And then they cover this. (via Scalzi) You know, I’m enough of a geek to actually be interested in fonts in and of themselves. But tying them into campaign coverage gives me a hefty dose of WTF. And I give the irregular-weekly asshat award to Seymour Chwast who managed to Read more…
Economic stimulus, YEA! But, please note the oddity in the following scenario: I do my taxes, and per usual, am cutting the Government a honking big check. So we’re in the position of sending them about $2500 (over and above what we’ve given them to date) so they can give Read more…
My wife inflicted this upon me against my will, and to purge the damage this has inflicted on my soul, I inflict it upon everyone else. If you are of my generation, this will surely hurt you in your brain. . .
The following clip raped my childhood (NWS audio)This one probably rapes some poor Brit’s childhood. (Again NWS audio.)This one just rapes you. (Work safe, but not sanity safe.) Blame the Agony Booth, not me.
Well, the annoying spam-meisters who’ve been peppering me with ads for self-published books have ended up on the radar of Writer Beware. I should point out that if your publicist spammer includes in their subscriber list harvested emails someone who works to publicize nasty scams that target neophyte authors (i.e. Read more…
I just saw a guy wearing a snowsuit that was hunter orange camouflage. What’s the point?
No, don’t get too excited. But, in regards to my last weekly asshat’s asshattery, an apparently otherwise intelligent blogger, in posting her own rebuttal, suffered an extreme case of foot-in-mouth disease: […] romance novels […] are not “books”, as that word is normally used. They are either tools for relaxation Read more…
Introducing Charlotte Allen, from the Washington Post. Before I deconstruct her rampant idiocy, let me allow her to spew a few of her own words: The theory that women are the dumber sex […] is amply supported by neurological and standardized-testing evidence. Men’s and women’s brains not only look different, Read more…
This is an actual assault rifle. As in, it shoots real bullets. This is so wrong, and yet so cool. (Read more here.) I wonder if fellow hamster Marie might want one.