Archive for February, 2009

Sunshine Empire Pacific Conference Day One

Day one of The Sunshine Empire Pacific conference is in the books and it was a crazy one.  From Florida before the sun rose to Sacramento after dark.  We visited the California state capital grounds and had something called Monkey Knife Fight Ale.  We had three even though we are terrified of knife fights.  Despite [...]

On The State Of The Economy

Good Job Dan

“I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.” -Dan Quayle (Former Vice President Of The United States)

Pacific Conference Starts Tomorrow

On Racism And Primates And Progress And Change

Last week I wrote a piece stating that I felt the New York Post chimp cartoon was not racist and that anybody who saw racism was looking for it. I asked several African-American friends of mine their opinions of the cartoon. They seemed to agree that the cartoonist was not racist, and that the cartoonists [...]

I’m Sorry

G Means Gator And Don’t EVER Forget It

The random corporate entity that now owns the Gatorade brand is now trying to obscure the “gator” part of the branding to make it something called “G”. Well, never try to cut lose your heritage. Never. Here’s what I think of that.

Congrats To Jolemite My Man, Our Man In PDX

It is with great pleasure that we send our congratulations to a friend of The Sunshine Empire and a personal dear friend of mine Jolemite, on the birth of his new baby girl Rubymite. All of us here in the Empire are confident that both him and his lovely wife will make the best of [...]

On Political Nuance In Cartoons About Crazy Apes

The whole country is up in arms about a political cartoonist who used the recent story of the amok chimp in Connecticut to compare to the recent stimulus bill battle in Congress. After this chimpanzee went crazy and tore a poor woman’s face off, the insane animal was shot by police called to the scene. [...]

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