Yes, I am trying to be funny.
Sure, friend. I’m just like you. Oh, I know, I seem unapproachable, with my thriving career as a failed writer, my jutting stomach and chiseled spine, and my daunting command of most of the English language. But I put my condoms on one foot at a time, just like anyone …
Program note: ages ago, some internet fiends and I used to play a constrained writing game called “Mad Ape Den”, where you’d have to re-tell a well-known story (novel, movie, TV show, play, etc.) using only words of three letters or fewer. I’d completely forgotten about it until today, when …
Mmmm! What’s that devilish flavor, Midge? It’s got a base of frowning judge and overtones of cold marble and concrete, sprinkled with arbitrary traditions and with subtle hints of collective punishment! Wait, I know — it’s austerity! Yes, it’s the hot new lifestyle trend that’s sweeping Europe, and it’s coming to America, …
On July 12 of 1990, an hour-long comedy-drama created by Josh Brand and John Falsey debuted on CBS. Entitled Northern Exposure, it followed the humorous fish-out-of-water encounters with rural Alaskan culture of New York doctor Joel Fleischmann, as portrayed by Rob Morrow at the beginning and the end of a promising …
One of the great losses of the Internet age is the legendary quality of the you-had-to-be-there moment. Once upon a time, it was possible to evoke the unrepeatable glory of some event, some concert or performance or speech, and assure your audience that it was a thing of transcendent greatness, …
My home base of San Antonio, like many overgrown frontier towns where the remnants of bloody old colonial powers contend with the ascent of new money and power, is insane. But because it is rarely the spectacular craziness of the big cities, its public entities communicate the most recent ripples …
FAILED FAST FOOD FRANCHISES 1. Kimchee Korner 2. International House of Seaweed 3. Everything Fish Paste! 4. Ohara’s Sun-Baked Sushi 5. Clamato Hut FORGOTTEN BASEBALL MILESTONES 1. Ray Cotton: first fan to choke to death on a pretzel (May 11, 1924) 2. Jack “Spats” Hollander: first player to miss a …
“Die Sterne im Nacht sind groß und hell!” KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Tief im Herzen von Texas!” KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Vier hoch und breit, Prärie Himmel!” KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Tief im Herzen von Texas! Der Salbeiblum ist wie Parfüm!“ KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Erinnert mich auf Heidi Klum!” …
Some of you may be familiar with Calamity Jon Morris‘ nifty OHOTMU Reduxe project, where he’s solicited a raft of talented inksmiths to offer up their interpretations of that unforgettable nerdcyclopedia of the 1980s, the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. If you aren’t, then get familiar with it — and click …
MON-EL’S BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM HE SPENT IN THE PHANTOM ZONE 1. No cable 2. General Zod wouldn’t stop telling that one story about how he first decided to become an astronaut 3. “Friday Night Fish Surprise” was just Mrs. Pal-El’s fish sticks with ranch dressing 4. Nam-Ek smelled …
A loving tribute to the forward-looking vision of the dignified speakers at the Republican National Convention. 01_Built_By_Hand
Yes, it’s time once again for that all-time family fun game, “What’s This Guy Worth?, or, Exactly How Rich and Out-of-Touch Are the Rich, Out-of-Touch Assholes Who Are Going to Tell Us How to Fix the Economy?”. On our last episode, we examined the occupations and net worth of members …
The making of best-of lists has been a passion that has consumed music journalists since the days of Edison’s wax cylinders; no sooner had it been released than Oh I’m a-Leapin’ and a-Croonin’ for My Christ Jesus, by the Nine Deaf Mulattoes of Warren County, was voted “Biggest Disappointment of …
ATHLETIC, EXCITING SWM, fit, 5’10”, professional, intelligent, caring, well off, 35 and full of love. Seeking attractive SF 25-40 who likes sophisticated fun and active entertainment. Likes: hiking, running, road trips, quiet dinners, Scotch tastings, new nightclubs, spontaneity, romantic cruises. Dislikes: hot weather, getting up early, taxes, cheap beer, getting …
LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HATE CRIMES DESK — DUTY LOG, 08/19/2012 4:05PM. Margaret Willoughby, Big Creek. Called to report some kids knocked over her mailbox with a baseball bat and wanted to know was that a hate crime. Informed her it was not. She explained that mailbox contained fundraising letter …
