Harps and Angels


"When they lay you on the table, you'd better keep your business clean."

Tell me about it...

Click here for a listen, and a look at some videos  from an album that couldn't have come at a better time.  We've only been waiting here for well over a year!


 

 


Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 07:18PM by Registered CommenterWryter in , | Comments1 Comment

8 Days Left Bye-ku

Always thought this song was beautiful, and a bit sad. It is.

Eight-oh-Eight AM

August 8th Two-thousand eight

Leezer turns the page

We may have survived Mary Tyler Moore signing off, but this is ridiculous! Now quick, go tell her thank you, and to come back soon.

Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 08:08AM by Registered CommenterWryter in | CommentsPost a Comment

Action hero for the 40-something set

I love the movies. Especially those made before, oh, the Ford administration.

007a.jpgTell me you've never been so caught up in a film that on your way out of the theater you didn't slam your Astin Martin into first, roar onto the Autobahn with Ursula Andress at your side, evade the land mines placed by the Specter agents and expected to see Sean Connery's one raised eyebrow looking back at you in the rearview mirror as you slip away.

"Bond, James Bond."

"What was that, honey."

"Oh. Nothing."

Wake up! Your Astin Martin is a Ford Windstar, with automatic transmission. That's not the Autobahn, it's the mall service road. Land mines? Try traffic cones, moron. If you could see in the mirror thru the kids' smudged fingerprints you'd see your own glasses. And did it ever dawn on you, Double-0-Zero, why the Specter agents are all wearing day-glo vests and hard hats? It's the DOT paving crew, and SLOW the frik down before you get pinched or a double fine by speeding in a construction zone. You're scaring your wife. But you could earn a point or two if you tell her she's Ursula Andress!

Alas. By the time you get home, your Martini has turned back into a Poland Spring. The image has faded.

Ewell2.jpgThat's the problem with being 40-something in the age of the dashing and young. The policemen are almost all younger than you are. The baseball heroes, too. But FEAR NOT! From time to time, the ages produce the kind of icon that you can relate to. One whose persona you can wear after you've pried the last popcorn kernels from between your molars.

*His name is Ewell. Tom Ewell. *

He deals with the same demons I do.

He's just about as smooth!

And he's my favorite Summertime Action Hero.

Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 08:40AM by Registered CommenterWryter in , | Comments5 Comments

Real stories that would be rejected at "The Onion," Vol. 2

And simultaneously give your local news editors and anchors "pun overload."
[Courtesty of the Huffington Post.]

"Nation Buys Porn with Stimulus Package"

President Bush's economic stimulus package, which appears so far to have been ineffective in stroking the economy to life, is giving an unexpected raise to the porn industry.

From an Adult Internet Market Research Company press release: An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans' mailboxes across the country.

According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, "Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30% growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market."

Wait. There's a porn season??

NewsTeam4.jpgExclusive Wry Toast Contest:  Be Your Own Newscaster!

So let's say this little gem is the last feature on "Action-Witness News at 10," and you're one of the co-anchors. 

You cock (sorry) and eyebrow, look at Brick the Weather Guy, and say, 

"Guess you could say....." [Post a comment to win fabulous prizes!] 

Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 05:00PM by Registered CommenterWryter in | Comments3 Comments

The Sons of Liberty: Where are they now?

H.jpg70s.jpgTonight: A VH-1 and History Channel Exclusive.

As you nurse your July 4th "Beer really DOES mix with small explosives" hangovers, join VH-1 and The History Channel as they explore:

I LOVE THE (17)70's: What ever happened to the Founding Fathers?

George and Bennie hawk an American Revolution

Cranky Johnny and Pious Tommy Duke it Out

John "Read this" Hancock doesthe Palmer Method back home in Boston

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Posted on Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 11:46AM by Registered CommenterWryter in , | Comments1 Comment

"It was 232 years ago today" Wry-ku

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After all this time

Philadelphia Freedom

Still self-evident?

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Posted on Friday, July 4, 2008 at 12:00AM by Registered CommenterWryter in , | Comments4 Comments

The death of Socrates

One of his best.

Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 06:46AM by Registered CommenterWryter in | Comments4 Comments

Didn't you get the Sean Connery one over here?

Nobody does the sad clown like Bill.

Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 07:41AM by Registered CommenterWryter in , | Comments5 Comments

Independence Day Wry-ku*

 

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Paul Giamatti

Sideways from Big Momma's House

You found John Adams

 

* Inspired by true events.  The post immediately below about a man arrested wearing fake boobs, Leezer's Historical Haiku, and made easier by the common denominator:  An actor with a five-syllable name.

Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 06:23PM by Registered CommenterWryter in | Comments2 Comments

Real stories that would be rejected at The Onion: Vol. 1.

One%20Blad%20Turn.jpg"Man accused of walking on I-291 with fake breasts"

MANCHESTER, Conn. - A Manchester man has been arrested after he allegedly strolled along Interstate 291 wearing nothing but a thong, fake breasts and a wig.

Police say they received several calls about the man, which prompted an hour-long search over the weekend.

Big%20Momma.jpgPolice said they found the suspect Saturday fully clothed and collecting cans behind a business in Manchester. Police said they also found a wig and fake breasts in the man's car.

Forty-two-year-old David Gebhardt is charged with disorderly conduct and simple trespass. He's free after posting $2,500 bail.

Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 10:12AM by Registered CommenterWryter in | Comments2 Comments
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