How Exactly Does One Retire a Blog?

In looking back through previous posts, I found that this blog had at least one reader -- maybe two. So I guess this is for you anonymous poster about Ray Kurzweil article link.

I'll never know for sure if you read every post, but I will always remember that we shared something (sniffle) special.

I was never required to write the small beer blog. I did it because I wanted to -- when I wasn't feeling lazy.

I will no longer be reporting for the Recorder, Lafayette Hill Journal or Plymouth Meeting Journal as of July 18. The last time you'll see my name in print will be the July 24 issue. And this is my last blog posting.

I'd invite you to my personal blog, but I stopped keeping one in college. I tired of the quintessentially American belief that everything we do is worth writing about (badly in most cases).

Where will I be going, you ask? You'll find me in scenic Chestnut Hill during work hours. Exactly where shouldn't be difficult to figure out if you're resourceful.

I guess what I'm saying is: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need no roads."

Over and out...

p.s. The picture above is what your brain really looks like on drugs.

The Conshohocken Strut

For those of you who didn't attend the car show a few weekends ago, I have a treat for you. I can't take credit for filming it (that belongs to "Alfie the Bear," whoever that is), but I'll gladly say what I could not say in the paper about it.

If you read my article, then I'm sure you're aware that Billy Kill's motivation in writing "The Conshohocken Strut" was largely financial. He told me he wanted to write a song about Conshy to help him peddle his new record.

What is troubling is that I still can't get his song out of my head. It's catchy, I'll give him that. But he appears to have rented a Delorian and traveled back in time to 1985 to steal one of John Mellencamp's worst b-sides from the cutting room floor.

The footage you want to see starts at 1:20 in the video. Enjoy.

Word is that he's performing before the fireworks on Thursday night. Needless to say, I'm salivating over the chance to be around such a high-profile celebrity again.

An Unlikely Parodist

Shaquille O'Neal has long been known for his hilarious ventures into acting (the movie "Steel"), rapping (the "Shaq Diesel" album) and kung fu video games ("Shaq Fu"). But did you know he's also an accomplished TV theme song parodist?



His best performance since the movie "Blue Chips."

Fox News Speaks Ebonics

Ready? Pay close attention to the bottom third of the screen in this clip. I should preface this by saying Fox News executives have apologized for their lack of good judgment.

George Orwell would be so proud of them.



But that's hardly as funny as this gaffe.



At least she lost her job.

Sometimes I'm ashamed to be associated with such "journalists."

Why is Eating So Much Work?

I think the Onion is on to something here...


New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less

Primary Season is Over...

But Hillary Clinton hasn't bowed out just yet. In honor of the last three presidential candidates standing, I have posted a video showing them at their most, well, presidential.

Enjoy.

Ray Kurzweil Defies Mortality

Acclaimed inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, 60, is taking more than 180 vitamin and mineral supplements a day to stay alive until the singularity, when, he believes, computers will be conscious and human beings will no longer need their bodies to survive.

Check out this feature about him by Wired magazine's Gary Wolf.

(Photo: Rennio Maifredi of Wired magazine)