8. Do not dress up as an elf. Ever. This is just a personal bias of mine. Okay, everyone who has hung out with me in person knows this story, but for the rest of you: Years ago I developed the Pointy Eared Whore Theory. Over a lifetime attending cons and other events featuring people dressing up as characters from fantasy and science fiction, I noticed a disturbing trend. The ones with really good, high…
I cribbed this off “I Will Teach You to Be Rich“, but it was so mindlessly stupid that I’m unable to hold myself back. I’m about to be hated by every woman who reads this for what I’m about to say. The article in question comes from the New York Times. It stated than an initial U. of Pennsylvania survey points to the possibility that some women in the U.S. may be going to their…
If you’ve never read the Craigslist “Best of” section, I highly recommend that you at least give it a look. Some of it is seriously funny. The type of funny starts at the low-brow and go all the way to being sublimely intellectual. The best part? It’s democratic. Only the most popular posts that are voted on by the readers are listed. Recently, while perusing through the “Best of” section of Craiglst, I’ve noticed something…
Awhile back I began to notice this fascination in certain people with faraway exotic places. They rave, gush and drool whenever someone else mentions a place that they haven’t visited. I understand that it’s a temporary extraction from the everyday familiarities that can dull one’s senses. It’s something I think is basic and necessary to the core of existence. Then the conversation begins to steer towards something I hadn’t expected. I begin to get the…
“You should look them up they are a really good band.” That was a statement I recently came across [incorrect punctuation and all]. It pisses me off. I hate when people state essentially an opinion but put forth in a seemingly factual manner. I know of course that the person making the statement really and truly believed what they stated. At the time. But that does that excuse this person from thinking back on that…