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My wife is a genius.

Check out this movie of an H.R. PuffenStuff head Robyn made in our living room.

posted by Steve Johnson @ 4:18 PM 0 comments

A Couple Other Things About Holy Spirit High School

An ancient nun taught my junior year American history class. Her name was Sister Laurita (sp?) and she was almost 600 years old. She was a mean old lady.

I remember two things about her history class.

1) She taught us that Nixon had been tried and convicted by the press and had done nothing wrong.

2) One day, she was very angry at the class for talking too much or something and she yelled at us for a long time. Then, to punctuate her diatribe, she walked to the back of the classroom where my friend John and I sat and said:

"... Don't think I don't smell the marijuana you two smoke back here."

We were like, "WTF?" before WTF had even been invented.


In science class, I remember being taught about evolution and told that it doesn't necessarily contradict Catholic teachings. Pretty weird that we've gotten to the point over the last 20 years where public schools are teaching kids whatever bullshit they're calling creationism as an "alternative theory" to evolution.

If I had kids, I'd be pretty pissed at that nonsense. I'm pissed now, on behalf of other people's children.

posted by Steve Johnson @ 11:29 AM 0 comments

American Actress Rebecca Gray Lauded by Area Paper; To Watch Bad News Bears

I'm going to watch the original Bad News Bears this evening with American Actress Rebecca Gray, Danish humorist Martin Barrett and American Baby Marisol Barrett. Ms. Gray recently recieved this review from The Los Angeles Time. Congrats.

I agree with the reviewer: Gray is all about refined virtuousity and 70s Walter Matthau vehicles.

I can not say this about The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and The Bad News Bears go to Japan. They are terrible movies.

In related news, I'm hosting a showing of The Fish that Saved Pittsburg soon. As I'm sure you know, TFTSP is a mid 70s basketball movie in which a team of scrappy underdogs with heart rise from a terrible record with the help of coach Gabe Kaplan and a mysterious astrologer. I don't want to ruin the ending for you, but suffice to say, after their meteroric rise from the bottom of the league, they win the championship and every hugs each other.

Doctor J. is in the movie. He's not a real doctor, but whatever, I guess.

Also in the movie: South Jersey basketball legend Chris Ford. Last week I was in Margate New Jersey at the 2005 Westival (details coming soon) and we ran into Mr. Ford.

American Dad Ray McAvaddy finally got to ask Mr. Ford this question:

"When they show The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh on TV, do you get paid anything?"

Mr Ford said he gets 25 bucks every time it airs.

Question answered! Yay!!!!!11!!1one!! LOL

posted by Steve Johnson @ 10:42 AM 0 comments