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You Probably Won’t Catch Anything Incurable

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:43:50 +0200

There is a waterslide park not too terribly far from my house. It’s a profanely unhygienic place that charges you sickening amounts of money for the very seasonal privilege of contracting a staph infection from their brightly colored inner-tubes. ...

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Still On Top After All These Years

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:50:35 +0200

150 years ago today, the theory of natural selection was first presented to the public. It is most interesting to note that not one but two scientists had discovered natural selection completely independently of one another. Charles Darwin and Al...

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Who Says There's Nothing Good On TV?

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:44:10 +0200

Like so many people, I absolutely love the Discovery Channel. Even their ads are brilliant. The current one, in particular, really touches me. Trouble is, we seldom get to see the full-length version. Amanda found it at YouTube yesterday and sent ...

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Where Clowns Come From

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:55:17 +0200

Kids, if you’ve ever wondered why there are so many goddamn clowns even though most people are terrified of them and despise the very thought of them, well, now you have your answer. They appear to have a rigorous recruitment stratagem.

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Evil Corporations, Reality TV and Unmitigated Plagiarism: The 21st Century Trifecta

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:04:26 +0200

Have you heard? Devo is suing McDonald’s over an American Idol themed Happy Meal toy unimaginatively named “New Wave Nigel”. And, boy, I hope Ronald is subjected to a legal corn-holing that turns his red wig pale. Just look at this toy. It’s a p...

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Not To Imply I Shoot At My Pets

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:21:20 +0200

We recently acquired a new couch. It’s huge. There’s room between the giant, poofy arms for me to fully stretch out. No more napping with my feet elevated like a traumatic shock victim! Yay! Of course, accommodating a sofa of this magnitude requir...

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The Master Has Passed

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:10:48 +0200

I tried to write an adequate eulogy this morning and failed. I simply haven't the words. I would want my homage to delineate all all the laughter he inspired in his 71 years, all the great things he said and did, all the ideas he put into so many ...

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For Those Who Support Painful Irony

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:00:52 +0200

So, what are the odds this piece of pointless crap was manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop? Wal*Mart's website lists the origin of the parts and manufacturing as "US and/or Imported". I'm thinking that description is only half right, and not the g...

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Candace Knilans is All Woman

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:08:17 +0200

Maybe you’ve seen this already; maybe you haven’t. It’s over a week old, but I feel the need to record it here because my high regard for outstanding women (not to mention my undying fetish for high heel pumps) dictates that I openly show my appre...

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It’s Not a Disco, Per Se, and There Really Was No Panic

nobody@vox.com(Kirk) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:53:43 +0200

Saturday evening Karin and I accompanied Amanda to the Paramount Theater to see rock performance by a young group of lads calling themselves Panic at the Disco. If you’ve never heard of them, that’s probably because you are 1) no longer a teenager...

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