Revelation

"The world is not black-and-white. It's in living color."

— science fiction author Michael Casher, 1/13/09

Post updated 7-13-13 for text link.

The Lamest Excuse for Bad Behavior

"What's the matter, can't you take a joke?"

A Traditional Holiday Greeting

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

How Obama Won the Presidency

Barack Obama could not possibly have won the 2008 Presidential Election without the votes cast by millions of white women who simply hate white men.

The Day After

On the day after Election Day, just like the day after Halloween, all the false faces go back in the closet for another year.

McCain vs. Obama = No Contest

It's hard to choose between an apple and an orange when you really want a banana.

What Dreams Are Made Of

Whatever you ate last night.

Old Documentary TV Shows I'd Like to See Again

Biography, CBS Reports, Industry On Parade, On the Road with Charles Kuralt, The Big Picture, The 20th Century, The World At War, You Were There.

People Are Funny

Why is it considered perfectly all right to say you heard something on the radio but dumb to say you saw something on the TV?

Blogging Blues

Sometimes I think writing a blog (or eight of them) is like putting important messages in a bottle and then tossing it into a sewer.

The Biggest Lie You'll Ever Hear

I love you.

Old TV Crime Dramas I’d Like to See Again

Hawaiian Eye, Highway Patrol, Hong Kong, Mannix, Naked City, Route 66, Peter Gunn, 77 Sunset Strip, Sky King, Surfside 6, The Name of the Game

Old TV Westerns I’d Like to See Again

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Bat Masterson, Broken Arrow, Bronco Lane, Cheyenne, Death Valley Days, Have Gun Will Travel, Maverick, Rawhide, Sugarfoot, Wagon Train

A Thousand Words

Death Wish II

I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania.

The Biggest Lie in Advertising

FREE!

Old Game Shows I’d Like to See Again

I’ve Got a Secret, Name That Tune, Queen for A Day, To Tell the Truth, 21, Video Village, What’s My Line?, You Bet Your Life

Old Variety Shows I’d Like to See Again

Carol Burnett, Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin, Gary Moore, Hee Haw, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Perry Como, Red Skelton, Steve Allen

New Pond Boss

There’s only one goose left at Gooseport, PA. This is a 2006 photo of Big Mouth (a.k.a. Jabber Jaw). He’s the new Mayor of Gooseport.

Farewell, Old Pal

This morning I found Broken-Wing dead, killed by a nocturnal predator. I fed him corn, grass and bread for eight years. I will miss him.

Old Sit Coms I’d Like to See Again

Barney Miller, Burns & Allen, Car 54, Fair Exchange, Mr. Peepers, Newhart, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Life of Riley, The Honeymooners, Taxi, WKRP.

Toilet Reading

Books you bought on an impulse or whim or at a yard sale and which are not really suitable for armchair or night-table reading.

A Person’s Life

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Happy Holidays!

Mike the Obscure is taking a break from blogging until after the new year. He wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.