Tag: absurd
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Review: Raining McCain
In her 1964 essay–if one can call an enumerated list an essay–“Notes on ‘Camp,’” Susan Sontag delineated what she called the Camp style. Though nearly every example she gives is obscure to me, the essential traits of camp are clear: it’s exaggerated, it’s methods overwhelm its message, and it thereby becomes a parody of itself. […]
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Twinkle, Twinkle, E-F-G
Something a little–OK, almost completely–different today. I just wanted to do something before I come back for 5-a-week. This is a little song I came up with a few months ago. I decided that it’s a good present for the start of the new year. About the song… it’s (hopefully) not news to anyone who […]
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Learning How To PBS
Though I believe everything I say in this, I do recognize that the whole thing feels slightly absurd. I decided to keep it that way, either because I have or because I lack good judgment. Which of those two it is, I’m not sure. Fewer Americans know how to PBS than would like to admit […]
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Banks, Money, etc.
“Hello,” said the piggy bank I’ve had since I was two. He was sitting in a box on the floor. “Yes?” I asked, slightly irritated. “We don’t really see much of each other anymore. I was just wondering why.” “Well, it’s because I don’t need you anymore. I keep my money elsewhere. And besides, you […]
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On Writer’s Block, Procrastination, and a Solution
Writer’s block is a funny thing. When you don’t have it, you tend to wonder what everyone is so upset about. When you do have it you wonder how you ever managed to write anything. There are certainly a number of possible causes for the disease. The most likely, if you want my opinion, is […]
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Happy Wednesday!
Holidays should never be recognized by anything but the day of the week on which they fall. This way, we give the day no credence beyond it’s own merit as a day of the week. We can know that today is supposed to be Independence Day, which of late has come to mean little more […]
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Five Frequently Forgotten Facts about Pirates
Everyday, pirates seem to be getting more and more popular. I think this is absurd. Here are the five most important things we should not forget about pirates. Johnny Depp is not a pirate, pirates are not Johnny Depp. All this nonsense about good looking pirates has to stop. Pirates were probably some of the […]
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Five Reasons that Unicorns are Better than Penguins
Penguins have been getting a lot of press lately. At least 300 movies about penguins to have come out in the last year, of which Surf’s Up is only the most recent. But do you know how many movies unicorns got? That’s right. Not a single movie about unicorns has been released recently, and this […]
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On Dog Poop
I have a dog. His name is Lucky and he’s the size that strangers consistently say “what a cute puppy” when they see him. He’s at least seven people-years old. That’s 49 in dog years. To the extent that he understands the strangers, he doesn’t seem to care. You may be thinking that this is […]