Category Archives: Mostly Soap Box

A Cry For help Buried in Folds of Flesh

June 18, 2008 – 2:50 PM

The storm raged late into the evening. Gail had already drunk more chi tea than she cared to admit, but she knew sleep was nowhere in her future. Too many worries, too many bills…would the indoor composter catch fire today? Will the historical society clear her petition to save the old flour mill out on [...]

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Just What I Needed—A Robot Great-Aunt

June 9, 2008 – 3:03 PM

Once again, I am flummoxed by the scientific minds of this age. How did our modern brainiacs become so dorky? Ben Franklin had one hand on his kite string, and the other firmly clamped on a tit, but leave it to the nerds of today to build a female android that doesn’t even want her [...]

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Grand Theft Auto IV

June 5, 2008 – 2:31 PM

I have been playing GTA IV for a couple of weeks now, and I must concur with most of the critics: not only is it the best of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, but it could possibly be the best game of all time. Only continued playing will decide for me whether or not it [...]

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The Ǘber Rich are Not Faceless Zombies with No Souls, Stop Calling Them That

June 2, 2008 – 6:58 PM

Lately there has been a plethora of articles from the New York Times website describing the habits, follies, and hardships of the upper crust, and every time someone in the desperate bullpen of Jose el Retardo’s editorial department runs across one of these tasty items, there is much retching and shouting, and without fail, our [...]

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