While happily munching on my egg white omelet wrap this morning I came across an article titled “Men in Shorts” and written by someone named P.J. O’Rourke (National Lampoon’s! Libertarian! says everyone!) in a compendium to Forbes magazine jauntily called ForbesLife. Now I don’t know what O’Rourke has against grown men in shorts but it’s patently hilarious his quite reasonable takedown of the phenomenon — if not a little histrionic. Continue reading
This will be a day long remembered. We have seen the end of the Delaware primary, and soon we will see the end of this insignificant primary season. Vile space gangster Newton Leroy Gingrich, erstwhile Terror of the Outer Rim Territories and God-Emperor of South Carolina, is dropping out. Continue reading
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Another slowly sinking NBC ship throws out a lifeline to a new EP; Veteran smashes newbies’ hopes of getting the Emmy; Keanu flick to bow next winter…now in 3D; ScarJo gets the boot, but wants new home for her Black Widow; the Nicholas Sparks formula finds new lead; Seth Meyers’ Mitt Romney pitch probably needs work, but we love it. Continue reading
Dear Andrew Luck,
You don’t know me, but I know you. As a matter of fact, I know more about you than is probably healthy or not weird, considering we’ve never met, nor are likely to.
Tomorrow night, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will go on stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and a member of the Indianapolis Colts organization will hand him a card with your name on it. He will stand before God and the World and announce that with the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select Andrew Luck, Quarterback, Stanford University.
I see President Obama going on Fallon and I think about Mitt Romney trying to slow jam the news, and I am reminded that at some point, personal charisma (or complete lack thereof) is going to be an issue in this campaign.
In the last couple of weeks or so all over the blogosphere we’ve been discussing millennials with regard to feminism, racism, elitism, nepotism, and all other manner of isms — but one thing has stuck out as of late, and that’s the notion of “ironic racism.” What does this even mean? Continue reading
What is in the mind of the modern female? It’s a question on many people’s mind and fortunately, we have xoJane to turn to for detailed information on the female experience. This is the website’s tagline: “xoJane.com is where women go when they are being selfish, and where their selfishness is applauded.” Evidently, the modern woman has selfishness issues. Thankfully, they have a website to turn to.
It Happened to Me is xoJane’s way of getting readers to contribute their personal stories, much like our own Bots’ “I am a Hot Tub Rash Survivor.” The series is a good idea and many women out there have compelling stories to tell. There must be many stories of survival of abuse, overcoming obstacles and achieving seemingly impossible goals. xoJane is gathering them all. Continue reading
Read that title again, slowly. Okay? Okay.
Ron Paul: The Road to REVOLution is in development and it is already 100% funded on its Kickstarter page. There will be 50 levels corresponding to each state where the player will collect money and delegates. Along the way, 13 Federal Reserve “boss fights” will be unlocked. The goal is to Continue reading
