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Confucius say

Man who fart in church sit on pew.

Categories: Literature

Patrioticklish

Here’s a joke I made up for the holiday, but I forgot to post it. You can tell it at the watercooler to illustrate your respect for the founding fathers.
Q: Why is the senior citizens prom held on July 4?
A: Because it’s In Depends Dance Day.

Categories: Random · Literature

sex v. violence v. social commentary

The upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV got me thinking about when certain groups of people protest something controversial, they usually protest the wrong aspect of the controversial item. Case in point is GTAIV. I forgot that what makes the game so rich is its depth of social commentary. Granted, it’s not like Noam […]

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Purple Hatorade Digest

LISTENING
I just went to iTunes and here’s the last five albums I’ve listened to. Bauhaus: Go Away White. Sounds like Bauhaus. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain. Album starts off really strong and by the end gets really week. Van Halen: Van Halen I. Feel Your Love is the worst song on that […]

Categories: Entertainment · Games · Art · Music · Stories · Books · Literature

McCarthy wins 2007 Pulitzer Prize for The Road

In case my recommendation fell flat and you need some further encouragement to pick up this book. McCarthy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction today.
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Categories: Books · Literature

Dead Whale

I guess you probably all know by now that Kurt Vonnegut died.
Truly sad.

Categories: Books · Literature

What!? Oprah picks McCarthy’s The Road.

Dang…Dang. Dang. Dang. I never have been one to jump on the bandwagon and I have avoided Oprah’s booklist on that principle for sometime but she has just anointed one of the best books I have read in years, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. What is maybe more shocking for McCarthy fans is that he has […]

Categories: Books · Literature