Greggity

I recently heard on NPR that President Obama considers “Nuclear Terrorism” to be the greatest global threat.
What struck me as so odd about that statement is the redundancy of that term. How can those two words ever be exclusive? The concept of nuclear weapons has always been terrorism of the highest order by their very [...]

Among the puddles of urine-soaked garbage and discarded signatures of voluminous bowel movements in a dank and miserable alley, a grizzled, filthy man lay swaddled in newspapers and cardboard against a maggot-infested dumpster. Reeking of gin, semen and the most intensely foul odor of any animal not yet dead for at least three weeks or [...]

I can’t believe I’m still hearing this shit about Christians wanting to teach our kids “alternative theories” (to evolution) in public schools. This of course means preaching irrational, illogical and idiotic creationism stories conceived by primitive people thousands of years ago who hadn’t even learned how to pipe shit out of their houses yet.
This idea [...]

Due to my long bout of writer’s block, I’ve missed out on many important topics over the past year or so. I thought it would be good to do a bit of catching up. So here we go…
George Carlin has a new HBO special that’s edgier than ever! He’s a fucking genius! Oh shit, he’s [...]

Well, tomorrow morning I will have completed my 40th trip around the sun.
Who’d a thunk it? I don’t feel 40. In fact, I don’t feel much of anything lately.
I think it’s a function of age…the onset of apathy, that is. When I was young and idealistic I used to care about stuff. Some things seemed [...]

I’m close to making my decision on a running mate, but for now I wanted to let you know that yard signs and bumper stickers are now available at the unbelievably high price of $250 each. Just contact me with your orders and as far as you know, you will be receiving them in no [...]

With the election only two weeks away, I realize that I haven’t offered any empty promises or vague solutions to the many challenges facing this country. So for those of you out there holding Greggity rallies and get-out-the-vote canvassing for the obvious best write-in candidate for president, here are a few talking points for you:
I [...]

Disclaimer:
I have to preface the following comments on this obligatory topic by saying I have the utmost respect for firefighters and police who selflessly gave their lives on 9/11/01 as well as those who put their lives on the line every day in service to their fellow citizens. I also wish to offer my heartfelt [...]

Here is today’s “Greggited” news story concerning the Fed cutting a key interest rate in a vain attempt to put the brakes on our descent into the next great depression. The original story was published on FOXNews’ FOXBusiness site, which you can read by clicking this link:
FOMC Slices Key Interest Rate by 0.75%; Fed Funds [...]

“And silence contagious in moments like these
Consumed me and strengthened my will to appease
The passion that sparked me one terrible night
And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite”

I have become so frustrated and tired of the crap we are fed every day by the media that I have decided to do something about it.
Putting to use my own newspaper experience, I will edit the copy from prominent news stories and present them to you here in this forum with all of the [...]

As a parent and an American citizen I have had enough! For years we have complained about our jobs being outsourced to foreign countries in the interest of large corporations pleasing their investors with higher profits. Their excuse was they had to do so in order to remain competitive in a global market.
We looked the [...]

Here is a transcript from my July 24th Ultimate Top 10 songs broadcast on WKLU 101.9 FM for those of you who missed it:
10. Scorpions – No One Like You
This song came out at a time when I was just really getting into guitar-oriented rock. It has a lot of great guitar work, a cool [...]

The lineup is set
The drivers take seat
Three hundred thousand people rise to their feet
A cheer fills the air
The green flag now flies
32 thousand horses roar by
A blur of bright colors
The smell of exhaust
The Brickyard’s alive as the yard of bricks crossed
The power, the fury
The mountains of stands
Filled with an ocean of motor sports fans
An Indy [...]

Yes, it’s true. You will soon be able to hear some of Greggity’s words of wisdom in his own lovely voice on the radio (or internet).
Our local classic rock station that only stops for commercials once an hour, WKLU 101.9 FM has a feature through the week called “My Ultimate Top 10.” I submitted my [...]

I have a little unsolicited advice for all the Greggity readers. I may dump my brain into this blog now and again, I may go on rants, but I rarely offer advice. It’s usually the kind of thing people don’t want unless they ask for it, and no one ever asks for mine.
However there are [...]

Well, I promised I wouldn’t disappear again and yet it’s been almost two months since my last post. So I apologize for the full-of-shittedness of that statement. It has been a very eventful spring at the Greggity household.
After a year of trying to sell our house near Martinstucky, we finally accepted an offer and have [...]

I sit in front of the TV tonight watching “Ozzy Osbourne Live and Loud” recorded on the “No More Tours” tour in 1992, which I’ve never seen before. It’s shocking to me how long ago that was.
I am overcome with a strange mix of emotions as I watch this piece of my past ranging from [...]

It has been a couple of months since my last post and I have two overlapping excuses for this. The first was the break-neck pace at which I was working on the cartoon followed by a couple of weeks of being too sick with the flu to even think about writing anything.
There is a lot [...]

I don’t know why, but I started thinking about Gary this morning. At the time I knew him I didn’t know what an important lesson he would teach me.
A little over 20 years ago I was working at my first job…the dreaded fast food job at the local McDonalds. My buddy John Wallace, quite possibly [...]