The Appropriate Name Of The Year Award Winner Is Already In The Bag

February 2015 Update: Reber was found guilty of felony battery and will be spending the next two years in jail. Our victim ended up requiring reconstructive scrotal surgery, which sounds about quarter past terrifying. He is said to still be suffering from pain today, nearly 3 years after the attack. That makes two of us, …

Wait, You Studied Where?

As somebody who has written things for a good while now, I can’t help but be just a bit disgusted and disappointed when I see stories like the tale of Jon Flatland. Flatland, a former newspaper owner and now former humour columnist, has recently been exposed as one of the worst plagiarists in the history …

A Post With A Bunch Of Stuff In It Just To Show You We’re Alive

So…this place sure has been hopping lately, eh? Yeah…about that. I’m sorry. Really, I am. But to be honest, it can’t be helped, and I can’t say when it’s going to get better. I don’t want to get into a whole lot of specifics, so I’ll leave it at this: There are a few things …

I May Have Assaulted Her, But I Did It In The Nicest Way I Could

I don’t have a whole lot to say about the felony assault trial of Houston hand surgeon Michael Brown. I’m just hear to draw your attention to one rather amusing detail. Prosecutors this morning said Brown, 54, threw two heavy vases and a humanitarian award at his wife in a the fight that ended with …

Down With Helmets…And Vital Signs

Maybe it’s insensitive of me to laugh at the fate of Philip A. Contos, but oh well, what are ya gonna do? Motorcyclist killed in anti-helmet rally. He wasn’t wearing any head protection, lost control of his bike and pumpkin smashed his melon on the pavement. And naturally, police say he likely would have survived …

Good Luck Charms Just Aren’t Enough For Some People Anymore

I’m not sure if this is a Russian thing, an internet thing or simply a dumbass thing, but apparently burying yourself under ground for a night is a thing. And according to the BBC, it’s a thing that won’t bring you good luck or cure your fear of death, unless your definition of either of …

You, Put Out My Lights, I Have No Hope, To Carry On…

I don’t know why I feel the need to write about this. I just read yesterday that Joseph Brooks, the one who wrote “You Light Up My Life”, committed suicide. You’d think that would be reason enough to write about it. Who stopped lighting up his life? Where was all the hope to carry on? …

She Used To Run MADD, Now She’s Gone Mad

This is a pretty run of the mill story. Debra Oberlin was seen driving her car in an eratic manner. So, cops pulled her over, and had her do the ol’ field sobriety tests. She didn’t do so well and was arrested. But what earns it a place here is that Debra Oberlin used to …

Quickly! To The Toxic Waste Fallout Shelter!

Here’s a surprise. Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge Chew Bars, a lovely sounding confection made in Pakistan and imported to the United States, has been recalled. Yes, all of it. Every bar ever made by the company dating back to 2007 is subject to the warning. Good luck getting some of those back, unless you’re going …