Now, HERE'S an actor who is long overdue for a serious comeback.

One of my favorite actors from the eighties was a fellow who was always being portrayed as kind of an asshole. In 1984, he made life a living hell for Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid. He then caused a ruckus in a film that wasn't quite as big of a hit, 1985's Just One Of The Guys. It was pretty much a high school based knock-off of the 1982 smash hit Tootsie, starring Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. He then went on to be kind of a dick in the Rodney Dangerfield starrer, Back To School.

Of course, I'm referring to the Czechoslovakian dynamo known as William "Billy" Zabka.

He's done some work in a handful of little known B-movies over the years since then, but here's a short film / music video, directed by Mr. Zabka himself. The song is by a band who call themselves No More Kings, with whom I am not particularly familiar. To be honest, hearing their style of music doesn't quite provoke me to run right out and buy their CD. However, I do have to admit that I give them mad props for writing this song and participating in this project.

That's some dynamite shit, if you ask me.

And here he is now.

Is it just me, or does he look as though he could be the next Robert Redford?

William "Billy" Zabka's comeback. In a word: Imminent.

Is this...what day is this?

I paid my cable bill online today. I usually do it over the phone, but I just so happened to be sitting at the computer with the bill in front of me, and didn't feel much like getting out of my chair to walk across the room to call the payment in. And I've already been reminded today that I'm a lazy mother fucker, so just go ahead and save your breath.

But as it turned out, this plan pretty much wound up backfiring on me. I'd been given a confirmation number for my payment online, but I hadn't received an email or anything to indicate that those wacky cable people had received payment. So I had to go ahead and walk across the room to pick up my phone, after all.

What a pisser.

I called the cable company and the customer service representative was pretty cool. He reassured me within like ten seconds that my bill had been paid, and that my account was in good standing.

Mission accomplished.

As we were exchanging our end of conversation pleasantries, he advised me to "Have a good weekend".

Dude.

It's fucking Monday.

I mean, I certainly did appreciate the fact that he seemed to be concerned about my welfare as far as the upcoming weekend goes, but that's four days from now. Does this mean that as long as I have a kick-ass rockin' good time starting on Friday, he could give two shits about whether I live or die until then?

I should call back and have this jackass fired.

I could get myself into an awful lot of trouble for this.

I really don't know exactly how this happened. A couple of weeks ago, I applied for a harmless little seasonal part-time job at a low maintenance kiosk in the mall, just for shits and giggles. I pretty much figured that I could put in a few shifts a week for a few months, not so much for the supplemental jack-shit pay I'd make, but just to have something around to keep me on my toes. And besides, everyone knows how much I love to hang out at the mall.

During the hiring process, I gradually learned that the kiosk is owned by a large retail chain, which is owned by an even larger retail chain, which happens to be a corporate juggernaut. I've been working for them at various locations in and out of the kiosk and their stores for about a week, and my attorney has advised me that I shouldn't disclose the name of the company, but here are a few hints:

They sell books.

They sell music.

They sell movies.

They sell coffee.

They're not Barnes & Noble.

I've been perusing their employee field handbook little by little, and one section that really kinda' cracks me up is the explanation of their "Blogging Policy".

And here it is:

"While the company values individuality and community, those employees who choose to keep a personal web log or "blog", or other types of internet posting must keep in mind that some Company Policies may prohibit certain blogging activities:

* Employees are prohibited from engaging in blogging activity during work hours. Company equipment, including computers and electronic systems, is primarily for business use, and must not be used for blogging.

* Employees must respect copyright, fair use, and financial disclosure laws, and are not permitted to use company logos and marks in blogs.

* The company reserves the right to take disciplinary action in the event an employee's blogging activity violates this or other company policies."

What gives? I've never had a job that has been so strict about their "Blogging Policy".

Come to think of it, I've never even had a job that has ever even had a need to address their "Blogging Policy" in the first place.

At any rate, I'd better go ahead and wrap this up for now. My supervisor's lunch break is almost over, and he'll be back here any second now.

Blog ya later.