Archive | 2012

As Gregor Samsa Awoke One Morning From A Night Of Uneasy Dreams, He Found That His Insurance Company Had Put Him On Hold Again.

September 6, 2012

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Here is a completely true, unembellished (okay – there’s one embellishment.  See if you can spot it!) account of our attempts thus far to procure a breast pump through our insurance company, who we’ll just call Federated Kafkaesque Insurance.  A company who appears to believe very strongly that there’s not much you can’t just “walk […]

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Welcome Back, Students!

September 4, 2012

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Howdy, Laksehore High Panthers! I hope you had a great summer and are ready for another year of Panther Pride!  RAAWR! As you’re getting ready to put away the flip-flops and break out the new school shoes, here’s lots of good news and a few tips to help you prepare for how to make the […]

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The Worst Sequels of All Time II: Sequel Harder

September 1, 2012

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And now, part 2 of The Bad, in our sequels rundown, The Good, The Bad, and The Contentious.  If you missed The Good, it’s here, if you missed numbers 10-6 of The Bad, it’s here. 5. The Hangover, part II.  Sequels sometimes use the follow-up to branch beyond the original – try something new, build […]

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The Worst Sequels of All Time

August 31, 2012

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Today we continue the 3-part series on sequels, The Good, The Bad, And The Contentious. Last time we looked at The Good – some of the very best sequels of all time; the ones that rise above the expectations.  Read that list here. And today? The Bad. Numbers 10—6 of the worst of the bunch. […]

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Ask Sexy Stalin!

August 28, 2012

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Having problems with your relationships?  Worried about financial planning?  Paranoid that everyone around you is plotting your downfall and wishing to have them banished to a frozen hell-scape?  Looking for a swarthy, attractive man to show you the way?  Well you’re in luck, because it’s time once again to… Ask Sexy Stalin! Jules from Go […]

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Housekeeping and Interviews

August 26, 2012

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First order of business: Just a note on Neil Armstrong’s passing away – what an amazing human being, not just because he was the first person to walk on an extra-terrestrial surface, but because by all accounts he was an incredibly decent, honorable, intelligent, hard-working person.  He was, in other words, exactly the sort of […]

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Byronic Man Goes On The (Virtual) Road

August 25, 2012

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Quick note today: Recently Emily over at Snotting Black asked if I’d be interested in writing a guest post on the theme “I Immediately Regret Doing This.”  Well, I think she might be writing a post on immediately regretting asking me to guest post, because I didn’t think at the time that I’d be doing […]

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Max and the Argentinian Death Penguin, Part 5: Death Holds A Staring Contest

August 24, 2012

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And now, continuing from part 4, the conclusion of… Max and the Argentinian Death Penguin Part 5: Death Holds A Staring Contest Ditching the Death Blood Cult priest had been easy – what with him having no eyes and all – but the fact that he knew they were coming meant they had no time […]

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