From the most recent Onion: Donald Rumsfeld is under pressure to resign, first by a cadre of retired generals, now by Senior Democrats for his handling of the war. What do you think? Danielle Bennet, Daycare Provider “As a daycare provider, I sympathize with Rumsfeld. 2,500 kids die on your watch and suddenly you’re not [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Government, Humor, Iraq on April 19th, 2006 | Comments Off
This weekend I read Red Lightning, John Varley’s latest page-turner. I stand by what I said about Red Thunder, its predecessor: It’s a fantastic read, the kind of book that would be written by the mutant prodigy love-child of Varley, Robert Heinlein, Carl Hiaasen, Spider Robinson, Douglas Coupland, Neal Stephenson, and Carl Sagan. You must [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Literature, Science fiction, Space on April 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
What the heck? Can anyone explain this to me? Update: Deana points out the lead-up in yesterday’s Get Fuzzy, plus a similar strip in today’s Pearls Before Swine. That was a lot of work to get to the funny.
Posted by Chris in Humor, Oddly Enough on April 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Note to self, friends, and family: Avoid Jamaica. Criminy. I had no idea that Rastafarians were so violently anti-gay.
Posted by Chris in Religion, Sexuality on April 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
ATF agents at University of Georgia chased down and detained a sophomore because… he was dressed like a ninja for a “pirate v. ninja” party. “Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that’s not right,” [ATF special agent in charge] McLemore said, explaining why agents believed something to be amiss. [...]
Posted by Chris in Crime, You have got to be kidding on April 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
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