On Maureen Dowd's Tiny Error
That Sherman article is awesome. "[A] beautiful and interesting young lady was fearfully bruised and lacerated and torn.... A young man on board was extremely attentive, as we went along, to the young lady who had been so seriously wounded. Yet it was not much of a task to nurse a young and beautiful girl, and scarcely any of us felt gratitude toward him."
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On Cinematic Board Game Adaptations Prey On Nation's Idiocy
Peter Weir's Risk?
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On Ten Bucks A PACK. How Stupid AM I?
In these times, we can't deal in half measures like cigarette taxes. Now the Chinese, they know how to end a recession: Cigarette quotas! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5271376/Chinese-ordered-to-smoke-more-to-boost-economy.html
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On "Catcher In The Rye" Sequel
didn't Joseph Heller write a similar sequel to Catch-22, where Yosarian is old and he and all his old war buddies are in the nursing home?
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On Random Missives: Dear Netflix
I watched Mad Max 1 time and now my Netflix suggestions are all screwed up. Bad decision.
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On Social A's: I Am A Hermit And Is That Okay?
A good way to meet people and mingle is to go to every public meeting held, demand to speak, and lodge various civic complaints.
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On Toweling off
Whatever, Proctor & Gamble. A bow-tie is "purely functional," whether its around my neck making me look cool or on my paper towels mopping up my spilled cocktails. Am I right intellectual property fans?
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On Researchers Making New Literary Discoveries That Will Eventually Be Owned By Google
So if that Benedictine monk in the story dies under suspicious circumstances we'll know they found Book II of the Poetics.
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On Biden Stricken By Foot-In-Mouth Disease
The thought of Joe Biden being President makes me feel sick. Am I allowed to stay home from work?
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On CIA Applications Up; Newspapers Not Recruiting
And their backup career is law? Firms are doing great right now! Not a good second choice if you're opposed to finding your application materials in the trash.