What is Best in Life

Being a rambunctious sort, my past is full of tales of derring-do and mischievous insubordination. In this series I will examine specific instances of orneriness from my past so that you, the reader, might understand Isley’s special relationship with authority just a little bit better.

In today’s rousing tale I shall be looking back at the earliest incarnations of the “Float of Doom”. Now, I’ll admit, most of the inspiration came from watching Animal House at an impressionable age, but some of you may not be aware that The Float of Doom actually existed previously to its more mature (I use this word in the loosest sense possible) “college years” form. So in today’s and next week’s posts I will return to my years in Valley Center High School as I reveal the secret origins of The Float of Doom. (more…)

I wasn’t sure whether to write a “My Favorite Christmas Movies” post, a “My Favorite Christmas Movie” post or just a “Christmas Movies” post.  Finally I realized that I really just wanted to write about It’s a Wonderful Life, and since there was no point in needlessly qualifying it, I might as well give it a full “My Favorite Movie” treatment.

I played an anarchist for my voting post, a fascist for my Fort Apache post, I’ll go ahead and play the sentimentalist here…it’s the Christmas season after all!  So while I might normally pretend to worship death and all that is unholy, I’ll go ahead and own up to loving It’s a Wonderful Life.  The movie is just that good. (more…)

Welcome!

In the words of Goth Blog, I now have my very own “spot in a forest glade to post my thoughts”.  I feel it is appropriate to begin this inagural post with a quote from the book of creation: (more…)

What with the decision to cross over the storylines of Goth, Jock and Snob blogs, a simple thing as writing Goth Blog 3 has turned out to be more work than I planned on. So, while I know I’ve been writing more about underground metal than most people want to hear about lately, here is a quick top ten post to make up for me not rappin’ at you guys in a while!
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