By now, anyone who trolls the news knows that Alaska’s Senator Ted Stevens made a complete ass of himself during debates — I mean, lectures — surrounding some silly amendment to some silly piece of government-sponsored piffle. This link shows transcribed highlights from Stevens’ incoherent and grossly indefensible tirade, but you really have to listen…
The other day, a friend, in reponse to my opinions about V for Vendetta, said I’d better watch out, the NSA is listening. I laughed. He didn’t. And then it hit me. People in this country actually are afraid of their government. So, let me be clear. My government can go fuck itself. It’s inefficient,…
No one’s ever technically accused me of being a misanthrope. In fact, I’ve artificially inflated my reputations as such by regularly maligning the vapidity of man. What I am, actually, is a hater of stupid people, of unenlightened people, and they are, I’m sorry to admit, legion. Just sit on a plane bound for Las…
I’ve held my tongue for the longest time about the demise of a simple Strunk & White grammatical rule: do not end sentences with a preposition. I’ve held my tongue because, as a student of the English language, I recognize that language — and its rules — evolve over time. Spelling changes. Syntax changes. New…
Today, while enjoying a rainy Christmas afternoon with my mom in her room, I noticed a translucent bag with brightly colored stuff in it. “What’s this?” I asked. “Oh,” my mother replied, “some girl was delivering these to the residents [of the nursing home].” On closer inspection, this is what I found.
In my most recent post below, I heaped generous backhanded praise on TV’s Lost. I’m about to upgrade that backhand to a Wushu bitch slap. To say I feel deceived and cheated by a TV show would be to give it entirely too much credit. Yes, I was suckered into J.J. Abrams clever world. I…