The Worst Obituary Ever

From the New York Times
 ”Khun Sa, the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region’s kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed private armies, has died at age 73 in Yangon, Myanmar, according to an officer in the militia he once led.”

The Search

Where is an Aphrodites?Marilyn has failed me and my
Dark brown hair.
Her alter is too neon
And my eyes
Are still too weak from years in
The dark-room.

The screen is void of her,
The screen which led me where
I’ve gone so far. It has no
Aphrodites, no prude Diana,
No smart-aleck Athena
Telling everyone just what to do.
[...]

Front Page News

I like to ask myself why a particular media outlet has made the content choices it did. For example, sometimes my favorite part of a movie is the previews, because it gives me insight on what the marketers thought was the kind of movie views of the current film would watch. It’s interesting when a [...]

An Outing

Cinematical made this post about other childhood characters that might be outed in light of Dumbledore’s newfound (at least to the less observant out there) homosexuality.
My additions to the list:

James Bond – He’s just too straight.
Daffy Duck – Totally has the hots for Bugs.
Your Mom – She told me… Last night.

Summary: The joke is getting [...]

A Tetrametric Sonnet

(Three weeks straight of Elizabethan verse gets to a gal.)
 My beaten heart no longer beats.
The doctors leave for weekend plans;
They say my heart will go no more
As others go. No other glance
From other men will move it forth
From whence it came. No other song
Will lend it measured meters and
No other scale will test its worth
As [...]

55 Words #1

The blog “55 Words” has started a trend of 55-word short stories online. I think this is an excellent exercise, so occasionally be posting some of my own attempts of these miniature pieces. This particular one shows that I have been reading too much Chuck Palahniuk lately:

This slow-walking hipster has red hair that looks like [...]

Drive-in without a license

One of the best things about living in an urban environment is witnessing the insane ideas of entertainment some people come up with. My current favorite is the indoor “drive-in” theater where they provide the car. If you were complaining about $11 tickets at the Times Square Loews, check out these babies at $75 a [...]

Guitar Lessons

I wish I could play guitar. Not because I have any rock star dreams (I’ve got my mediocre abilities on the keys to satisfy that), but because my next-door neighbor sucks and I would like to give him lessons as an investment in my own ears’ happiness. In my wildest dreams, I knock on his [...]

More in Iraq

Sometimes I love The Onion.

Yankees Bite the Dust

Sometimes it’s difficult to be a Red Sox fan in the middle of New York City. It requires keeping your head down in crowded places, toning down or eliminating the wearing of fan gear, and occasionally stepping up to the plate in barroom brawls. But it’s great when the Yankees hand you a gem like [...]