I will write more on this later, but I thought I’d throw this out there for now: If President Bush’s euphemism Ownership Society is in many ways the antithesis to the Great Society and the New Deal, shouldn’t we just call it what it really is: A Really Bad Idea? I’m sure some of you [...]
Entries from January 2005
A really bad idea
January 24th, 2005 · Comments Off
The Big Bulbous Hair Lady
January 22nd, 2005 · 8 Comments
If you’ve lived in my neighborhood long enough, you’ve probably seen the Big Bulbous Hair Lady. Her hair is the color of a Golden Retriever’s coat and has the consistency of the matted fur in its armpits—it is sort of like a giant uni-dred, but looks more like a big burlap sack than it does [...]
Tags: New York City
The -ex phenomenon
January 21st, 2005 · 15 Comments
I will post this only because I don’t really have the energy nor the desire to actually write something worthwhile: Does anyone know why feminine hygiene products always (no pun intended) have brand names ending in -ex or -ax? What’s up with that? Let’s evaluate: TampAX KotEX PlaytEX FedEX Good sEX Your guess is as [...]
Tags: Life
When things don’t add up
January 20th, 2005 · 4 Comments
“It is puzzling that if you add X (no exit strategy) to Y (Why are we there?) you get W2: George Bush’s second inauguration.” -Maureen Dowd� (who, PS, is my hero)
Tags: Douchebag · Politics · WMDs
The Hills Are Alive…
January 18th, 2005 · 10 Comments
Today at work, out of desperate necessity and in lieu of decent coffee, I was forced to consume “General Foods International Coffees—Cafe Vienna” instant coffee. The woman in the commercials for this product has a big piping mug of this stuff, and curls up on her Martha Stewart couch in front of a fire place [...]
Tags: Food


