Sunday, January 8, 2006Coal Miner's Wife Administers 'Music Therapy'Watching a press conference involving the wife of lone surviving coal miner, Randal McCloy, Jr., I saw something that is darkly humorous. Not to make light of the terrible ordeal the young man and his family have been through, not to mention the small mining community of Tallmansville, West... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, December 31, 2005Another Year In Christendom Shot To Hell...The best and the worst thing to happen to Christians this year can be summed up in a single sentence: Jesus Christ is still a no-show. This is good in that Christians still have a chance to save the world from itself, particularly those pesky Chinese and those hateful Muslims. It is bad in that they... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, December 29, 2005The Government's Eminent Domain On StupidityIn my blog, Here's A Thought, I quoted Will Rogers saying that being a humorist was easy because you had the entire government working for you. LifeByLisa left this comment: "I wonder if the administration has copyrighted their material...human stupidity, hmmm. Just think of all the additional funds... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, December 24, 2005Retailer's Blues"Hello. This is Anytown Wish-Mart, home of everything you can wish for, Smiley Joe speaking. What can we do to make your wishes come true?" "Uh... what place is this?" "Ma'am, this is the Anytown Wish-Mart." "Which one?" "The Anytown Wish-Mart, ma'am." "Who am I speakin' to?" "Smiley Joe, ma'am."... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, December 10, 2005Being BilingualI had a helluva time learning English as a teenager in college. I was born in West Virginia... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, December 9, 2005What Is Wrong With How The Grinch Stole Christmas?For starters, he gave it back. Sign in to see full entry.Friday, December 2, 2005Koko The Gorilla Is A LesbianIt seems that the only thing being disclosed by the settlement in the lawsuit against the Gorilla Foundation by two San Diego Zoo employees, the terms of which have not been disclosed, is that Koko, the exceptionally talented sign language-learned gorilla, is apparently a lesbian, or, at the very... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, November 27, 2005A #%$^^## Word About Cell PhonesThose #%$#^$%# pestilential cell phones! If they're not ruining your extra-domicilic dining experience or the best line in the entire movie, they're making the damn line at the supermarket move just so much more slower because the idiot with the chirping metal card pressed against one ear can't... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, November 16, 2005Bill O'Reilly Is Not A RedneckJeff Foxworthy appeared on The O'Reilly Factor tonight. Bill took it easy on him and plugged Foxworthy's new book, The Redneck Dictionary, a couple times. When asked to define redneck, Foxworthy said "an overabundant lack of sophistication" or words to that effect. At the end of the segment,... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, November 14, 2005And You Thought eBay Would Sell AnythingA canine tooth reportedly belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte was sold at auction recently, netting a tidy $22,600. It was extracted and kept by Napoleon's physician, Barry O'Meara. Through the years, it passed from one person to the next before finally falling into the hands of a Napoleonic scholar,... Sign in to see full entry. |