Marc Andreesson is the most famous person you've never heard of but chances are if you own a computer and use the internet Marc has influenced your life in some way.
And if you are wondering what the future may look like in 5,10,20 years then you should watch this/… Read full post »

Strong Enough To Die (Forge Books, May09)

Recently my good friend, best-selling novelist/screenwriter Jon Land sent me an advance copy of his new thriller STRONG ENOUGH TO DIE and ironically the first thought I had was sharing him with the Open Salon Community.

I’ve often muse… Read full post »

There's a buzz, it's getting louder...dust fills the air as it approaches, then out of nowhere it flies by like a bat out of hell.  No it's not the wicked hand of the gossip beat or the cowardly pimping privacy for a buck...it's the Baleman lost in the solitude of a… Read full post »

 ASSAULTED

 If this story doesn't make your skin crawl you should rush to your nearest ACLU for a heaping dose of reality.

Japanese Anime t-shirt that nearly downed AA flight 2099

Attorney & Therapist Wanted

For the past couple of years I have been incapable of shaking… Read full post »

Not sure what constitutes the virginal threshold in blogging and when it comes to a quick, awkward and uneventful end...maybe "just reading" is kissing, "commenting" is heavy petting and "writing your first post" is penetration.

For me that magical moment came during the 08 primaries just about 3 mon… Read full post »

This 1976 cover of Sesame Street has been floating around the internet lately.

I modified it to it's intended re-emergence.

Professor Randy Pausch

It's a warm sunny morning here in Los Angeles, it's quiet...I'm quiet,  ambivalent about 2008...cautiously optimistic about 2009-that's not me. Aware maybe for the first time that we are all in this together, unable to put the blinders on...our family huddled toget… Read full post »

Before I tell you this true story about Eartha Kitt and me I must ask you in advance to forgive my indulgence as I usually try to avoid shop talk here on OS, mostly because I don't consider it my identity as a person and more… Read full post »

With the holidays upon us it's time to get liquored up on rum and eggnog and break out the Quentin Tarantino collection.   When I was a kid the old man and I were religious about the Charles Bronson "Death Wish" films but today it's all QT.  Nobody writes better dialogue and… Read full post »

Always wondered what the economic reasoning was behind charging a person with bad credit, typically lower income people, twice the prevailing interest rate as a person with good credit, typically more financially secure people.

Yes I get that people who pay their bills on time deserve to be rewarded… Read full post »

WARREN ENDORSES HANNITY'S WARMONGERING

When I was a kid there was no My Space, Facebook or computers for that matter but the were Slam Books. Usually a composition book with a question at the top of each page and numbered down the left hand margin. The questions were typically scandalous goodies like:

Who's… Read full post »

Update

Even dogs are doing it! Let's save each people.

Let's call it... CITIZEN FUEL a revolution of service.

Serve yourself by serving others, giving cash is too easy...we want your time, are you ready?

YES! Let's GO! I'm PUMPED!...U S A!

YEAH...now what do you… Read full post »

How about a new rule: Let's not buy what Amy's selling!

Arrogant, Dismissive...Lacking Social Grace.

Amy's response to my comment;

Hnery Knapp:

"So based on this comment I would have nothing to offer since I have no scientific evidence...and according… Read full post »

Rick,

You seem to be the voice of Christianity in America today so I wonder if you could help bring some clarity to my troubled Christian soul.

I am a sinner, therefore I am saved by grace through faith which makes me a Christian. It is my faith that… Read full post »