Category Archives: Miscellany

Charlie Sheen in Detroit: Did He Bomb, or Did We?

Charlie Sheen’s opening stop for his “Torpedo of Truth” tour in Detroit on Saturday has been almost universally declared a disaster. Late start time, terrible opening act. Incoherent meanderings, pointless video clips. Booing, walk-outs, demands for refunds. He even reminded the increasingly hostile audience at one point that they had agreed to pay money for …

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Launch Party Fun: A Prologue

I wanted to mention that tomorrow evening I will be attending a launch party for the FiND iT FREDERiCK Magazine website. Food, drink, mingling, speeches. I know what you are thinking. It’s the least Ty-like thing you could possibly imagine. And while that may not be 100% accurate, I would not blame any of my …

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Remember them ALL.

Here, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, I remember the veterans. All of the veterans. We often think of the GI Joe, manly men, meat and potatoes, “For America, Jesus, and Apple Pie!” gung ho types on this day. Those that want to go “put a boot in their ass” …

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My Legacy: A Post in Cooperation with Brazen Careerist.

Sometimes it is extraordinarily difficult to think about one’s legacy when one lives basically hand to mouth or less, as I do. One can get swallowed up in the every day and become so pre-occupied with finding a way to keep one’s head above water that the very idea of a legacy seems not only …

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The Greatest Hits? Or Misses? Or Both? Neither??

If you look through my music collection, you will find that a majority of my albums are “Greatest Hits” albums. Depending on who you ask, this can be either a good or bad thing. On the one hand, I could be accused of not enjoying “challenging” music. That Greatest Hits albums are merely a collection …

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