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Christopher Hitchens on Self-Improvement
2007-11-27 – 22:27
Christopher Hitchens writes about his undertaking to better himself. Hi-larious.
On the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part I
On the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part II
Via Kottke.
Patriots over Colts
2007-11-04 – 21:48
Now that was a game! I’ve been a bit caught up in watching the Patriots kick the snot out of the other football teams, and so I was looking forward to this game. I squeezed the grilling of some pork tenderloin in at half-time, and enjoyed a delicious dinner while the Pats overcame some horrendous [...]
Disturbing/Hilarious Boogie Pimps Vid
2007-10-28 – 10:49
I found this via Daddy Types, and was some amused. I had to look up what the Boogie Pimps were, not being hip to the kid’s jive. Turns out Boogie Pimps is a pretty good name, as I correctly inferred the nature of their music. Nicely done Pimps!
Hi-Larious Spoof of Creationism
2005-06-22 – 12:13
Most amusing lampooning of the (make little quoting motions with fingers) science (okay stop with the fingers) of creationism.
Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by [...]
AT&T Wireless—worst customer service EVER!
2004-10-17 – 09:53
When my special lady friend and I bought our townhouse in scenic Maynard, MA my phone company of choice was Verizon. I had the whole package: local, toll, long distance, wireless and DSL. I talk on the phone maybe three times a week, and I was paying out various orifices for all this service. I [...]
“Gate” scandals eat it
2004-09-22 – 08:09
Why must the media label every scandal as a “gate”? I find it to be the most trite, overused media cliche around, and I am filled with rage every time a new scandal gets labeled. “Memogate” is the latest. My that’s clever.
To me such banal labels imply that the Watergate scandal is the definitive scandal [...]
This is why I like Tom Waits
2004-03-02 – 10:05
9th & Hennepin
Well it’s Ninth and Hennepin
All the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutes
And the moon’s teeth marks are on the sky
Like a tarp thrown all over this
And the broken umbrellas like dead birds
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Actually I hate verbal pauses
2004-02-25 – 07:44
When I was in 8th grade I had an English teacher who said “you know” every third word. As the days in the classroom passed I gradually lost the ability to hear anything she said except “you know”. Thus I learned little English that year beyond the pitfalls of the verbal pause.
The worst verbal pause [...]
When sex and vocabulary collide
2004-02-16 – 09:56
The San Francisco Chronicle has a wonderful story regarding the fledgling vocabulary used to describe people who are anything but heterosexual.
I applaud the level of precision being introduced to the language, which is a marked reversal from the usual trend. So bring on the pansexuals, transbois, and half-dykes.