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What Women Want is a Punch in the Face
All this mock outrage over Mel Gibson really pisses me off. Nobody cares about that woman he beat, What’s-Her-Face McTeethmissing. Sure, the whole damn thing is a tragic case of a rich asshole succeeding in spite of what we’d like to believe about success’s prerequisites, but there’s nothing everyday people can do about it other [...]
I’ve figured out how Twilight and Football are the same
Girls supporting Football is like guys supporting Twilight: most of them are just doing it to cull favor with the opposite sex by demonstrating acceptance for their coping mechanisms. Genuine enjoyment of the sport/fiction among the opposite gender of the typical audience is rare.
This is because both are usually vapid and bland for uninitiated [...]
Now if you’ll excuse me: I have a mosquito to kill.
The room is laptop-lit, and the October air is friendly. If I dangle my chillum from my knuckles in front of the window, I can’t help but adjust my fist to slide the tip in line with one of the twin tangerine dots of light marking the other side of the street. The lights [...]
What America’s Getting For Her Money: Corrupt Cops, and a Corrupt Judicial System
Speed camera pranksters in Arizona are dodging their illegal tickets, and Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Jeff Hawkins is saying “These are what you probably consider as people who don’t really respect the law at all.”
Officer Hawkins and the State of Arizona should bear in mind that while these cameras are ‘legal’ in Maryland [...]
Tape on the Fishtank
My brother is a mischevious guy. When he was very young he once decided that throwing marbles around the living room would be fun. At the time we had a tropical fish tank. You see where this is going? When I discovered him attempting to use Scotch tape to prevent the water from leaking through [...]
Swine Flu Barbecue
I hate disease scares. First it was SARS, then it was the bird flu, now it’s the swine flu… and hey, even though garden variety influenza is deadlier than the special versions, it’s familiar so it’s not as scary. Even a recognizable portion of the Mexican population realizes this. With that in mind, I think [...]
