July 2009
15 posts
Op Ed: Can't We Be Adults About This?
Everyone under the sun has heard the arguments for and against legalizing marijuana.
Cheech: It should be legal because it grows in the ground, it’s not like those other drugs man.
The Man: It is an illicit drug that ruins lives. What morally bankrupt world do we live in that would even consider this?
Cheech: How can you put this in the same category as heroine? It’s less...
Joke
A: “Third Reich From The Sun”
(this is just a placeholder until my actual post which should be up later tonight)
-MS
Fancy Contraception: The Pull Out Method | McCon
“Back then we didn’t have these fancy birth control methods. Like pulling out.”
Remember that day in middle school health class? I know most of us have blocked middle school out, but I guarantee if you had one iota of hormones in your system you perked up when the “sex talk” day came around.
I learned three things that day.
Pap smear has to be the dirtiest word...
Yet Another “End of the World” Post? | Mick
Last week I read Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which entailed total global annihilation. This week my subject is Cormack McCarthy’s, The Road, which tells a tale of survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. These may seem to have a vaguely similar subject matter, but the tone of each of these novels could not be further apart.
Honestly, I did not intend to make the...
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"I read your book you SOB!"* | Torpey
Just in case you’re not familiar with the Ohio State - Michigan rivalry, well, it’s kind of a big deal. Residents and university alumni from both Ohio and Michigan take it pretty seriously, and at the turn of the century ESPN rated the match-up the “greatest rivalry in sports”. The two teams have been playing each other since 1897, but legend has it that the rivalry...
You Suck by Christopher Moore| Tessa
Books can grab your attention for any number of reasons. Sometimes they have a great picture on the cover. Sometimes they are very well-known. Sometimes the content reels you in and plays at your heartstrings like a fiddler playing his dying song. And sometimes, sometimes the title is just really great. You Suck (A love story) by Christopher Moore is one of those. I mean, who can resist delving...
ttimhcS | revirD ehT
It’s probably safe to say that we’ve all exceeded the speed limit at one point in our lives in the hopes that we’ll get to wherever we’re going just a little bit quicker. Likewise; we can all relate to the feeling of anxiety as we crest a rise in the highway while going faster than we should, hoping that there won’t be a cop sitting in the median below. Now imagine this same feeling as you...
Don't Panic | Mick
It is on a seemingly normal Thursday morning, that Arthur Dent’s home is demolished to clear the way for a soon-to-be-constructed bypass. Rough Day so far, but things get much more interesting for Mr. Dent when he narrowly escapes the destruction of the planet Earth (to clear the way for an intergalactic bypass) with the assistance of his friend, Ford Prefect (unbeknownst to Arthur, Ford...
Chefs on Drugs | McCon
I was reading this little ditty on the Daily Beast this morning and just had to share. Even the tagline is great.
What are the odds that your next restaurant meal will be prepared by someone on drugs? Very high.
I don’t know what worries me more, the notion of people with sharp knives on high powered narcotics, or the fact that I’m eating their food.
If the (sorry excuse for...
One Hand Jerking by Paul Krassner | Tessa
“I told Krassner one time that his writings made me hopeful. He found this an odd compliment to offer a satirist. I explained that he made supposedly serious matters seem ridiculous, and that this inspired his readers to decide for themselves what was ridiculous and what was not.” Kurt Vonnegut Perhaps in admitting this I am admitting how out of the loop i am, but until a few weeks...
Are You Broficient? | Schmitt
Before I officially start into this post I want to make it clear that, before reading this book, I rarely used the term “Bro” and now, after reading the book, I don’t plan on changing; it just sounds too frat-tastic.
If you’re a fan of the CBS TV series “How I Met Your Mother” then you should be no stranger to Barney Stinson, his relentless philanderings, or the Bro Code itself. This book is...
Live From New York | Mick
Written by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller, Live From New York tells the uncensored history of Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 through the 2001-2002 season. It uses the words of its cast members, writers, producers, and hosts to give a truly detailed and realistic look behind the scenes at some of the SNL’s highest highs, lowest lows, and everything in...
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How GE Controls Your News | McCon
This week I’m reading Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent.
Manufacturing Consent shows media’s reliance on advertising (and thusly the huge corporations that spend those millions) and bureaucracies, and how that effects the content and “news” we are fed.
It also explains the even bigger issues that arise when multinational corporations start to own the major...
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A Study on Happiness: No Concrete Answer
** Due to procrastination and poor time management, my first post relates to an article I read recently in The Atlantic, titled “What Makes Us Happy?” by Joshua Wolf Shenk. I’ll start reading full books sooner or later. I hope you enjoy. **
Not too long ago, I was about six months deep into unemployment, trying to figure out which direction I wanted to take my life. ...
7 Types of Ambiguity | Tessa
The Review
To kick off the month I have decided to focus on Elliot Perlman’s gem of a novel 7 Types of Ambiguity (a Novel). I have several reasons for choosing to post about this particular book first.
Number one (and possibly the most important), it took me by surprise. Because I read books so frequently I often find myself feeling indifferent towards random books (and this was most...