Category Archives: Mostly Soap Box

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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Barilla Plus? You’re Such a Good Mom

May 28, 2008 – 2:42 PM

We here in the editorial offices of Jose el Retardo have a new favorite commercial, and for this we need to thank the good people over at Barilla Pasta. Art lives where you find it, and it is the fool who will discard the television commercial without first mining it for all it is worth. [...]

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Google Google Google Google Google

May 22, 2008 – 1:30 PM

Last night, making my way with the amiable KTray to the NYC Chinatown restaurant Dim Sum Go Go to meet our mutual friend LP (KTray, I’m sure Jose readers will be looking for a review soon), I found I wasn’t sure where I was going or how long it might take to get there. This [...]

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I am Sick of This Planet

May 20, 2008 – 2:43 PM

Have you noticed a definitive lack of exciting concepts coming out of our scientific community of late? I have. There is nothing happening in the world of science today that makes me excited for tomorrow. I know what you’re going to tell me: Jose, what about the Hadron Collider? When they flip the switch on [...]

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