We needed tough lessons as children. An occasional playground fight was expected as the norm, and if we complained to our mother that we were being teased, we were treated to this glorious aphorism: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” My mom used to say that all the time, one of the seemingly endless adages she had at her disposal to deal with any of life’s problems. To this day I think long and hard about the practical application that dogma had on my life.
The idea that you could actually choose whether or not to be hurt by words: that was huge for me. Even though it has been repeated ad nauseam for generations, “sticks and stones” really is a powerful bit of philosophy to a kid. That’s one of the great things about being a parent: you can spout nothing but clichés, and yet, to your child, you come off as one of the great thinkers in Western culture.
–from MEAN DADS FOR A BETTER AMERICA, by Tom Shillue
sometimes I upload and it gives me a message that the video is "processing" but it never fully does! So anyway this one is from March 2nd
Also- I'm making the announcement before Michael does- I'll be on Jesse W Primetime tonight with CHARLIE guest hosting. so that probably means 8:50 or so. I guarantee we will be discussing the Oscars and other HOLLYWEIRD issues
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
So Tom ( @tomshillue ) I’ve tried to buy tickets for your after show April 11, can’t find a place to buy them, will they be available at the venue?
Do you have a link?
Ticketmaster is trying to have me buy more Gutfeld! Tickets.
“The gods hate hubris”
I was a handsome young policeman of 23. I had just graduated at the top of my class at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)in Glynnco GA. While there, I had been selected to return for ‘Crowd Control’ training. A ‘Train the Trainer’ program.
I thought I was a bad ass…
Oh yeah ::sniff:: they liked me front and center when that new News 24 hour cycle thing that was invented by a cable channel called ‘CNN’ started, especially when they were around the Pentagon…
On the east side of The Pentagon is a Metro Bus platform. It is a hub Station for Arlington county, and there is also Metro Rail ‘Orange’ line station under the parking lot.
We received a call ‘Man with a Knife on the bus platform’…
I hit my lights and hauled ass to the Bus platform…
I whipped my cruiser up diagonally, blocking the platform exit, lights flashing.
Yeah it was ‘textbook’.
It was also the beginning of rush hour in DC.
The platform was packed, buses everywhere. Hundreds if not thousands of ...
