Since it will probably get deleted from Everything, I'm going to put this here, where nobody can delete it, ha ha.

I am God ( Read more... )

So the word “fascism” is getting thrown around a lot lately, and I’ve like to remind everybody (especially Republicans, Christian fundamentalists, right-wing nuts, neocons, and all the other kneebiters out there) what it means ( Read more... )

Here are some funny things I’ve seen recenty.

1. A Krispy Kreme marquee reading,
   
   “Attention! Now…how can God get yours?”


2. Art in the Museum of Modern Art made in
   
   “cut-and-pasted paper and cut-and-pasted painted paper on paper.”


3. A product in an airline catalog intended for
   
   “ ‘seasoned’ citizens and the physically challenged.”

There's a whole world of ( Read more... )

He was passing me on the escalator in the subway.

No, seriously: flowing white robes, long hair, long beard, wild look in his eyes, yellow handbag with a flower on it. The whole bit.

It was a spiritual experience.

I recently received this e-mail:

From: Kelly Cassidy
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 8:59 am
Subject: Credit hours...
To: Alexander.White@oberlin.edu
Cc: Liz.Clerkin@oberlin.edu ( Read more... )

So I read an article today about how Congress narrowly failed passing a bill to ban flag burning. You may remember this issue from The Simpsons, in a bit parodying School House Rock. Quoting that,

"There's a lot of flag-burners / who have got too much freedom / I wanna make it legal for policemen / to beat 'em / 'Cause there's limits to our ( Read more... )

Thing I saw this weekend: a cross-eyed man in a synagogue trying to get people to do shots of Jack Daniel's with him.

The world can be split into different kinds of people many different ways, but one of the most meaningful to me is selfish people and selfless people. There are people out there who help others, who make decisions not to benefit themselves, but to make things easier for everybody, who will try as hard as they can to make a difference, and then ( Read more... )

Go outside!

There once was a man from Tibet
Who kept a dead snake as a pet
He said, "I've been told
That the joke will grow old,
But my wife hasn't caught on just yet!"

Thank you.