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How Much Less Could You Not Care?
It just occurred to me that too many people online are mentioning Back To The Future. Maybe they’re making a sequel or prequel. I actually love the term origin story, which I just learned this week. I love it because … Continue reading
Alex James: What a Fucking Cunt!™
What a little fucker. Continue reading
Fashion Gibberish And A Contest
My cyber-friend and adopted daughter Annemarie has generously pointed me to a treasure trove of pretentious fashion gibberish that reads like a buzzword generator. In fact, the high-end shopping site Ssense has just launched such a generator and it’s fun … Continue reading
The Joy Of Trying To Tidy Up
In my continuing effort to make life livable, I’ve sunk to self-help books. It’s a poignant conundrum. The more you succumb to self-help books, the more of a loser you are, by definition. Still. I have high hopes for The … Continue reading
Just No.
Can someone fire this cunt? Continue reading
The Age Of Indignation
Some guy who’s going to host a TV show has just caused a huge fit of umbrage because he once tweeted about ‘fat chicks’ and made a joke about Jews. How dare he! People are arguing about whether he deserves … Continue reading
I’ll Feel Fat If I Want To!
Facebook has responded to a petition by eliminating the status option of ‘feeling fat.’ If only I’d known about this option! And now it’s gone, thanks to political correctness. The Change.org petition said this: Did you know that Facebook lets … Continue reading
Banished Words for 2015
Lake Superior State Universary has published its 40th Annual List of Banished words, “Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.” Considering what an awful year it’s been for language, not to mention humanity itself, it is … Continue reading
And For Our Jewish Friends…
In my 20s, a hundred years ago, I remember enjoying newspaper ads for grocery stores that said “And For Our Jewish Friends,” with photos of Hanukkah or Passover food. I enjoyed what I felt was the discreet racism of “Our … Continue reading
Dumbing Down
We are packing our shit and preparing to leave our house, the house where nobody likes to throw anything away. I like the idea of a fresh start, in terms of starting over in a clean empty house and pretending … Continue reading