A quick Friday story of why you just have to love the state of Oregon. Meet Governor John Kitzhaber. Governor, everyone. Everyone, the Governor. Now, Kitzhaber is a doctor with serious moral issues with the death penalty, which is still legal in Oregon (it’s been outlawed twice and made legal twice). When he was governor […]
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Recently voted "The Best Humor Site in America That I, Personally, Write," The Byronic Man is sometimes fiction, but sometimes autobiography. And sometimes cultural criticism. Oh, and occasionally reviews. Okay, it's all those different things, but always humorous. Except on the occasions that it's not. Ah, geez. Look, it's a lot of things, okay? You might like it, is the point.The Most Contentious Sequels Of All Time
September 12, 2012
We’ve explored The Good. The Bad. Now it’s time to look at The Contentious: the top 5 sequels for inspiring shocked looks and cries of “What?!” when hearing someone else’s opinion about it. 5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Why people hate it: The original Terminator was a water-tight science-fiction action movie. The sequel throws out […]
Please Hire Me To Be Your Presidential Candidate
September 10, 2012
Okay. So. Well. The political conventions are over and, I’ll be honest, I was a little hurt that neither party made me their presidential candidate for the upcoming election. I know the two main candidates have gotten a lot of hype and media attention, and I’ve decided that the problem is that I haven’t made […]
Vote Bear and Cat in 2012
September 9, 2012
Well, the political conventions are over, and at last the great national question of who – who – will get the nominations for the two parties is settled. Now we should take a break from all this serious political debate and complex rhetorical analysis of global issues and take time once again for a caption […]
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
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 […]
Welcome Back, Students!
September 4, 2012
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 […]
The Worst Sequels of All Time II: Sequel Harder
September 1, 2012
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 […]
The Worst Sequels of All Time
August 31, 2012
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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