There are times when kids draw something and you just have to say, “Wow, tell me about your picture,” because you have no clue what it is.  This one you know right away. Or think you do.   Enjoy!

Quote from the mom:

This is my kindergartner’s artistic rendering of a pair of scissors.  I wonder what his teacher thought.  I allowed myself a small smirk when I saw it and waited until he was out of the room before I started laughing so hard I was crying.  Well, of course they are scissors!!

I will display this on my fridge proudly for a long long time!

The year is almost over and, before 2009 starts, I want to make sure that when you look down at the bottom of your monitor you know what the date is.  See, long ago I worked for a place that gave out calendars to customers.  They stuck on the bottom of the monitor and they were really handy.

But I don’t work there anymore, so I had to make my own. It’s not the same and you need to cut it out yourself and, since it doesn’t stick by itself, you need to tape it.  But other than that, it is exactly the same.  Oh, except that it is taller.  I wanted it to only be two rows across but I am not a fucking wizard.  Screw you.

Download the Free Gallery Monitor Strip Calendar!

Always check your child’s homework.  Mommy works at Home Depot and she was selling a shovel. However, now the school thinks Mommy’s a pole dancer.

Acadia is one guilt trippin’ motherfucker who is all “write something, we need content, jerk.” And when he says jerk, it really gets you.

So, I set out to not be a jerk. Which led to, hey, Plaxico Burress shot himself, it was kind of a big deal and he hasn’t been talking much in the media since then, you know? We figured, hey, we scoop that action, get the interview and at least five people will stop reading espn.com and get in on this interview.

It was set and I headed to New Jersey to sit down at a table with Plaxico, listen to him with a tape recorder and a writing pad. I was prepared for him to be a great guy painted wrongly by the media. Prepared for me to not give a damn about this and completely distort his words for the sake of penning this article.

He met me at the door to his home. It goes without saying that the place was large. It looked like the house that Tony Soprano lived in. Plax filled me in on that, “Yeah, you recognize this joint? Straight up, bought this plot of land, told a cat,  ‘fill it out like that Tony Soprano number’ and he so did.”

He was, thankfully, wearing sweatpants when I arrived. I chuckled knowing that Plax was wearing sweats to the club that fateful evening of misfire. He spread his arms and let me pat him down. Since I have a law degree, I started referring to it as a Terry Stop and he started referring to it as “a white man who would get choked if he tried any funny stuff.”

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There was more good stuff in 2008 than just music; there was some good TV, some good things on the internet, and actually some good movies. I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em so here they are:

TV
Heroes- A lot of people gave this season hell, but I have enjoyed it for the most part. I thought Parkman was better developed this time around, they seemed to have started paving the way for some closure for Claire and HRG, and they started to introduce villains (even if most of them sucked). All in all, I wasn’t as upset about it as most.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia- This show has never let me down and it hasn’t given me any reason to think that it ever will. I can’t praise this show enough. If you haven’t seen this before, go check it out on hulu.

Spaced- A British sitcom that was finally released on DVD this year. Staring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (who played Yvonne in Shaun of the Dead) , directed by Edgar Wright, and with Nick Frost in a supporting role this show is the beginning of a fantastic professional relationship for this group. If you enjoyed Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, you really should see this show; it’s only 14 episodes.

Movies
Comic Movies
Everyone is going to talk about the Dark Knight, so I am not going to (other than to say I loved it).  The Incredible Hulk came back with a bang this year, destroying the previous attempt to sully his good name with an honest and sympathetic view of Bruce Banner and his attempts to deal with his alter ego of Hulk. If you hated the first film, do yourself a favor and see this one.

Iron Man- This series started out right, hitting hard and fast with an unexpectedly delicious taste of Tony Stark’s world of high technology, expensive booze*, and sexy women. I was blown out of the water by this one.

*not only in price, but in sheer quantity consumed by the currently most hated man in comics. Maybe it’s time for the ink and paper version of the character to start drinking again.

The Spirit- Cheesy as fuck, sexy as hell, and some of the most fun I have had all year. See it.

Read the rest after the jump!

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