Local Beat Reporter Bud Winston Asks You To Give

Old School Zero - July 27, 2015

Dateline: July 27, 2015 Hello, loyal Winstonians! My drunken summer vacation dried up like a Palm Springs housewife recently, and, boy, did I have a time. After my vacation breakfast of four Ojai oranges and a pint glass of Mezcal, it was time to head home, which meant getting to the

[BOOK FLIES OPEN] – A List Of Things That Didn’t Kill Me

Old School Zero - July 24, 2015July 23, 2015

[I'd like to thank yeah right for starting the book articles going, and apologies for changing up the article naming convention, but I couldn't resist] Have you ever been to some sort of festival or concert filled with hippies and their kids (*coughcoughCUNTLERcoughcough*), or seen some picture of people with kids

Meanwhile, in San Diego…

Old School Zero - July 16, 2015July 16, 2015

City Councilman: All right, this has been a full day of hearing public testimony on the issue of the proposed new stadium, and I think we have our last citizen. If you could please step up to the mic, mister... BOLTMAN! [pounds chest, a brief snippet of the 'San Diego Super

[Wallet flies open]: Fuck MS

DFOing Good

Old School Zero - July 14, 2015July 14, 2015

Some of you may remember this from last year--kommenters really came through big (OH YEAH!)--but I'm fundraising for the Bike MS Oregon ride again. I've done the ride--100 miles the first day, 50 the next--five times over the last six years or so, and it's a great time. Unfortunately, thanks

A Mostly Straight Male’s Guide to Magic Mike XXL

Old School Zero - July 7, 2015July 6, 2015

[Apologies to every blogger everywhere who has used this format before me] While everyone was suffering through the heat wave and massive crowds to wait for fireworks to go off, I was in a darkened theater laughing until I cried at one of the most entertaining movies I've seen in a

More characters from “The Room” seek advice

Old School Zero - July 6, 2015

[Ed. Note--While Johnny was the first to ask for it, the other characters in The Room also (obviously) need help as well. For reasons that will become clear, they didn't make it to print. We've recovered them from the trash bin, however, and now you can read them as well!] Dear Amy: I'm in

NSA Telephone Transcript #14B688UC11

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Old School Zero - July 3, 2015

[brief ringing sound, then a phone picking up] OSZ: Hello? [No response. Background noise sounds like a large group of people talking all at once, as well as "Fly Like An Eagle" by the Steve Miller Band] OSZ: Hello? Who is this? [Still no response, but a voice cuts through the background noise] GET

Quickie: A Special Message to Packers Shareholders

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Old School Zero - June 26, 2015

[Ed. Note--New School Zero sent me an email from the not too distant future--only a few days, in fact, but he said it was important. So, here you go!] Dear Packers Shareholders, I would like to announce to you today that I am a happily married man. I didn't plan on this

Quickie: Nooooooooo!

Old School Zero - June 22, 2015

Thanks to a speedy delivery, my new router came in today and I'm back on the internet at home. So I boot up the ol' interwebs only to find... this. I love Hannibal. This show is spectacular in so many ways. Mads Mikkelsen is glorious as our beloved Hannibal Lecter. GLORIOUS! NBC did this

Local Beat Reporter Bud Winston on his time at The MMQB

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Old School Zero - June 11, 2015

Just a short update for all you loyal readers today. Fear not, I'm sniffing out a game-changing scoop as I write this, but I had a recent journalistic experience I thought you all might find illuminating. A peek behind the curtain, if you will--how the sports-flavored sausage gets made, sweaty

Quickie: Rich People Things

Open Threads

Old School Zero - June 7, 2015

So this happened. After chuckling to myself about bad PR befalling the Patriots yet again, I googled for a 2011 Mercedes Maybach. It would take a really, really stupid person to wreck one of those, and you know why? This: Stupid, because this is not a car you buy to drive around. This

Local Beat Reporter Bud Winston has the SCOOP on Johnny Football’s Rehab Stay!!!!

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Old School Zero - June 2, 2015

Friends, loyal readers, and all of my ex-wives: Yes, I DO still exist, which should please two out of three of those categories. Reports of my demise and/or debilitation are greatly exaggerated; in fact, I've been hot on the trail of one of the biggest scoops this year! It's taken