I tend to steer clear of sending you to links instead of actually writing out a daily exposition, but I have to tip my cap to a comedian who turned on a hostile crowd and didn’t let up.  A few weeks ago, there was a large comedy festival in Philadelphia and it was several hours long.  In typical Philadelphia fashion, a city that has booed Santa Claus in the past, they began booing each comic mercilessly, even if they were funny.  Bill Burr, as soon as he came onstage, decided to excoriate everything Philadelphia

Anyone who knows me understands how much I can miss Chicago at times, but as the years pass by with my address not having the zip code start with 606--, memories start to fade as Atlanta stays in the limelight.  People wonder what I’m still doing here in a place that doesn’t snow.  While I don’t think I want to spend my entire adult life here, the fact remains I have to tip my cap to this city for several reasons.

First the drawbacks – the lack of mass transit, the stifling heat from June to August, southern “culture”, uncontrolled growth (i.e. subdivisions that don't account for local impact on roads and schools), horrific air quality, and a landlocked city hundreds of miles from a ...

Comedy is so subjective, and in terms of movies, particularly favorites of some cause others to wonder whether their friends’ tastes are parallel to theirs or on an entirely different planet.  Among guys in my age group, there do tend to be some movies that are loved across the board – Caddyshack, Stripes, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Animal House, Ferris Buehler, and The Blues Brothers are a few examples where you rarely hear a guy in his 30’s say “That one stunk. I hated it.”

There have been movies done in the last 15 years that are classics too, ...