I’ve been a smoker for a very long time. Even after a public announcement that I was quitting last January, I’ve once again started puffing. My habit is less than before, to be sure, but I’m still reaching for the pack. Strangely, in all those years of smoking, the label on the side of that […]
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For the Love of God, Erika… DO NOT MARRY THIS MAN!!
Though billed as “The Best Marriage Proposal in World History,” trust me when I say IT IS NOT. In fact, you will be hard pressed to EVER see a more anus-cringing display of horrible, affected narcissism than on display in this video. I don’t want to ruin the jaw-dropping fun, but let’s just say it […]
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Corey Feldman Dresses Up Like Jacko at Memorial! YESSS!!
OH BOY! Look who put on his Michael Jackson costume at Michael Jackson’s memorial today at the Staples Center: COREY FREAKING FELDMAN, guys! From US magazine: Corey Feldman showed up at Michael Jackson’s public memorial Tuesday at L.A.’s Staples Center dressed as the King of Pop. He arrived at 10:19 a.m. dressed as the singer […]
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Some Pedophiles Really Have Low Standards
It’s a sad, but true fact that the standards of modern pedophiles are sinking lower and lower. Thanks to the average child’s increased awareness of sexual predators, perverts are now forced to choose really ugly ones to molest. As proof, check out this PSA from the ’80s, in which a series of creepy dad types […]
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Jon & Kate Plus 8, Divided by Dehydration
I’ve gotten a poop ton of questions lately regarding the TLC show Jon & Kate Plus 8—in particular, “What is Kate’s freaking problem??” In short, Kate is a businesswoman; her kids are the commodity. And her husband is a commodity, too, in that it’s wildly entertaining to watch her emasculate him on a weekly basis. […]
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Why One Should Never Drink Milk from the Bottle
The following video features a) one of the truly great pranks, and b) two ridiculously terrible douchebags. They are so douchey in fact, that it almost ruins the majesty of the prank. That’s why you should hang around until the end to see the prank repeated in glorious slo-mo, where as an extra bonus, you […]
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Of Cookies and Torture
It took more questioning, and some interrogators’ sleight of hand, before the Yemeni gave up a wealth of information about al-Qaeda — including the identities of seven of the 9/11 bombers — but the cookies were the turning point. “After that, he could no longer think of us as evil Americans,” Soufan says. “Now he […]
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The Art of Dine and Dash
Sunday evening, Arcata California. My wife Kitty and I are in Mazzotti’s Italian Restaurant on the main square, and we want nothing more than enormous plates of carbohydrates, which the menu promises in spades. As we consider which monstrous dish of starch to order, we are both struck by the conversation at the table beside […]
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HA! Caught’cha LYING, You Freaking LIAR!
One of the most important aspects of good newspapering is the ability to tell when someone is or is not a fucking liar. I know many of you think that news reporters use “intuition” or perhaps “corroborating stories” to tell if someone is, or is not, a fucking liar. Actually, while those methods had their […]
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Le Guin To Talk “Morality & Self Deception”
One of my favorite short stories of all time is Ursula Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. If you Google it, you should be able to download it pretty easily. Omelas is a fictional utopia with one drawback: In order for the city to be perfect, a child needs to be imprisoned […]