the urban monkey

Hallallujah!

I want you to understand, I am a walking hypocrisy. I grew up on a massive overdose of Star Wars, and when the new films came out I lost my faith (so to speak). Jar Jar Binks was a devil, Lucas lost his chops, and there was far too much demand placed on […]

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Ernie Kovacs

When I was a kid, I watched a lot of Nick at Night. Honestly, I just enjoyed the shows more. The humor was more out there, and they were still doing wacky things and experimenting with the medium.
Possibly one of the greatest minds of “classic” television was Ernie Kovacs, a man who was […]

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The fright

After my last post, I decided to give my brain a break and have just been muddling around doing as little as possible. All that stuff in your head reaches a crescendo, then it dies off for awhile. It leaves you a bit…vacant.
Then I discovered possibly one of the worlds greatest and most […]

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Courage or weakness

Courage means something different to everyone. To some, it’s standing up to that bully in school. For others, it’s knowing their own bodies are killing them slowly with an unstoppable disease and living a somewhat normal life. Somewhere in between lie all kinds of gray area. But what it really comes […]

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Man in the Box

Sometimes you just see things that agree with you. Or define you. Or just make you laugh. Enjoy!

Heck I forgot to put down who this was! It’s from www.runawaybox.com

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Ooo Burn!

Since I am on a tv-show kick, I thought I might also mention a new favorite for me now. I never take time to catch it on its regular schedule, but Burn Notice is another new series on USA. I caught most of the first season, mostly because of my appreciation for Bruce […]

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I guess it’s Sunny.

I wouldn’t know, never been. But from what I’ve heard, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. So I saw that the show’s pilot was conceived on like 80 bucks, and that alone made me wanna check it out. But then I thought, well how good can it be that a couple of jerks […]

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Autism, redux

As anyone who knows me knows, my fiance has this gift for working with autistic children. And I wish it was her full-time career, because seriously she’s good.
At any rate, it’s brought my attention to the matter of autism in general to a little more elevation. With that in mind anytime […]

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