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Yonder cowpuncher of morality and mortality
This may surprise many of you, I’m sure, but sometimes I feel melancholy. Sometimes I get downright moody. I know! Who would have guessed? I generally just chalk this up to the black bile (one of the...
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Moralities: The Ant and the Grasshopper
The ant worked all summer. The grasshopper played. Winter came and the ant ate well and sat by the fire and watched the grasshopper die.— Tom B. Taker (@shoutabyss) December 25, 2011 The grasshopper...
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You Make Me Hate Myself
This post is part of our advanced negativity studies curriculum. If you are not pursuing your Ph.D (Philosophy of Hateful Dystopia) in The RUNS (Risible Ultion Negativity Studies) this post may still...
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Birthing some Romney “humor”
Source: LoneWolfMontana (Flickr). Click for original. I like a good joke as much as the next loser. Of course, usually I am the next loser. I ask you to consider the image on the right. Is it funny?...
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I’m The Guy?
What do you mean it’s all on my shoulders? My wife had surgery and I took on the role of being her one and only caregiver. (Hey, a new word for my resume.) In other words, high jinx has ensued. A mere...
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Political Comic: Personal responsibility on silver platters
Am I the only one who noticed something logically odd about what comes out of Mitt Romney’s mouth? There are some strange juxtapositions afoot. For example, consider this: Romney espouses a philosophy...
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Wife Invents Caregiver Holiday
One of my responsibilities was “The Meds.” Last Saturday my wife surprised me. “Today’s a holiday.” I was as eloquent as ever. “What the?” Oh yes. I’m a man of many pith. “It’s Caregiver Appreciation...
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Steubenville
Some facts about the City of Steubenville, Ohio. Population: 18,440 people (est. 2011) on an area 10.63 square miles in size. Politics: Democratic. There are an estimated six Democrats for every...
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Scary Tales: Mansion Lensman
A boy and his Lensman. A now a true story from the guru archives just because I can… It’s weird how so many of my father’s interests became interests of mine. A lot didn’t, much to his disappointment,...
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Demonically Repossessed
This is a true story… It all started when I loaned a friend a hammer. A hammer is a tool typically used for driving metal objects known as nails into various materials like wood. Or so I’ve heard. For...
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Reblog Saturday Explorations
I’m going to do things a bit differently on this episode of Reblog Saturday. Normally I try to focus on a single WordPress post in the last week and reblog it with minimal content. This week I have...
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Mad Maxxed
The news out of New York City was almost too unbelievable to believe. Almost. A rabid pack of bikers chased down an SUV, pulled out the driver and beat him in front of his wife and daughter. Why does a...
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Heisenberg Crosswalks
I’ve written about pedestrians before. I don’t mean to be pedantic but I’m driven to hammer my point home. To me, there’s very little “uncertainty” about crosswalks. You clearly don’t know who you’re...
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Killer of soccer referee gets three years
On Saturdays this space normally features a WordPress reblog but I wasn’t able to find a post regarding a story from earlier this year that deeply affected me. I’m posting an update regarding this...
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Thwart Deform
I’ll shop here just because they have a certain ganache. This post contains my patented Tort Reform Quiz For Dummies. At last you can find out if you support tort reform or not! You’ll find the short...
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Here’s to bad decisions, tonight is kinda special
An otherwise beautiful young person stood in court handcuffed and wearing an orange jump suit. Tearfully they addressed the court. “I’m sorry for what I did,” they sobbed. “Fleeing the scene of the...
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Now You’re Cooking: An Airlock Prayer
I’m in the sphincter. Admittedly there is at least one major bummer about being an atheist. It’s a pretty big one, too. Quite simply: I’m deprived of a bunch of gods. Dammit. I guess that comes with...
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Hyppo and Critter: Bottom Top Charity
Critter don’t seek the limelight. Remember, he’s just a humble average department store worker. But it can be a little hard to swallow when he sees Hyppo jaunting to and fro metropolises in his...
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