Forget Sh*t My Dad Says; if you’re a dad, start saying “Let’s talk.”
Notes from a Non-Parent™
1. Shoplifting – This may seem obvious, but it all begins with Read more
6 Signs Your Kid Is Headed for Cuffs
Category: Excuses
Could CNN Kill Us All?
WaPo Columnist Gerson Scores Laser-guided Bullseye with Comments on would-be Qur’an Burner’s Canonization by Corporate-owned, Internet-dreading Journalists. But first: GIANT SCHMUCKS ARE PLANNING A MEGA-BUDGET, FEATURE-LENGTH VERSION OF THE FALL GUY!
Ok, wait: I urge you to read Michael Gerson’s column, but in case you’re too busy or drunk, here are select quotes you can use the next time some fool in-law starts blathering about who should burn which King James edition of the Qur’an or where in Dubai Afghan President Hamid Karzai spends his U.S. taxpayer dollars. Read more
Qur’an Burning and You
If you’re angry or disturbed over those myopic cabbage heads in Florida who plan to burn a Qur’an or two (hundred), maybe your counterpart exists in a country where our flag is burned.
The Public Face of Booger Sugar: Drug Cartels to Sponsor Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton proposes Ground Zero NarcoCartel Memorial Statue to honor fallen heroes
Original Story: latimes.com | Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010
Sound silly? Why? Shouldn’t Mexico’s drug cartels be sending Paris Hilton ‘Thank You’ bouquets and paying her legal fees right about now? Read more
Islamophobia on Main Street
“Consider this a checkpoint!” – Oh, it’s a checkpoint all right: the point where we get handed the check.
Original story: online.wsj.com | Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010
How much does this murder attempt differ from the actions of a flight attendant who easily could have been shooting off a gun rather than his mouth? Oh wait a second, you mean little Mikey Enright the Cabbie Stabber doesn’t deserve a reality show? Read more
RoboScarab, the Little Grave-Robber that Could
Egyptian Pyramid Spelunked, Silly ‘ol Mystery Debunked: Welcome to another case of, just ‘cause we can, doesn’t mean we should.
Original story: news.cnet.com | Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010
Not unlike the Large Hadron Collider and the hunt for the God Particle, (short for “goddamn particle” because of the difficulty in proving its existence), isn’t elbowing our way into a pyramid the very essence of disenchanting? Read more
Bitch Shouldn’t Have Made So Much Money!
If it’s easy to label, it’s easy to excuse
Original story: npr.org | Monday, Aug. 16, 2010
Christin Munsch, a sociology PhD candidate at Cornell University, recently went before the American Sociological Association in Atlanta to explain the findings of her six-year study of married and cohabitating (straight) couples: that a woman making more money than her man can threaten Read more
The Ambulance Chaser of Empathy
Self-centered JetBlue crybaby Steven Slater is an embarrassment to us all
Original stories: The Wall Street Journal | Money.CNN
What has Steven Slater done that he deserves to be congratulated? He’s not a hero, and he’s not brave. Read more
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What if PFC Bradley Manning one day declares, “I did it to get famous?”
Original story: The Christian Science Monitor | Monday, August 2, 2010
It seems like damn near every month we’re forced to endure a new personality that ascends the national escalator to become a media focus. Read more
