Slate.com, that infamous fount of intellectual discourse, published an article yesterday whose gist was that adults who read YA fiction should be ashamed about reading YA fiction. Considering the fantastic stupidity of that argument, Baby […]
Ten Fun Metaphors for Obama’s New Climate Change Initiative
President Obama recently introduced an initiative to reduce the carbon-dioxide emissions of America’s nuclear power plants by 17% over the next six years. To call this move half-assed is an insult to everyone in the […]
On The Hitler Billboard
Last week, a children’s ministry called Life Savers unveiled the above-pictured billboard near a mall in eastern Alabama. If the previous sentence didn’t sufficiently indicate that the billboard featured a Hitler quote, the next sentence […]
Who Should Coach The Knicks?
For the eighth time in the past ten years, The New York Knicks find themselves without a coach. The team’s new president of basketball operations and mascot, Phil Jackson, has vowed to find a coach […]
A Preemptive Review of the Seth MacFarlane Cowboy Movie
Editor’s Note: I have not seen the Seth MacFarlane cowboy movie, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and I don’t intend to, ever. With that said, I must acknowledge the unfortunate fact that […]
Andi Dorfman As Religious Experience
Almost anyone who loves The Bachelorette and follows the show and its many offshoots on television has, over the last year, had what might be termed Dorfman Moments. These are times, as you watch the […]
My Chipotle Cup Flash Fiction
In an effort to promote the reading of literary fiction, ubiquitous burrito purveyor Chipotle Mexican Grill has started superimposing little short stories on its fountain soda cups. The campaign has attracted some of the “biggest” […]
My Bachelorette Questionnaire Answers
The contestant bios for the tenth season of The Bachelorette have been released, confirming that my application for the competition has been rejected for the tenth consecutive year. Once again, twenty-seven mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers will vie for […]
The Requisite Donald Sterling Post
The issues and opinion surrounding the “punishment” of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling seem as numerous as the motivation behind his punishment seems singular. For the vast majority, this was a necessary, punitive act […]
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