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April 2010

April 29, 2010

Truth behind porno letter revealed

Proof that, when it comes to pornography, you can't believe everything you read.

April 20, 2010

Dial “T” for Truth

When you get to be my age, you start prefacing boring things you're about to...

April 16, 2010

Obama’s Response to “About Your SCROTUS, POTUS”

Imagine my surprise when I received the following e-mail from President Obama just moments ago:...

April 14, 2010

About Your SCROTUS, POTUS

From the New York Times: The announcement by Justice John Paul Stevens that he would...

April 11, 2010

Cold-Blooded Love

Yesterday I mentioned on my Facebook fan page the burgeoning romance my wife and I...

April 09, 2010

My Way or the Baha’i Way

Yesterday I attended the monthly meeting of the San Diego Interfaith Ministerial Association---or SDIMA for...

April 04, 2010

Earthquake Proves God Wants Me Drunk and Socializing

Anyone whom I know out there in Cyberville feel that 7.2 earthquake that just happened...

April 01, 2010

10 things I learned from “24”

Now that "24" has been canceled, I can't help but reflect upon all the important...

March 2010

March 28, 2010

Tea Party Rappers Obliterate Rap Forever

Bummer about this Tea Party rap group, THE WOLVERINES!, destroying rap forever. Catch how, right...

March 24, 2010

My Sordid Affair With Fibber McGee

Friends, family members, people I don't know all that well, my wife's lawyer, members of...

March 23, 2010

When Jesus, Drugs, and Lawrence Welk Collide

What do these people think they're singing about? (And, sadly, it's clear that the gentleman...

March 22, 2010

Small Talk is For Small Minds. Think About It.

From a recent New York Times article, Talk Deeply, Be Happy?: "People who spend more...

March 18, 2010

Sugar swings. Serve some.

I came across this ad in in a copy of LIFE magazine from 1966 that...

March 08, 2010

“My Auntie Rhonda Don’t Want None / But She’s Got Hot Cross Buns”

Via a bizarre set of circumstances I'll spare you, the other night I ended up...

March 05, 2010

Sad Proof I’m Still Straight

Dear gay friend of mine from high school who is now a pretty famous interior...

March 03, 2010

The Five People Who’ll Beat Me Up In Heaven

I hate to lob bad voodoo onto anything as great as going to heaven. But...

February 2010

February 28, 2010

Adam and Eve talk it out

Adam: I sure wish we hadn't eaten that apple. That was dumb. Eve: Really? Ya'...

February 27, 2010

If This Doesn’t Improve Your Day …

To quote the ever-quotabe Tim Hornor (upon whose Facebook page I found this video---and whom...

February 25, 2010

The Wicked Witch: Retired, But Still a Buzz Junkie

I just came across this old TV commercial. About five seconds into it, I felt...

February 15, 2010

Presidents Day: Don’t Work; Don’t Imagine George Washington in Drag

If getting paid for not working doesn't say "Our Elected Officials," I just don't know...

February 09, 2010

Doctor Leaves Major Pot Stash in My Oven!

There we were, inspecting the townhouse we were going to buy. It was me, my...

January 2010

January 24, 2010

The Funniest Drawing EVER

This is "Blue Boy," by the immortal comic artist (from Mad magazine's halcyon days) Don...

January 22, 2010

A New-Age Translation of the Lord’s Prayer

Our genderless spirit counselor, who art in everything, honored be thy many names. Thy new...

January 21, 2010

The Church of Evolutionary Karmic Auras–and More!

Check out this sign, attached to a quaint, white church-type building in downtown Encinitas, CA....

January 19, 2010

9 Reasons It’s Better To Be a Man

Last Friday I wrote about a certain ... well, even now I can barely discuss...

January 15, 2010

The Unkindest Prod of All

My doctor is young. Really young. He looks like he's maybe in college. And yesterday,...

December 2009

December 20, 2009

Scrooge Crushes Child by Falling Out Window; Is Visited by Fourth Ghost; Fires Bob

A notebook recently discovered in the attic of a London thimble inspector turned out to...

November 2009

November 19, 2009

I’ll Bet People Magazine Doesn’t Even Return My Photos

Are you kidding me, People magazine? This guy is your 2009 "Sexiest Man Alive"?! Oh,...

November 15, 2009

A Psychotherapist’s (Imagined) Field Notes on Why Church is So Boring

In the news lately has been the results of a psychotherapist who analyzed why church...

November 08, 2009

Proof of How Easy It Is to Buy Marijuana in California

You write a check; you get a prescription. Badda-bing, badda-bong.

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