In His House at R'lyeh the Ronald Waits Dreaming
I see via Hunter's frontpage diary and other sources that apparently the Republican candidates spent their recent debate going on and on about how great Ronald Reagan was and blah blah "Morning in...
View ArticleNYC Ferrets Against Giuliani (a PSA)
UPDATED UPDATE: Ogre pointed out in the comments that YouTube deleted the Ferrets for Freedom video. I have no idea why YouTube did this, but what a shame. Fortunately, the video is still available on...
View ArticleUK Terrorism Judge Baffled by Internet (with transcript!)
Crossposted at my place, Ocelopotamus.comI've been disturbed for a couple of days now by this story about a judge in the UK who was baffled by the concept of a Web site.A British judge admitted on...
View ArticleLiking Norma Rae
Cross-posted from Ocelopotamus.com.I recently bumped Norma Rae up on my Netflix queue, after reading this piece which originally ran in The Nation back in February (and was previously discussed in this...
View ArticleBeing a List of Things That Will End Our Civilization
Cross-posted from Ocelopotamus.com.Just riffing off this most excellent post by Devilstower — as you probably know, Mike Huckabee has attempted to justify his opposition to gay marriage and civil...
View ArticleLa Vie en Rose (Pink Nail Polish and Sissyphobia)
Cross-posted from Ocelopotamus.com.In Florida a 7-year-old was covered in bruises after a man (seemingly his father, but the story isn't clear on the relationship) beat him up and whipped him with a...
View ArticleDeath by Flirting (Homophobia, Lawrence King, and Jay Leno)
Cross-posted from Ocelopotamus.com.From Friday's AP story on Lawrence King:OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Larry King was a gay eighth-grader who used to come to school in makeup, high heels and earrings. And...
View ArticleOn Fukushima, Molasses, and Possibilities That Are Not Zero
A little context: The following piece was written to be performed in the 3/26 edition of The Paper Machete, a weekly showcase for Chicago journalists, comedians, and other writers, hosted by...
View ArticleThe Unbearable Lightness of the Kilogram, Universes Next Door, and the Occupy...
Context: This essay was written for, and performed in, the November 19, 2011 edition of The Paper Machete, a weekly showcase for Chicago journalists, comedians, and other writers, hosted by Christopher...
View ArticleOn the #36 Broadway Bus in Chicago
So I'm on the #36 Broadway bus today, around lunchtime.An off-duty CTA driver gets on, takes a seat in the back and starts eating a sandwich. After a few minutes the bus stops at a light. The off-duty...
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