http://tkshepherd.com/main Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perhaps it's my love of scary movies or my love of traditions, but I just love Halloween. It's so festive and fun. The horror section at Blockbuster is cleaned out except for a few copies of the latest Larry the Cable Guy abomination. There is as much candy on the grocery store shelves ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/10/27/im-still-a-fan/ Making meatloaf Actually believing that "it's not you, it's me" Converting oxygen into carbon dioxide Participating in a two-hour staring contest with a garden gnome Pressing "1" for English Being redundant. And saying the same thing over & over again. Reading the Preamble to the Constitution using the voice of Karl Childers from "Sling Blade" Remembering how ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/10/09/25-things-that-are-more-difficult-than-winning-the-nobel-peace-prize/ I love having the freedom to express myself in a wide variety of ways. Depending on the issue and my mood at the time, this can be anything from a rude hand gesture to a few carefully-worded sentences to a vitriolic, profanity-laden rant. (I think it's important to be versatile.) ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/09/29/signs-and-mugs/ We are all intimately acquainted with the remarkable stupidity around us. Nearly all of our fellow human beings enthusiastically embrace their inner dumbass and freely give expression to it. These can take various forms including incompetent driving, obnoxious social behavior or some sort of dick move that leaves you pissed ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/04/14/a-daily-dose/ I was checking the headlines on digg.com and came across a couple of interesting things. I saw a brief tagline for a story that read "A 67-year-old man has been fined $1,000 for impersonating his dead brother during a traffic stop." I didn't read the story. Instead, I enjoyed the ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/03/17/dead-drivers-rockin-replies/ I didn't get out of the movie until 3:00 AM. So I'm requiring A LOT of caffeine to even closely resemble normal functionality. Even so, I had a great time watching an incredible movie. As I suspected, it was totally worth it. I saw it with Keith and Jennifer (who ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/03/06/watchmen-the-late-show-experience/ I know that everyone and their dead uncle Frank has heard about the Watchmen movie opening this weekend. The first trailer called Watchmen "the most celebrated graphic novel of all time". I saw rather quickly that I would be best served to get familiar with the story or I would ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/03/03/who-watches-the-watchmen-me-thats-who/ In Sequatchie County, Tennessee, there is a celebration in the making. On the afternoon of Thursday, January 15, local resident Frankie Earl Riggs, 78,  will be making his historic 200th trip to the local Kangaroo market. "He walks in here every week, like clockwork," says cashier Frances Holland. Riggs makes the ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/01/15/whites-choose-celebration-over-working/ Many of you have probably seen the teaser for the upcoming apocalyptic thriller 2012. Here's another take on the issue. http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/01/07/the-truth-about-2012/ Sometimes you read something and it makes you stop, shake your head in disbelief and wonder how some people can be so stupid that they barely have the mental wherewithall to put one foot in front of the other. Few things corrupt the human mind more than religion and blind ... http://tkshepherd.com/main/2009/01/07/clearly-thats-the-reason/