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October 2010

October 11, 2010

A Complete Liberal Arts Education in 800 Words

Are you a college student taking either a History of Literature class, or Western Philosophy...

September 2010

September 26, 2010

VOGUE Knitting

This morning I learned that there's a magazine called VOGUEknitting. For the benefit of other magazines...

August 2010

August 25, 2010

“Eat Pray Love”: Boring; Boring; an Elephant With Mange

Poor Dumbo. And the elephant isn't looking all that great, either. Here are the five...

August 17, 2010

Taste-Testing Starbucks’ New Non-Coffee Coffee

It's not enough that here in San Diego we have miles upon miles of some...

July 2010

July 21, 2010

#Shakespalin

Some of you have already seen these on my Facebook page; others of you wrote...

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 26, 2010

The Restoration of John Shore

As you may already know, charismatic Christian (and apparent long-time tax evader) Stephen Baldwin has...

April 17, 2010

Rock-Munching Gull + Rocky the Plummeting Squirrel = ?

I’m sitting on the beach right now on my little fold-out, nylon-strapped chair, writing on...

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...

March 2010

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 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...

February 02, 2010

Hello, Muslims! Let Us Help With Your Land and Religion!

Hello there, Muslims! My name is John Shore. I live in San Diego, California. In...

January 2010

January 20, 2010

Five Things Women Don’t Know About Men

One of the things in life of which men are most acutely aware is that...

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...

November 2009

November 26, 2009

Think You Know Thanksgiving? You Don’t Know Squat, Squanto.

1. The Pilgrims were: a. an exceptionally boring rock band from Kidneypool, England. b. a...

November 17, 2009

10 Important Lessons You Can Learn From Watching Porn

It's amazing what you can learn from porn.

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...

September 2009

September 28, 2009

Mind Reading In My Blogging Class

As a child I learned from a traveling one-armed gypsy how to read the minds...

September 11, 2009

It’s a Necessarily Horrible Early-19th C. Hand-Cranked Skull Saw!

In the astonishingly competitive contest that yesterday raged across the internet as thousands hundreds tens...

September 01, 2009

I Laughed So Hard At This I Feared for My Life

This, to me, is about as funny as five minutes can possibly get. See also...