Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of “banished words”; words they consider trite, overused, annoying, or a combination of all three. Following below is the list, with my comments in italics: SHOVEL-READY “Apparently, the generally accepted definition of this phrase is to imply that a project has been completely designed and all [...]
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While listening to the radio tonight, the disk jockey was talking about a funny website: Ugly Christmas Trees.com. I went over there and the above picture was the first thing I saw. It’s supposed to be an upside down Christmas Tree, but my first thought was, “It’s the Christmas Tornado!” I’m sure this one will [...]
Can you imagine this bimbo explaining this one to her grandchildren forty years from now? That is, if she can get laid to bear any children in the first place! Another “classy” tattoo Bible verses and tramp stamps — the perfect combo! This last one isn’t a tramp stamp, but I’m guessing the owner of [...]
When I saw this picture, I was immediately reminded of the old Johnny Cash song, “One Piece At a Time”: Well, I left Kentucky back in ’49 An’ went to Detroit workin’ on a ‘sembly line The first year they had me puttin’ wheels on cadillacs Every day I’d watch them beauties roll by And [...]
This morning I was browsing on the Yahoo home page where I saw the title of an article “10 Ways to Make Your Boss Happy”. Rolling my eyes, I went to read the article but found out it was a video, which I cannot run on my slow, crappy dialup. But I’m sure it [...]
People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure. –Russell Baker Perhaps this is the real reason why some people stubbornly oppose same sex marriage. No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that [...]
Traffic Monstrosity
Posted in Culture, Humor, Life, Personal, Rants, history, photos on Aug 30th, 2009
While in the car the other day, I heard a traffic report on the radio advising me of traffic problems on “Spaghetti Junction”, which prompted me to do a blog entry about it. The Tom Moreland Exchange, known colloquially as “Spaghetti Junction” to locals, is what’s known as a “stack interchange”. It is the intersection [...]
Here’s another caption contest for you:
Recently the Tinfoil Hat Brigade, aka “conspiracy theorists”, have added a new facet to their arsenal of idiocy. What I’m referring to are the “Birthers”; those who believe that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, thus making him ineligible to be President. Do these morons not know that Obama had to [...]
The Perfect Dump – Every once in a while, each of us experiences a perfect dump, it’s rare, but a thing of beauty in all respects. You sit down expecting the worst, but what you get is a smooth sliding, fartless masterpiece that breaks the water with the splashless grace of an expert diver. But [...]
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