Geoff Wondering

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." (Robert Frost)

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  • My Mind At Its Most Random

    Here’s a helping of the deepest, darkest thoughts that have been lurking in the recesses of my mind packaged in a convenient blog format! -Melissa McCarthy’s new movie, Tammy, has been savaged by critics, and that’s putting it kindly. Let’s review: since her breakout role in Bridesmaids, she’s starred in Identity Thief (painful) and The…

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    2014-07-05
    ’80s, TV
    Dick van Dyke Show, ESPN, Geoffrey The Giraffe, Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly, Murphy Brown, Republican National Committee, Ruud van Nistelrooy
  • Happy Now, Anti-Bullying Advocates?

    Bullying has been the cause du jour for a while now. We’ve fixed our collective glare upon victimization everywhere: at school, in the workplace, in the military, on the International Space Station, even online (which I think is what happens when you get sucked into a video game and are forced to do battle in weird…

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    2014-06-20
    Parenting, Rants
    ABC Afterschool Special, bullying, CBS Schoolbreak Special, International Space Station, Lisa Lampanelli
  • Hey Geoff! Can You Name 6 Underrated ’80s Movies?

    Glad you asked, Voice Inside My Head…although, considering your source, shouldn’t you technically be able to see my answers? Just saying. Every decade produces its fair share of cinematic treasure, and the ’80s is no different. I mean, even if the decade had given us nothing but dreck beyond Back To The Future, it’s still…

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    2014-05-27
    ’80s, Entertainment, Movies
    ’80s movies, At Close Range, Back To The Future, Blade Runner, Chances Are, Daphne Zuniga, Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights, Emile Ardolino, Escape From New York, John Cusack, Running Scared, Sister Act 2, The Sure Thing, The Thing, Three Men and a Little Lady, To Live and Die in LA, Wang Chung
  • HC=MLB?!

    Much to the dismay of no one, spring has pounced upon us again. April, of course, brings us National Welder’s Month, tax day and Casey Kasem’s birthday (don’t worry, I signed your name to the card). Oh, and another Major League Baseball season has begun in earnest. Actually, it began a couple weeks ago when the Los…

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    2014-04-08
    Sports
    Arizona Diamondbacks, Australia, Baseball Almanac, Bud Selig, Casey Kasem, Holy Cross, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National Welder’s Month, University of Texas, USC
  • ’80s One-Hit Wonders? Not So Fast

    I love ’80s music, and have since at least 1980. While the calendar may read 2014, my musical sensibilities have never really progressed beyond the Decade of Decadence. I mean, I once went to a Simple Minds concert…in 1996. You can have your Katy Perry; I’ll take Steve Perry any day. Have fun with Maroon 5…

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    2014-03-25
    ’80s, ’80s music, Boy Meets Girl, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Rants
    1980s, Baltimora, Boy Meets Girl, Deniece Williams, Haircut 100, Kajagoogoo, Katy Perry, Let’s Hear It For The Boy, Maroon 5, Scritti Politti, Seattle, Simple Minds, Steve Perry, Swatch, Waiting For A Star To Fall
  • Time To Make Fun Of Stuff At The Thrift Store

    My daughter is a voracious reader. To feed the beast, I make a weekly trip to my local thrift store to search for kiddie lit and sexy, sexy old lady pants. Usually I’m searching for “Magic Treehouse” books. They have titles such as “Lions at Lunchtime,” and “Mummies in The Morning.” I’ll admit the task is a little bittersweet ever…

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    2014-02-28
    Pop Culture
    Goodwill, Magic Treehouse, Mario Van Peebles, Nike, Salvation Army, Solo
  • (A Few Of) The Most Insufferable Things in Hollywood

    To report every instance of idiocy, ineptitude and blowhardiness in Hollywood would take a team of several thousand bloggers working 20-hour days. This is not news. The group assigned to the Kardashians would break the Internet alone with its output. Nevertheless, as a world-class cynic, I would be remiss if I did not point out the most egregious offenders to…

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    2014-01-07
    Entertainment, Movies, Rants
    Hollywood, Jason Statham, Sweet Home Alabama, The Kardashians, Tom Cruise
  • This Is What I Think About Technology In 2013

    At the risk of trapping you in a morass of platitudes, we can all agree that we have some amazing gadgetry at our fingertips in this day and age (aside: it’s now legal in 32 states to punch someone who uses the term “In this day and age.” Easily the most fatuous term ever). I mean, I still can’t…

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    2013-12-20
    Rants, Technology
    Fenway Park, iPhone
  • A Wig, a Neckbeard, and You’re There…

    Newly minted World Series hero Jon Lester probably has a lot on his plate right now. But it’s never to early to plan for a career after baseball. And, as luck would have it, I have a suggestion for him: Christopher Cross impersonator. Come on — this is an untapped market, people. Glory on the diamond is…

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    2013-11-04
    Looks Like
    Christopher Cross, Jon Lester, The World Series
  • October: One of The Top 12 Months

    October…when the weather turns cooler (except for the half of the month where it’s warm and everyone says, “Wow, it’s unusually warm this month!” and I feel like saying, “Yeah, umm…this is like the seventh year in a row you’ve mentioned this.”). Anyway, there’s a lot of stuff that’s specific to October. Much of it…

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    2013-10-11
    Rants
    9/11, Halloween, October, Paris Hilton, Texas Roadhouse, TGI Friday’s
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