Morgan’s Rantings and Waxings

A friend of mine is in a class where they do a section on the movie “Rocky.” Discussing that movie could take a whole book. However, here’s a snippit from an article she had to read about Rocky called “The Rhetoric of ‘Rocky’”: “The social value model has five dimensions. First, societal values exist in …

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! By the way, that’s spanish for the Fifth of Mayo! I celebrated by eating at Q’doba. I know it wasn’t much, but it was probably the most I’ve done to celebrate Cinco de Mayo ever. Anyway, that’s not the point. As a few friends and I sat around eating burritos, …

There’s a local radio station here in Grand Rapids, MI that is called WGRD. My wonderful co-workers choose to play this crap almost every day (at 6 in the morning no less). The station promotes itself as “New Rock” although every morning I hear at least 9 or 10 songs that came out when I …

I tell ya. The beer I’m drinking right now is cold-filtered smooth, and I can taste it. You can just tell. It’s not all hot and bothered like those other beers.

I wonder sometimes why I get such satisfaction out of putting these random thoughts or essays up on this website. What’s the point of having my own website? I put these random thoughts up and I have no real direct way of knowing that anyone is actually reading them. Or if anyone actually is affected. …

So I went to the ballet a couple nights ago, and I’ve got to tell you, I’m glad to see that woman-tossing hasn’t gone out of style yet.

Whenever I see those bumper stickers that say “Love Wins,” I always want to add “3-2.” In the same vain, there’s a commercial on the radio that starts by saying “Do you suffer from paranoia?” And my answer, which I say audibly whether people are in the car or not, is always “No! Yes! Stop …

I’ve got nothing against rap or hip hop artists, but I’m just waiting for two things: a band without a parental advisory, and a band that spells its name correctly. What is so cool about spelling your name wrong? I just don’t get it. Outkast, Lil’ John and the East Side Boyz, Big Timerz. (sarcasm …

So I was flipping through the channels earlier this morning, and I came across the good old American classic “Blind Date.” I really dislike this show, since most of it is two people just trying to eventually have sex, while all of us at home laugh at their vain attempts, so we can feel a …

I have yet another apartment elevator observation, other than the fact that it has smelled like someone cooked B.O. Chicken in it recently. I notice that there’s a sign in the elevator that says “In case of fire, use stairs.” Pretty standard in elevators. How many people, though, are trying the elevator during a fire. …