Why I Abhor Organized Religion: Reason #473
Reverend Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of Hugo Chavez. Apparently they mistranslated the Sixth Commandment. It should have read “Thou Shalt Kill.”
The Dumbing Down of Virtually Everything (Part III)
Here are some fascinating statistics, compiled by Arianna Huffington at The Huffington Post: Here are the number of news segments that mention these stories: (from a search of the main news networks’ transcripts from May 1-June 20). ABC News: Downing Street Memo: 0 segments Natalee Holloway: 42 segments Michael Jackson: 121 segments CBS News: Downing […]
The Dumbing Down of Virtually Everything (Part II)
Every morning, my wife watches the Today show on NBC. Since our kitchen adjoins the family room, I can’t avoid seeing and hearing portions of the show as I make breakfast. My God, how much lower can network TV set the bar? Missing white women, Michael Jackson, celebrity chitchat, interviews with NBC reality show contestants […]
Prairie Home Zzzzz . . .
It’s Saturday, and I’m listening to NPR. Which reminds of something I’ve been meaning to ask other public radio listeners . . . is it just me, or has Garrison Keillor lost his spark? I still pay attention to the Lake Wobegon stories, but I pretty much tune out the rest of his show. How […]
What Happens in Vegas . . .
Las Vegas: What Happens Here, Stays Here. I hate that slogan. Like people go to Las Vegas for sex orgies or something. The people I see on the Strip are with their spouses, and, quite often, their children. They’re doing things in Vegas that need to stay in Vegas? We drove up last weekend to […]
Finders Keepers
There are scumbags, and then there are scumbags: The injured employee was immediately sent to the hospital less than 2 miles away. The General Manager then went to the serving counter to have the machine shut down, begin the sanitizing procedures and remove the affected bucket of custard. In the few moments between the time […]
The Preverbal Nail
As in: the preverbal nail in the coffin. Other examples, picked up here and there: Living in Georgia is the eternal pit of the preverbal Hell The preverbal hell on earth End up in the preverbal dog house I’m tempted to classify “preverbal” for “proverbial” as an eggcorn, but on second thought it’s more of […]
Am I Disappointed?
That would be an understatement . . . The woman who claimed she found a well-manicured finger in her bowl of Wendy’s chili last month was arrested Thursday night in Las Vegas, police said. – Link Four men who made headlines by claiming they dug up buried treasure worth as much as $125,000 from one […]