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Thanksgiving Thoughts and Links

Your humble narrator is pretty rusty at these sorts of things.

But as it’s turkey time, why not give it a go?

Here, just because this married Jew is feeling festive and nostalgic, is your HCwDB Thanksgiving Thoughts and Links:

Everyone has their dream scenario of what Heaven will be like. This is mine.

I cannot wait for the new Superman film.

No matter how nerdy he appears, the inner soul of Michael Cera will always be pure HCwDB.

Feeling nostalgic for vintage HCwDB ? Here’s The headbanner as it looked in 2006. And here it is in 2007 after I got some design all up in this place. Here’s an actual image of your humb narrs writing the site in 2006. And a pic I took in the Douche Vortex (Hard Rock Casino in Vegas) later that year. On the one year anniversary of this site, March 20th, 2007, a dedicated fan emailed me the following list of early HCwDB milestones. Not sure if I was honored or slightly concerned at that level of dedicated readership. Thankfully, after that point the regulars that came here turned out to be much more normal.

And while we’re getting all punctum up in this shizz, here’s my first radio appearance on Britain’s Ugly Phil Show back in January of 2007. I sound confused and slow because I am both confused and slow. And yes, it was that appearance that gave me the idea to call my show “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” when MTV told me “douchebag” could not appear in the title.

But enough about this site. Back to the links.

This week in aristocratic, elitsts fratbag douchetools. The media nicknaming this CEO a ‘pharma bro‘ should make all of us pleased to see HCwDBian influence continue in all areas of contemporary culture, even if this site doesn’t get the credit it deserves.

Fake nerd Chris Hardwick has ridden Comicon exploitation all the way to this. And this. Along with Jimmy Fallon, they will squeeze every last ounce of 1980s nostalgia all the way to the bank.

Here’s a clip from an upcoming documentary on Chinatown Fair, the ancient arcade in New York’s Chinatown where you could pay a quarter to make a live chicken dance on a hot plate. I spent many a boozy late night in the 90s making that chicken dance.

Speaking of New York nostalgia, Pete Hamill offers a reflection on how much New York City has changed during his lifetime. Most of what made NYC unique is long gone. I sometimes keep track of all the places I used to love now forced to close because of rent increases on the great blog Vanishing New York.

Hells, lets go further back in time.

February, 1986. Brookline, Massachusetts. The Edward Devotion School gymnasium. Seventh and Eighth Grade Valentine’s Day Dance. 8:32pm. Your humble narrator asks a sexy twelve year old Russian Jewess named ‘Masha’ to join him for his very first slow dance. She seems uninterested. Reluctantly says yes. The song? This masterwork from 1984. They dance. Then Masha excuses herself. Two songs later, Masha is slow dancing with Erik, captain of the basketball team and future semi-employed Masshole.

And the first seeds of HCwDB were planted.

Happy Turkey Day!