendation, Waitress
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It’s Not Easy Being Me
And I have to do it all the time! Luckily, I’ve got this handy t-shirt that keeps it all in perspective. You can have one to! Just come on down to Lucky Lyle’s T-Shirt Trading Emporium and Happy BiBimBap Store! … Continue reading
Bazaar Disappointment
Commercial regret is a common fixture of WalMart. But you expect that. Their suppliers are the lowest bidders. And next year, they’ll charge less or WalMart will not continue doing business with them. After a while, these suppliers end up … Continue reading
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Tagged disappointing, Target, Walmart
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Unethical Immoral Moneysaving
A coworker was telling me a story of someone he knew who lives in a city hard hit by the exuberant housing bust. At the peak in the market they’d bought this big beautiful house. It cost a lot. Really … Continue reading
I Eat My Vegetables
Before they eat me! You think all those Brussels Sprouts are just cute & tasty?! They’ll take over the world if we don’t take them out first! Grab the garlic and butter! ¡Vámonos! Oh, and don’t forget to buy this … Continue reading
Expensive Noises
Today when my wife came home, she said “Take a ride with me.” She got into our pickup and started it up. I ran after her. “I thought you said we weren’t going to WalMart today!” “Listen to this,” she … Continue reading
Mmmm… Waffles
So I’m an invertebrate baker, and my wife is allergic to grain. Not just wheat like your average celiac sufferer, but to all things that are seedy. Not just grains, but even beans. Even non-grainy, non-beany things like quinoa. So … Continue reading
Skeleton Trespass
Over the last couple of years, both Amazon and Netflix have been telling me that I need to see Alien Trespass, a film that pretends to be a science fiction movie from 1957. It stars that guy from Will & … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien Trespass, Blamire, DVD, Lost Skeleton, movie, recomendation
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Fear & Rango in Las Vegas
Don Knotts. John Huston from Chinatown. Threatensome inbred bumpkins from Deliverance. Clint Eastwoods’ The Man with No Name. The yodeling from Raising Arizona. What else do you want from an animated movie? Oh, yes, Johnny Depp! And a cameo by … Continue reading
Scooby Who?
I used to be a Scooby-Doo expert. That is, there was a time when I could say that I’d seen every Scooby-Doo show multiple times, and was knowledgeable about every single story. But somewhere along they way, they lost me. … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, DVD, memory, movie, rant, recomendation, Scooby Doo
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