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 […]
September 12, 2012
The Most Contentious Sequels Of All Time
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 […]
September 10, 2012
Please Hire Me To Be Your Presidential Candidate
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 […]
September 9, 2012
Vote Bear and Cat in 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 […]
September 6, 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.
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 […]
September 4, 2012
Welcome Back, Students!
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 […]
September 1, 2012
The Worst Sequels of All Time II: Sequel Harder
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 […]
August 31, 2012
The Worst Sequels of All Time
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. […]
The Byronic Man 
September 14, 2012
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