This is What Democracy Looks Like

Wow.
Prairie View A&M in Prairie View, Texas is a historically black university that is home to about 8,000 students who heavily skews towards the Democrats. Texas Republicans gerrymandered the crap out their district and then placed the early voting stations seven miles from campus. I don’t know if you remember being carless on campus, but [...]

Very Stupid Man Escaped from Prison Calls His Old Job to Get Paycheck Forwarded

There was a fine case of Dumbassery right down the coast from here in Portsmouth, NH the other day. 20 year old Eric Livers called his old boss back in Wyoming and gave him his new address to forward his paycheck on to.
Sounds innocent enough, except when you consider that Mr. Livers escaped from prison [...]

Amy Winehouse’s Husband Trading Her Autographs for Jailhouse Heroin

Isn’t this just the cutest news you’ve ever heard. Amy Winehouse’s jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil is allegedly trading her autograph for heroin. PopCrunch  has it:
Blake Fielder-Civil has been swapping his wife Amy Winehouse’s autograph in exchange for heroin while incarcerated at London’s Pentonville Prison.
According to The Sun: Blake has traded autographed pictures of his Grammy [...]

Germany and Mexico Battle over Finger in the Butt Song

Germany and Mexico are going to war over a song by a German Musician called “Finger in the Butt, Mexico”. Way too funny.
Speigel Online has it:
Mexico’s ambassador to Germany has voiced his displeasure over a popular German song that allegedly disparages the North American country.
The song, which has been on the German charts for 10 [...]

Yes, Even More Wildly Inappropriate Valentine’s Day Cards for Children

If this is your first time seeing any of my alternative Valentine’s Day cards, check out this page and then this page for the background story.

More Wildly Inappropriate Valentine’s Day Cards for Children

Some of you felt that my concerns about the “Wet and Wild” Valentines Day card that my five year old got in a packet of cards were a bit overblown. I was accused of both having my mind in the gutter and being a prudish Christian blowhard (guilty on the first charge, couldn’t be further [...]

Harry Potter Becomes a Real Boy and Introduces Quidditch to College Kids

I have to say, if I were a Harry-Potter-loving college aged dork, I’d be pretty damn excited to read about the RL (Real Life) Quidditch being played at colleges like Vassar (NY) and Middlebury (VT), who even hosted a big tournament, sans Port Keys. Here’s the highlight vid from YouTube:

Seriously, this looks like of fun. [...]

One Thousand Tiny Things to Hate #80: Photos of Girls with Their Friends

A quick bit from One Thousand Tiny Things I Hate- #0080. PHOTOS OF GIRLS WITH THEIR FRIENDS. Here’s a snip, head over and read the whole thing, it’s hilarious.
Fact: the heads of female friends, when a camera is introduced, attract each other like magnets. Hence the photography phenomenon that is ‘the Siamese Headshot’, wherein two [...]

Inappropriate Valentine Card for Children: Wet and Wild for You

Is it me, or is this Valentine grossly inappropriate? I’m certainly no Puritanical prude, but a card that says “Wet and Wild for you, Valentine” doesn’t seem to be the right thing for my five year old daughter to bring to school. My wife saw this in the pack of cards she bought them for [...]

Mac OS Leopard 10.5.2 Update

Using Mac OS X Leopard? This is for you.
Apple’s long-anticipated 10.5.2 update — featuring a slew of stability and performance fixes — is ready for installation. In addition to third-party application improvements, 10.5.2 features a new view option for Stacks in the Dock (showing a folder, not its contents), Dashboard and networking tweaks, and bug [...]

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