Well, last Thursday I had an older post get Freshly Pressed, which was, of course, fantastic.  I highly recommend it.  For some of you reading today, the post – a parody of a letter to someone who “unfollows” me – that was your first visit here, others not.  Regardless, though, I wanted to take a […]

You have a lot of choices about who you see for you medical needs, and – of course – when it comes to your health, you want the very best.  And that’s me.  Yes, I realize the “in the box” thinkers will tell you that you should see someone who’s been to “medical school” and […]

My parents made a little mistake when I was a kid: at some point, early on, they each – independently of each other – told me that “Father’s Day/Mother’s Day isn’t a big deal to me.” I, being little, thought “okey dokey” and paid the holidays no mind. Then after a couple of years, they […]

Well, one thing is for sure: a lot of us had creepy experiences with toys. And not just old-timey ventriloquist dolls.  But I suspect that’s mostly because they’re old-timey, so we didn’t have a chance.  Because this?  Is creepy. A number of you responded to last week’s Weekly Question of the Week with similar answer, […]

Excerpts from George Murray Levick’s journal of the 1910 Scott expedition to Antarctica have revealed horrified documentation of the “astonishing depravity” of penguins’ sex lives.   His accounts include observations of “perversion,” necrophilia, coercion and “male hooligans.” – recounting the ‘Sexual depravity’ of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal in The Guardian Online Okay, look.  It’s […]

Hey, Kyle, what’s up?  Ah, you’re worried about your grade.  I see.  You realize today is the last day of the term?  Uh huh, sure, I guess now would be a good time to worry, that makes sense.  No, I don’t know what it will do to your grade if your final gets a bad […]

In news that could prove quite shocking to no one, more and more reality TV shows are turning out to be fake.  I know.  Fakery reigns, from Survivor inserting fake footage to make the challenges look more exciting, to participants on multiple shows being goaded into fighting, to it turning out that the contestants on […]

Rejected titles for the recently green-lit sequel to Snow White & The Huntsman Hunstman: Snow Whiter Snow White & The Gathererman Snow White & The Huntsman & Ted & Alice Snow White & The Huntsman 2: The Whitening 2 Snowy 2 Hunty Snow White 2: We Guarantee That Kristen Stewart Makes An Expression Besides That […]