Month: August 2013

Itseems I have slandered Davey Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Mickey Dolenz. Time to set the record straight.I wrote a column for the Deseret News entitled "Hey Miley Cyrus, what's wrong with being wholesome?" The point of the column was that artists who think they'll be taken seriously by being sleazier usually ... Read more

Backwhen I was still in the theater biz, I had an exceptionally awkward conversation with an exceptionally dimwitted producer trying to get my advice as to how he could avoid hiring any homosexual actors.(As an aside, who would go see a professional theatrical performance that didn't have any gay people in it? Given that there ... Read more

Well,it looks like global warming is real.Yes, despite a 15-year pause in the process which was not predicted by global climate models and which modern scientists can't adequately explain, those same infallible scientists are 97% agreed that we are turning earth into a toxic fireball because of all the CO2 we generate, and, when you ... Read more

UtahSenator Mike Lee recently wrote a piece for USA Today where he laid out the case for defunding the Affordable Care Act, AKA ObamaCare.I’m no fan of Senator Lee, certainly, but he does manage to squeeze in several cogent points.“By a margin of two to one, Americans say ObamaCare will make their family's health care ... Read more

SinceI officially broke my own taboo about mentioning biographical details yesterday, maybe it's time to pull this off the shelf. It's an op-ed I wrote a few weeks back and submitted to various newspapers with no success. So I present it here to you in all its unedited glory.Enjoy._______________In April of 2010, my father, Senator ... Read more

Thecomment referenced below came in for moderation last night at 10:09 PM. Since then, I have wrestled with my conscience to determine whether or not I ought to allow it to see the light of day.Bill A's message to me came in response to my "I Hate It" post, where I lament the vicious ... Read more

Ivoluntarily tweeted about five times today.I kept it pretty simple. Everything I said was stupid and inconsequential. I used no hashtags or @ symbols, and I offered such wisdom as, The future is meat" and "Sharpening the saw with armpit farts." Why, you may ask?Well, in migrating this blog to a new server, I found ... Read more

I'mtransferring this blog and the long-running Moist Board to a new server. I've re-installed  WordPress and phpBB, and I'm now in the process of backing up the old databases and reinstalling new ones. The blog is mostly back now - the board is taking some work. I'll keep you updated. xxoo,Stallion ... Read more

Inever liked Will Riker.I'm not sure if it was how Jonathan Frakes portrayed him, or whether it was part and parcel with how bland "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was in total, but the fact was that the Enterprise-D's first officer always struck me as a bush league James T. Kirk rip-off, minus the charisma ... Read more