balaspa

@balaspa (24)

United States • Age 53

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Writer from Chicago

Discussions (13)

balaspa's Discussions

Looking at Weather

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 28 Dec 06

I am continually amazed at Midwesterners and how they react to the weather in winter. This is the Midwest. Every year the weather gets cold and we have snow. In fact, this year has been surprisingly mild so far. Still, people...

Those Who Are Holiday People and Those Who are Not

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 27 Dec 06

I don't understand some holidays. New Years Eve is one of them. It just seems like the type of holiday where people stand around and get drunk. I am not the type who enjoys doing that. I also hate Valentines Day, which I think...

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Attack of the Big Giant Head

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 23 Dec 06

Despite the whole incident with Miss USA having both a ridiculous beauty pageant and Donald Trump involved, in my opinion the villain in this story is Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie with her big fat flapping annoying giant head and her...

Maintaining Neutrality

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 21 Dec 06

Being a cynic and, therefore, a natural skeptic is tough at times. Essentially you are stuck in a perpetual Catch-22 scenario. This is especially true when it comes to conspiracy theories. Sometimes you hear one and say to...

Man’s Greatest Invention

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 19 Dec 06

In all of the history of the world mankind has developed some truly fantastic inventions. Of course many people will talk about the wheel. Others will talk about the internal combustion engine. Arguments can be made that the...

Athletes Behaving Badly

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 18 Dec 06

Right now the city of Chicago is caught up in Bears-fever. People are somehow convinced that they will be playing in the Super Bowl in February. Of course, given the most-recent performance they will be lucky to be in the lead...

Closer than We Thought

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 16 Dec 06

I was watching television not very long ago and I happened to stumble across the show “Primetime Live.” It’s tough to keep the news magazine shows separate, and I will acknowledge that. They all seem to tell the same stories...

Holiday versus Christmas

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 15 Dec 06

Some of you may remember the historic battle that took place this time last year. Well, if you believed the wackos out there like Billy-boy O’Reilly and other whack-a-moles who were trying to convince the world there was this...

political correctness

The Good Ol’ Days of Horror

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 14 Dec 06

I have been a fan of horror and horror movies for almost as long as I can remember. I have been through the various phases of horror. When I was a kid it was common to find those black and white movies that probably instilled...

texas chainsaw massacre

the phantom of the opera

thoughts

Being a Sports Fan Instead of a Sports Idiot

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 13 Dec 06

I have never understood some of the insane things that go on in various sporting events. The things fans do have never made much sense to me. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am all for having fun at a sporting event. I am a huge fan...

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The Video Game Insanity

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 13 Dec 06

I have to confess I don’t understand the video game fanaticism I see going on these days. People are camping out for days, even weeks in some places, all for the honor of shelling out $600 for a game station. Now, as I...

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Why Hockey Sucks

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 13 Dec 06

Ernest Hemingway had some peculiar ideas about what qualified as a sport. He said something to the effect that the only true sports were bullfighting and auto racing. I think there might have been a third one and I forget what...

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Parenting

balaspa @balaspa (24) • United States 13 Dec 06

I am not a parent. This is probably regarded by the universe as a good thing, I would wager. I am depressingly single and my marriage ended rather badly and it was probably a good thing we never had kids. I am starting to think...

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