Archive for November 2017
Things I Do #10: I don’t look at airline pilots
I don’t look at the pilot when boarding a plane. I’m terrified of looking into the cockpit and seeing a pilot who looks like an idiot or resembles someone who I think is an idiot. I don’t mind shaking the pilot’s hand at the end of the flight and looking him or her in the…
Read MoreI’ve been told that I’m going to hell. I’m not sure I agree.
About a month ago, I wrote a post that criticized Pastor Greg Locke, an outspoken, Trump supporter who opposes the rights of gay, transexual, and transgender Americans and has gone so far as to call them mentally ill and criminal. Specifically, I attacked the ridiculousness of Locke’s “”Don’t you dare lecture us” rhetoric in response…
Read MoreVin Scully’s boycott of the NFL is stupid
In response to football players kneeling during the national anthem, Vin Scully has announced tat he will not watch the NFL ever again. His comments: “I have only one personal thought, really. And I am so disappointed. And I used to love, during the fall and winter, to watch the NFL on Sunday. And it’s…
Read MorePorn in a McDonald’s line
I was standing in line at a McDonald’s inside Bradley International Airport on Friday afternoon, minding my own business, hoping to grab a bite to eat before boarding my flight. Then I noticed the phone in the hand of the woman standing in front of me, She was watching porn on her phone, earbuds jammed…
Read MoreDaylight Saving should be celebrated (or eliminated)
Daylight saving time should be eliminated. It’s one of those things that we continue to do because we’ve always done it, but it’s an asinine policy. But as long as we’re going to keep Daylight Saving Time intact, could we at least allow the time change to happen when it can be appreciated and enjoyed?…
Read MoreThe best way to get students to behave
Back in 2017, a judge in Hawaii ordered a defendant to write more than 140 “nice” things about his ex-girlfriend after he violated a protection order. “For every nasty thing you said about her, you’re going to say a nice thing,” 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo told Daren Young. “No repeating words.” Young was ordered…
Read MoreDamn fine answer, Yasmin.
My kind of kid. I wish she were in my class.
Read MoreBill Murray was wrong. Groundhog Day is AMAZING.
I had a Groundhog-like Day dream last night. The same day repeated again and again. It was a more precarious and intense day than Bill Murray’s character experiences in the classic film, but the premise was otherwise the same: The same day, in the same town, again and again. No matter what happened during that…
Read MoreI accidentally assaulted my son in a public restroom
I took Charlie to the restroom in Bertucci’s last night. Charlie is five years-old and has started using urinals when they are positioned low enough for him to reach. He’s quite proud of himself. He still drops his pants to his ankles when he uses one, so the pride is a little unfounded, but I’ll…
Read MorePeruvian beauty pageant contestants steal a moment
Contestants competing in the Miss Peru 2018 beauty pageant were supposed to take the stage and recite their body measurements for the judges and the audience. Why this still happens is beyond me. Beauty pageants of all kinds are sad, disgusting vestiges of a sexist, patriarchal world that saw women as objects of beauty rather…
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