All Posts by MrOink

Prop 8 has me really pissed me off. If you’ve just popped in from Mars, Prop 8 is amendment to California’s constitution restricting marriage to heterosexuals that passed on Nov 4 by a narrow margin. It strips LGBT people of their right to existing marriage in California. According to its proponants, it also invalidates...
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I realized today that it’s pretty funny if you replace the word fibromyalgia with procrastination. Like this bit from the Wikipedia article on fibromyalgia: Many patients experience cognitive dysfunction (known as “brain fog” or “procrasto-fog”), which may be characterized by impaired concentration, problems with short and long-term memory, short-term memory consolidation, impaired speed of...
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Welcome friends to my new series, “Great Americans.” First up, Sarah Palin. In the next week or so, we’ll have a chance to hear about Sarah Palin. To start, a great quote from a great American: “I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed...
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If you read my column often, you know how I feel about the theory of evolution. Bottom Line: the Lord did not set us on this earth a few thousand years ago so we could spit in his grill. The same is true for donuts (except Krispy Kreme). To say they evolved by the...
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Fuck you Craigslist! Always trying to get me to apply for jobs. Like you’re so great. I don’t need a goddamn job. Why you so pressuring me all the time Craigslist? You’re not so great. You think you’re the best in the world, but you’re not, Craigslist. I don’t need a job.
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I just stepped on (barefoot) and saw a cockroach — in that order — for the first time in my life. Yow. So, I panicked and starting screaming and yelping around the apartment and woke up my girlfriend. Oh well. Not a very macho response, if I do say so.
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Well, folks, recent polls indicate that Obama has taken a decent lead in the presidential race – 4% to 5%.
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Well, shit. Fat chance I’ll get a job in New York now. In other news, the U.S. financial system appears to be imploding. The Dow was down 500...
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North America’s largest fish stock exchange rose slightly today amid fears over damage from Hurricane Ike’s weekend wrath, and amid a sudden slip in human financial markets worldwide. But a few nerve-racking days were apparently not enough to cause alarm in the current fish bull market. Even with major human financial firms going belly...
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Well, it’s no catastrophe — yet. The Dow was down around 500 pts by the end of trading — it’s worst drop in 7 years. But we’re not out of the woods. When AIG goes under, there’s no telling how much farther it could go. Barring a miracle, AIG has a few days of...
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