To quote John Lydon, “Did you ever get the feeling that you’ve been cheated?” I think, pretty soon, I’m going to stop talking about Trump’s hypocrisy, as I think it’s probably no longer all that effective as a tool to convince his supporters to rethink their alliances. Almost everyone capable of rational thought, I’m pretty […]
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I tried to write something last night about the Orlando shooting that just left 50 people dead, but I gave up an hour or so into it. I’d sliced my hand open earlier in the day while working on the renovation of 209 Pearl Street, which made it difficult to type. [My right thumb was […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ideas, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged 209 Pearl, background checks, domestic terrorism, fearconomy, gay, gun control, gun violence, guns, guns in schools, guns on campus, homophobia, ISIS, Islamic State, jihad, Mark's health, mass shootings, murder, National Rifle Association, NRA, Obama, Omar Mateen, self-hating, terrorism |
By Mark | September 28, 2014
I don’t remember when it started, but Arlo has taken to calling chicken legs “meat bones.” It’s probably not one of his most noteworthy contributions to the English language, as he’s coined some pretty good phrases in his short time here on Earth, but I wanted to mention it here, as I’ve spent the last […]
By Mark | August 27, 2013
The first thing I said when I heard about Miley Cyrus’s performance at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards was, “I wonder what form the resulting meme will take?” Well, just a few hours later, I got my answer… The animated, tongue-out twerking of famous works of art, as though each were
By Mark | August 21, 2013
As it’s been a while since we’ve discussed America’s rapidly consolidating and progressively evil funeral industry, I thought that I’d share this comment, which was left a few days ago on Reddit, in a thread about industry secrets, by an unnamed individual claiming to be a funeral director. [I’ve added several links, but otherwise the […]
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