Archive for May, 2009

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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE TOUCHED HEARTS AND OPENED EYES

Posted on: May 16th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

So India’s election returns are in and the ruling party will remain in power. For anyone who’s seen the movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” you have to wonder exactly why they got voted back in. A outstanding movie that won an Academy Award [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 387

Posted on: May 14th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Sometimes the craziest things that pop into your head are right and true. Not very often, though. Usually crazy stuff is just crazy stuff, so don’t go hog wild  with yourself and the weird things your mind comes up with from time to [...]

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WHAT WOULD PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE DO?

Posted on: May 14th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Anyone who’s a fan of Alexander McCall Smith’s novel series, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” has to love the HBO series of the same name. Set  in Gabarone, the capitol of Botswana, the main character among a bunch of [...]

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BOB CRE$PO & THE BIG $PENDER$ PLAYING LIVE!

Posted on: May 13th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

BAD BOB’S BBQ! 3112 LAWSON BOULEVARD, OCEANSIDE, NY, 11572 SATURDAY, MAY 16TH, 9PM.  (516) 561-7427. GREAT FOOD, FREE ADMISSION! THE SECOND BEST BAND IN THE WORLD: BOB CRESPO, GARY KROMAN, DAVE FORMAN, LARRY VEDILAGO, IAN [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 384

Posted on: May 13th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

When you’re feeling down, all the antidepressants in the world and no amount of cheering up will snap you out of it like a beautiful sunny [...]

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BUILDING A SONG

Posted on: May 13th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Anybody like songs? A show of hands, please? Whoa, looks like it’s unanimous! I suspected as much. Ever wonder how those bad boys get done? Well, you start with your basic songwriter, in this case, me. You put together a melody and lyrics, some chords [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 378

Posted on: May 11th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Sometime life’s lessons don’t come in their expected order. Like this [...]

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JUST ASKING…

Posted on: May 11th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

When Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens or Alex Rodriguez get caught doing steroids, stuff they took to make them even better baseball players, is that as bad as, say, the President of the United States attacking a country for no reason at all, resulting in [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 386

Posted on: May 7th, 2009 by Bob Crespo 1 Comment

Defecation occurs. Deal with [...]

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PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WORLDWIDE STARVATION PANDEMIC

Posted on: May 7th, 2009 by Bob Crespo No Comments

This is a progress report on the Worldwide Starvation Pandemic for the year 2008. The numbers are finally in and as a useful comparison, 2008 will be compared with numbers of the previous year, 2007. Deaths from Starvation, 2007: 13,140,000 Deaths from [...]