Morgan’s Rantings and Waxings

Because of my job, I deal with spam a lot. I’m sure there are some who deal with it more (my heart goes out to you), but I definitely see my fair share. The question I keep coming back to is “Does spam work?” Are there really people out there who have the following thoughts: …

So a co-worker just pointed out to me that apparently President Bush is coming to speak at my alma mater: http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2004_05/commencement.htm It’s in a month. That’s crazy. Here’s the scene I’m picturing. Calvin College President Gaylen Byker sits with his staff in a seedy conference room. “We have to get someone, commencement is in a …

Saw this great bumper sticker a couple days ago: What if the Hokey Pokey is what it’s all about?

So me and some friends have tickets for the Cubs game tomorrow. Well, today’s game just got rained out. So what are they going to do? Have a double header tomorrow, with Wood pitching the first and Prior pitching the second. Are our tickets valid for both? You better believe it. Oh man, I am …

So I was shocked to read just now that Mitch Hedberg died on March 30 at the age of 37. You can read the article via that link, or you can visit his website by clicking the image below. I was quite literally speechless. I can’t even express how sad that makes me. I just …

Well, the Cubs begin the 2005 season in about an hour, and the Illini are competing for the national championship tonight. Oh man, life is good. The Cubs are starting Carlos Zembrano, the youngest opening day starter for them in almost 50 years, and they have question marks everywhere on the field. Yet I’ve never …

That house with the bunnies that I mentioned the other day, well I drove past there today, and not only are the bunnies still up, but there’s a fourth one that I never noticed before. It’s driving a carrot car. Wow. I am speechless.

So I’ve been going through my music library (8059 songs currently) in alphabetical order, and I thought it would be fun to do a random top ten thing again. One thing I have noticed from going through the library, though, is that I sure remember some bands being a lot better when I was younger. …

So you may have thought “What?” in response to that In the Summer, In the City poem that I put up here a few days ago. So here’s a little further clarification, and further thoughts on the subject So I wrote that because I had had a conversation with a friend a few days ago …

There is a McDonald’s commercial on TV that has one minor thing that not many people that I’ve talked to have noticed, but it drives me insane. A male and a female sit at a table. The male says “I can’t believe Sheryl (however you want to spell it) dumped me last night.” The female …