Entries from September 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

America Votes For The Most Fuckable Presidential Candidate

Being President of the United States of America is the most important job in the world – you can invade countries, veto legislation and send people into outer space. As President, there's a red phone on your desk, which you talk on, and moments later bombs drop onto suspected terrorist caves. Since the [...]

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Hail Will Smith and Our Glorious Willenium

No time to sleep, yo it’s on tonight
K-C you feeling me right? (Yeah)
2-0-0-0, the Will 2 K
The new millennium, yo excuse me Willennium (yeah)
-Will Smith, “Will2K”
We laughed when we heard those lyrics. “Will-enium? Oh please,” we snarkily replied. “I think maybe the Fresh Prince is a little full of himself.” We [...]

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The Phrase “Gaymerica” Should Be More Popular

Gay people are here, many of them are quite queer, and so we'd all better get used to it. Many of us are used to it already — we support gay marriage and equality for homosexuals in general. Others are prejudiced, clinging to ugly stereotypes and promoting hatred against gays. Whichever side [...]

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The Ninja Turtles Need My Valuable Skills

The leader. The smart one. The wiseacre. The goofball. When you add in a rat mentor, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seem like a pretty self-sufficient group. Of course, “seems” is the operative word, because these mutant teens are missing a key member to make their group a truly lean, [...]

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The Birthday Dilemma: Presents Don't Make Up For Being A Year Closer To Death

Who doesn't love getting presents on their birthday? This year, I made out pretty well. I got a bunch of checks, an autographed picture of Tina Fey, and I bought myself Spaced on DVD. I celebrated with my friend Joe at a karaoke bar, and then again the next night with more [...]