The conservatives are absolutely right. Marriage in this country is a mess. In the last 30 years, marriage has become one of a menu of options rather than the standard, and marriages are not taken seriously. People divorce a lot, make pre-nuptial agreements in preparation for divorce, re-marry, re-divorce, and pretty much treat the former sacrament ( Read more... )

So here's the plan. I'm going to sell Dungeons & Dragons, specifically I think "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons", as a cult. The idea is that the D&D books, while masquerading as a game, are actually the keys to an ancient and powerful spiritual tradition. And I alone am the chosen one who has been given the burden of showing Mankind the Way. The ( Read more... )

Our local failing shopping center in Costa Mesa, Triangle Square (love the name), has been flailing for years. Their rent is high, they put the supermarket in an unattractive basement, and they've been shedding tenants including: The North Face, Whole Foods, several restaurants, Virgin Records, and their anchor Nike Store. It's a ghost mall now ( Read more... )

The Guardian reports that the Chinese government is making cosmetic products out of the skin of executed prisonersAfter I finished retching and clawing at my face, I composed myself and thought "Hmm, there must be some way to get in on this one." I figure there are going to be more executions here, mostly of younger people, and increasingly by ( Read more... )

It's an angry white guy talk radio show with a twist. We'll have the angry white guy as usual, with his hard-hitting, straight-shooting, "politically incorrect" take on things which is the same as every other angry white guy talk show. We'll have the callers who take it a step further and yell a lot about how the brown people and the "international ( Read more... )