Every once in a while you just have one of those WTF, punched in the gut, mind reeling, absolutely no kind of logical explanation moments where a jagged hole gets torn open in your personal concept of reality and you’re left to stagger down the street and pretend that you can even begin to guess what’s going on. It happened for me the other day … Continue reading How Many Licks?
Living in various parts of the United States as well as a lengthy stint in Israel (including during the 1989 Romanian revolution), I’ve spent considerable time around Jews and gotten familiar with one of their stranger beliefs, that of the self-hating Jew. In essence, there is a pervasive internal belief amongst a long-suffering minority that some of their own members are to blame for a … Continue reading The Self-Hating Gyp
Well I had an especially terrible week, suffering from an absolutely vicious summer cold as well as other tough things going on, so it was absolutely a wonderful treat to wake up this morning and see this hilarious news: A Romanian princess and her husband, a former sheriff’s deputy, are apparently among several people federal agents arrested in Eastern Oregon on Thursday in connection with … Continue reading Cockpuncher
I’ve been a big fan of the television show Drunk History for a while now although it is relatively obscure even in America and completely unknown here in Romania. The current Comedy Central version is much slicker and better produced but it’s actually based on an earlier internet-only version which was far funnier (for the record, my favorite episode is Jen Kirkman talking about Oney … Continue reading The Ronald McDonald Wig Defense
Excuse my “absence” lately as I’ve been extremely busy working on a project and haven’t had much time for writing although due to my (apparent) inborn ability to focus on multiple things at the same time, I have been watching a lot. In fact, thanks to a high-speed internet connection and a powerful computer (plus an iPad and an actual TV), I’ve been watching about … Continue reading Broadcast News
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