Archive for November, 2010

TSE Chat Room: Biggus Doesn’t Get The Pixies

Biggus: Can you explain to me why people like The Pixies? me: it’s unique, I like the bass. Why does anyone like any band? Biggus: For example, someone called this “their finest moment”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0CJqMK6f0 Don’t throw my own subjective taste stuff back at me. The Pixies are objectively bad. me: I like that I’d never [...]

Missilegate 2010

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A Veterans Day Message

I have never served in the military, but I have a great reverence for those who have. I live in a military town so people fall all over themselves to praise veterans in acts that look more self important than self-less. Yet our veterans deserve our praise, because they fight to defend us even after [...]

Conservatives Inadvertently Argue For Separation Of Church And State

One of the statewide ballot measures that passed during last week’s election was a referendum in Oklahoma on the banning of Sharia Law. Now the impending doom of Sharia Law in the United States is the next great right wing scare tactic. With the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 now less than a year away, the [...]

The Fall Has Finally Arrived

When you live in most parts of our great nation, you experience definitive changes in temperature and climate as seasons pass from one to the next. When you live in Florida, the change in seasons is more of a department store display case type of concern. Although the fall has begun, and I enjoyed brisk [...]

And Now, The Comedy Jokes

I met Doug Benson in Portland a few weeks back. He is a hilarious comic and a pretty down to earth guy. This show should be good. Jokes.com

A Fox News Rant In The Morning

Drinking my morning coffee and scanning the worldwide interwebs, I came across a video segment from the local independent television station. I live in a city filled with colorful ignorant people, but this one deserves note. The story dealt with a woman who claimed her local gym had banned Fox News after this week’s election. [...]

Reality Inconvenient For New Republican Majority

In an interview last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch man-turtle McConnell said that republicans’ number one legislative priority would be to make President Obama a one term president. Now I’m personally sick of liberals getting their panties in a bunch every time a republican expresses their desire to see Obama out of office. That fact [...]

For The Love Of Football And Politics

I have the sneaking suspicion that the world hates me. I love sports, politics, and drinking. Yet this past month has been nothing but misery for two of those loves. I’ve always said that sports, politics and love are all the same fickle mistress. They bring momentary highs tempered by tragically depressing lows. My football [...]

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