So Birmingham was recently voted the worst city in the country for men by Men’s Health Magazine. Men’s Health being, I believe, a gay porno magazine judging by the covers of shirtless men parading around on the cover. [And also because they picked The People’s Republic of San Francisco as the best city for men.]…
Petty Issues: Better Late Than Never
Why didn’t I make a Petty Issues list sooner? I don’t know. Maybe I thought the world would end and I wouldn’t have to fool with it. Anyway… Tim Tebow to be traded to the Jaguars. “Finally, the worst quarterback in the NFL is on the worst team in the NFL!”—–says, no one. This will…
Now What? : The World Didn’t End Today…Disappointed?
The way that today (12.21.12) has been built up as the end of the world, I can’t help but feel like some people are probably disappointed. We have heard for years that the end is nigh, because the Mayan calendar says it’s so…So what gives? We wake up today and there’s no nuclear launch attacks….
Larger Editorial: What Obama’s Acceptance Means to Interracial Couples
What’s left to say about the 44th President of the United States that hasn’t already been said? The man won re-election last month by a larger margin that anyone (but Nate Silver) would have predicted. He was recently named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year (a title he also won in 2008). And there’s the…
Working Class Economist: December’s Rich Asshole of the Month is…
[Drum roll please for the very last Rich Asshole of the Year]…..Deep breathe…oh, the suspense is killing me…da da da da da da…deeper breathe…[Five minutes of drum rolling]…December’s Rich Asshole of the Month is…a tie between Tom Monaghan and John Schnatter! [Collective “Who?” from the readers] Otherwise known as the founders of Domino’s Pizza and…
The Fast Food Critic: The Mashed Potato Pizza
Note: This isn’t from a chain, and I can’t really even remember the name of the place I tried it from. Needless to say, it might be hard to find if you actually live in Alabama, although I suspect this pizza would be really popular there, it’s carbs on carbs on carbs. “The Baked Potato…
How Long Can Richard Engel Keep Cheating Death?
For those that don’t know, Richard Engle is the chief correspondent for NBC News. He has also been kidnapped roughly…a thousand times. No, I’m not sure about the exact number of times he’s been tied up and thrown in the back of a truck, but it’s happened to him a couple times over his decade…
Movie Review: The Hobbit (Lower Your Expectations)
Is “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (although, really, who can call this an unexpected journey? the lack of self-awareness in keeping that subtitle is staggering) a bad movie? Not at all. It’s a solid spectacle, and arguably more fun than much of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the problem is that it really isn’t…
Movie Reviews: Anna Karenina
I wasn’t really a fan of this movie, but it’s worth reviewing simply because, well, I saw it…But I’ll make it brief since everyone really just wants to talk about The Hobbit (which I will, a little later on today)… What Works: This updating of the classic story will probably please fans of the material,…
Sunday’s Sermon: Domino’s Sues Over Birth Control Mandate, is the War on Women Back?
While a senseless tragedy dominates the news cycle in an equally senseless way (sorry, but at this point, it’s exploiting the tragedy more than really covering it), a story that might affect a whole lot more people has slipped through the cracks. In case the headline didn’t give away, that story is Domino’s Pizza founder…
A Rare Saturday Mom Joke: Chores
Why a Saturday Mom Joke? Because recent events that have dominated the news have been really…well, I think we could all use a laugh… Chores Little Rodney comes down to breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother asks if he had done his chores. “Not yet,” said Rodney. His mother tells him no…
Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” Should Be…The Marijuana User
Time Magazine will reveal their “Person of the Year” next week, but has already let their readers weigh in on who should be selected with an online poll. Out of some, in my opinion, weak selection choices (Chris Christie? really? for doing what exactly? standing on the outer edges of a hurricane?), their readers chose…Kim…
Petty Issues: Bad Barbies, Golden Globe Nominations, Syria’s President, and, of course, Kanye West
Kanye West wore a leather skirt to a charity event for Hurricane Sandy victims…proving that there is such a thing as bad charity. [Point, Republicans.] And he also brought his girlfriend Kim Kardashian with him, come on guys, haven’t the people of New York suffered enough? Screen Actor’s Guild nominations were announced yesterday, and, inexplicably, The Expendables…