Ooh ooh, before I forget them again — If the SWPL blog steals my ideas, they can have at ‘em …
1. The ’50s. I can’t tell you how many times I have had a fellow white person say to me how they “wish it was still the ’50s” or how “everything was so great in [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Getting away with murder?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged death, depression, murder, psychics, rape, television, tv on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Getting away with Murder is Technically Impossible” – Forensic Files, TruTV
Bullshit.
According to the most recent U.S. Department of Justice statistics I could find, in 2005, only 62% of all homicides were solved.
Even though the site also says that “homicide has the highest clearance rate of all serious crimes,” still … 62%? In school-grade terms, that’s [...]
Rediscovering my Inner Prude
Posted in bitching, humor, tagged feminism, humor, pop culture, sexism, tv on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve gotten older (yipes — turning 31 in a month) I have noticed more and more that, deep down, I may be much more of a prude than I like to admit.
I remember first feeling this way when I was standing in line at a Moe’s restaurant (“Welcome to …” STFU!) a few years [...]
Why I would NOT want to live in the Middle Ages, or any other pre-20th century era
Posted in humor, randomness, tagged capitalism, history, humor, randomness, ranting, religion on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why? Because I like living in the modern world. (OK, make that the modern, developed Western world.) It’s not perfect, but it seems to suck less than all previous ages. There is nothing “romantic” about the good old days. It was mostly death and heartache and filth and ignorance.
Up until, oh, about a good third [...]
