Articles by Walter Knoblock

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[1 Dec 2011 by Walter Knoblock | View Comments]
 8 reasons why I’m excited the NBA lockout is over!

Put the gun down- the NBA Lockout is over! I know- I was worried too, how would we live without watching basketball games intermittently scheduled throughout the week on TNT? “But Blake, the NBA is just a bunch of lazy whiners playing glorified pick-up basketball and making more money than most of us could dream of! Why exactly are you happy it’s back?” you may ask, and foreseeing your query, I compiled this list of eight reasons why I am excited the NBA lockout is over.
 
1.The GOP Debates where hardly …

[22 Nov 2011 by Walter Knoblock | View Comments]
Financially Progressive Thanksgiving Options: With Footnotes!

Thanksgiving is around the corner and if you’re like me you can’t afford a real Turkey/your family has disowned because of that time you dated a rhinoceros. So let’s be a thrifty little pilgrim and go through this list of cheap alternatives to one’s typical Thanksgiving Feast!
 
1. The Turkey
Having whole turkeys is nice, but, ugh, think about how difficult it is to make! You have to own an oven, knives, a baster! Just get cold cuts! Maybe toss them into the microwave, turn them into warm cuts[1], am I right …

[14 Nov 2011 by Walter Knoblock | View Comments]
Campaign Games!

The campaign trail can be a long and, at times, boring journey for politicians. To pass the time, many of them have taken to playing simple games! Here are the favorite games of the campaign trail!
 
Herman Cain: Clue: The Sexual Harassment Edition!

Herman Cain has sexually harassed someone and it’s up to you to find out! Was it the young intern from the National Restaurant Association in his back office? Sharon Bialek in her car looking for a job? There’s a mystery and only you can solve it! Fun for all ages!
 
 
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[28 Oct 2011 by Walter Knoblock | View Comments]
Very Last Minute Halloween Costumes

Halloween is a great holiday. What other day allows the opportunity to dress like a fool and drunkenly wander around public areas? If you are like me, the answer is “everyday!” but because you probably aren’t a 23-year old fledging comedy writer, you mostly likely have vocational obligations and dignity. Even better! Because of that, here is a list of costumes that both get in the Halloween spirit and are simple enough to pull-off with your busy schedule.
 
Last Minute Jesus:
Fill a Dasani bottle full of water, splash on people
 
Last …

[24 Oct 2011 by Walter Knoblock | View Comments]
Bottoms Up: Cocktail Corner!

Drinking, it’s Americas past time. Am I right folks!? The libation make us all a little funnier, better looking and far better at sex. But frankly I think a lot of us are getting a little bored of the vodka soda, gin and tonic and drinking straight Windex from the bottle beverages. These have become SO TIRED. In the non-stop strive of keeping up with the Jones’ we have a some new cocktails ALL of the mixologists will be brewing up in the tiniest corners of the hippest joints wearing …

[19 Oct 2011 by Walter Knoblock | View Comments]
A letter to Juanita, the cafeteria lady at Eastern Michigan University

Dear Juanita,
At first I thought we would be perfect together- myself a rustic and handsome 22 year old young man in college starving for both knowledge and mediocre cafeteria food- you an overweight and bowlegged Hispanic woman in her early fifties; one who’s sweat dripped off the fuzz on her upper lip and onto the steaming grill beneath her. Behind your persperatory mist, you looked like an angel. I smiled at you and you smiled back- both us lost in lunchtime euphoria. Unfortunately though, those brief moments of happiness are …