January 2012
2 posts
Miranda July Called Before Congress To Explain... →
December 2011
1 post
Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
viafrank:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
July 2011
15 posts
Organized Chaos: Our fridge is on the outs again.... →
In Korea, everything is made by five companies (no exaggeration). I’m pretty sure I’ve ate Samsung peanut butter before. patty-cake:
Our fridge is on the outs again. This time, just the freezer, but nonetheless this sucks. *Points for using nonetheless and sucks in the same sentence.
We have a Samsung fridge - yes, the people known best for phones, and tvs - this is the same thing...
Hiking and Outdoorsy shit Dept.
I started taking up hiking a few years ago. It began with a flash obsession with the history of American Environmentalism. All of my interests come on strong and all encompassing for a little while to later fade to a simmer or possibly irrelevance. Some stay for a good long time (American Civil War, Party Politics) while some leave quickly (AI, Post-Modernism), but this is the way I generally...
International Food Dept. - Siamese
In order to better appreciate the founding of our country, we decided to turn Sunday into Pad Thai day. Now that D— is older, we feel that we can start forcing him to eat food he hates without feeling like assholes, and the idea was to have a rainy day activity that was at least a little interesting yet absolutely laborious.
Pad Thai baby!
It requires about 20 ingredients (most of which...
A Note from the Recommendation Dept.
The Louis CK video bit below was best legal imbed I could get, but this routine is shaped into a work of art in his film Hilarious, is amazing and challenging, and punctuated by the most offensive joke I’ve heard a comedian tell. Over the last few years, Louis CK has become the Miyamoto Musashi of stand-ups.
IN WHICH I CONFESS LOVE FOR LOUIS CK AND AC AND...
I think I want to get in on a piece of this meme going around mostly shaming people for constant complaints about their historically great lives. I’m not meaning to play armchair psychologist here, but I can’t help myself. Are these elements of our generation’s prosperity poisoning our happiness? Probably the answer is no, for any number of things can effect our happiness....
June 2011
9 posts
1 tag
PARENTING DEPT. – DEATH AND BELIEF
A few weeks ago, I realized why people believe in God. I mean—I don’t, but I get it now.
My four year old, D—, has been intermittently interested in things that are dead and things that are not. After some investigation, this may have started at his Montessori School, an education philosophy that seems to put a great deal emphasis children understanding that a “tree” is alive but “wood” is...
1 tag
HEALTH AND FITNESS DEPT - TOO MUCH BACKSTORY
*Any future posts from my new productivity will not be as confessional as this*
Ever since I started puberty, I have been fat. At times, I have been merely overweight. Other times I have been obese. For about five years before the birth of my child, I was morbidly obese, which was an exciting achievement for me. After the birth of my child, I quit a pack-a-day smoking habit and started...
2011: The year Jack White broke up with... →
You say that Hughbot, but he broke up with my interest in him a couple of years ago.
September 2010
2 posts
How many followers would 'Crimes' lose
hughbot:
If It just featured a talking Penis named One-eyed Willy?
Actually, if you are worried about that, open a “Crimes After Dark” or Hugh MAX blog.
hughbot:
faithandbegorrah replied to your post: I’m 30 years old and I still find a special joy in skipping class.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. And TSK.
I do not find a special joy in being a 30 year old who hasn’t reached his full potential.
Stay in school kids.
I’m think online classes would have worked for me. Ultimately, I skipped a lot of class because I didn’t want to put on...
July 2010
2 posts
“He’s a guy that wants to serve his country, but he’s not a flag-waver. We’re...”
– —‘Captain America’ director Joe Johnston. Man this sounds like an awful thing to do to such an iconic character. “Not a Flag-Waver”? He’s Captain America! This guy would probably say Spider-Man is not so much an super-powered arachnid but more of guy who fights crime in his pajamas and just likes...
The Fourth of July has given me writer's block.
(via hughbot)
Hughbot is struck by the curse of Thomas Jefferson, who wanted no one else to have a good idea on this day. Yet again, Jefferson’s legacy is marbled with dickishness.
April 2010
3 posts
Using a cost/benefit ratio analysis, sardines are the best food in American grocery stores. Like tuna but better and cheaper.
It has been 20 months since I have read anything not related the civil war, and I am farther away from understanding than I have ever been.
March 2010
34 posts
The Morning After Something
I’ve lived my entire life after Ronald Reagan said that “Government is not the solutions to your problems; Government is the problem.” People hearing this had just lived through Watergate and Vietnam, generations removed from the New Deal and not quite on Medicare roles yet, so this made sense to them. Ever since this statement, politicians have sold themselves as...
We have a group of politicians in the face personal defeat do the right thing for the 1st time since the Civil Rights Act. It’s exciting.
Some rep just called Stupak a baby killer. Anthony Weimar is on the lookout for Preston Brooks with a ratan cane.
This is her victory, not Obama’s though history will give him the credit I’m sure.
From the “Long Primary” to passing everything she has promised while protecting those dems in trouble, she maybe the best liberal in gens.
I’m trying to think of a more powerful display of political power from congress than Pelosi over the last 2 yrs. Tad Stevens? Henry Clay?
Vermont is so pretty, it’s almost uncomfortable to around.
Some one on the train did our taxes.
The cabbie gave us a discount.
Someone came from the alleys of inner city Portland just to help us read the map.
You can take southern hospitality, I’ll take the accomidating people of Maine.
Ulster pudding is that best that pigs blood could ever hope to be.
Safe at Gettysburg. People at the hotel know A LOT about the battle. Like it’s there job to know history and clean beds.
Zanesville OH has it’s charms, and it is-no shit-the home of western novelist Zane Grey.
Eastern Ohio in general is pretty
January 1970
1 post
Trying to get better at this
I want my few readers to know I’m still trying to be more prolific in my postings. That being said, over the last 24 hours, I’ve worked a shift, watched 9 episodes of Project Runway season 7 (shut up, assholes), and participated in an orgy of fireworks and APA. Sorry you have taken a back seat, but thems the brakes