I was buying a Spongebob Squarepants-themed rectal thermometer for my uncle online this afternoon (his Shrek one is broken) when I noticed something really, really weird. Yes, weirder than a Spongebob Squarepants rectal thermometer that ACTUALLY PLAYS THE THEME SONG when it’s done reading one’s temperature.
And just relax about my uncle, okay? He collects these […]
Entries Tagged as 'bullshit'
Alert Ween: UPS Has Trademarked the Color Brown
February 25th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Tags: trademark · copyright · Spongebob · UPS · brown · bullshit · 2008 · Uncategorized
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “Torture and Blubber”
November 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Like any decent American, I am ashamed and embarrassed by my country.I spent decades thinking we were the good guys until Bush and crew came and ruined us, turned us into a bunch of heavy-handed fratboys with no consciences or consequences.
Except maybe not. I wasn’t around for Vietnam, but Kurt Vonngut, Jr. sure […]
Tags: freedom · George Bush · war · wasting time · Iraq · torture · Vonnegut · horror · fighting · peace · So It Goes · Slaughterhouse Five · hate crime · Kurt Vonnegut · massacre · tragedy · bullshit · Uncategorized
In My Empire, Book Abuse Is A Capital Offense
November 6th, 2007 · 5 Comments
This is from my notebook, written on the subway this morning:
There is a man standing next to me reading a paperback. One of his hands is gripping a pole and the other is holding the book with the cover and pages folded back, the front and back covers mashed together in a horrific […]
Tags: manners · subway · commuting · tragedy · bullshit · New York City · massacre · Uncategorized
Outsourcing the Romancing: LA Exec Hiring Someone to Write Flirty E-mails For Him
October 24th, 2007 · 15 Comments
A good friend of mine sent me this writing gig post from Craigslist in L.A. As if dating, online and off, weren’t hard and strange enough:
ghost writer
Very busy executive would like to hire a writer to send emails on his behalf on personal dating websites. And do a few enails back and forth […]
Tags: writing · sex · Craigslist · stuck on the payroll · wasting time · poetry · bullshit · love · Uncategorized
SF Bay Guardian’s Blog Coverage of the Tech Tragedy: Utter Bullshit
April 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments
SF Bay Guardian Screencap Originally uploaded by chinese_fashion.
The San Francisco Bay Guardian has covered the Virginia Tech shooting with minimal thought and maximum bullshit in a move that is making me re-think my whole situation as a knee-jerk liberal.
This post by Tim […]
Tags: San Francisco Bay Guardian · tragedy · bullshit · coverage · shooting · massacre · VA Tech
