The World According to Hicks.

Other sites you HAVE to visit.

If you know me, you're probably already aware of these pockets on the web that I frequent. If these don't look familiar, well then, check them out and get back to me to thank me.

http://www.bsideblog.com/

http://www.midseasonreplacements.com/

The above feeds my need for television/pop culture in a wonderfully irreverent way.

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com

You may see this and think, "Huh, BJ hates to bake/cook/do anything in the kitchen except grab a beer from the fridge. Why's that there?" Read it, then you'll understand.

And then there is the mega-monster of them all: Facebook (or as my pal Amy calls it, "Facecrack"). Once you go in, you'll never come out. Well, that's a bit dramatic...but delightfully true. 

I joined a couple years ago to keep tabs on my nephew (yes David, I'm watching YOU...mwahahahaha!) and then a few people found me and now, well, I have to check it every 10 minutes to see what everybody is doing; because now, for some mysterious psychological, pathological reason, I HAVE TO KNOW. 

That's correct, Facecrack has transformed me from an inert socially-awkward introvert into an active full-on friend-stalker. Thanks, Facecrack. 

So, check out these sites, and feel free to hep me to your faves. I really don't have that much time to kill, but I'll make the time. Dinner is usually optional at our house, so the time I could be slaving at the microwave can be better spent finding new ways to entertain myself while I "work."

UPDATE: The Mensa division of Facebook took it upon themselves to fix something that wasn't broke and, well, they've broken it. The Facebook programmers are slowly working to make amends and put stuff back where they belong. So, if you haven't joined Facebook yet, take your time in signing up...perhaps until late April/early May. By that time, hopefully, everything will be sorted out. Just a little Public Service Announcement from your pal at Hicks' Pub.

"24" meets Mad-Libs

Okay, so I've been hanging with Jack Bauer since the very first day he decided to be a total bada** in 24-hour increments. We're on Day 7 now (a week to you and me) and I've finally had an epiphany when it comes to the script-writing of the show. They use Mad-Libs. They've been using the same, tired, dog-eared book of Mad-Libs for at least 5 days now. Check it out:

It's scary because it's true. I'm still working on getting the words "perimeter" and "socket" worked in there somewhere, because those are verbal staples of "24."

Don't get me wrong, I'll stay with Jack until he hangs up his Aviator Glasses of Badness and his Messenger Bag of Pain (thanks Joe and Ben), not only because I feel pretty committed, but also because the dialogue does make a pretty quality drinking game. Copy that.