“Your sister is waiting for you to see her post on your timeline.” Do I need this new personal pressure from Facebook? They’ve already sent me an email telling me that my sister posted on my page, along with the text of her comment. Now, they nag me if I don’t respond in their hearing […]
Month: September 2013
Santa, Shrapnel, and Stupidity
So I don’t remember my parents ever actually lying to me. At least, I never caught them doing so, which amounts to the same thing. I suffered the usual heart-rending Santa Claus disillusionment at their hands, but that was a lie perpetrated by the whole culture. And, as lies go, that’s a good one; the […]
True Grit: Strippers on the Altar
So some evangelical middle-aged church ladies in righteous pastel polyester show up at a local strip joint bright and early this past Sunday morning. They are there to offer consolation prizes to the 20 or so exotic dancers who’ve been told at 2:00 AM (after working a long and tedious shift) that the club has […]
One Fish, Two Fish, Dead Fish, Cold Fish
First, it was 6,000 dead pigs floating in Shanghai’s water supply. Then, 1,000 dead ducks surfaced in the Sichuan River. Now, hundreds of thousands of dead fish are floating in the Fu river in Wuhan, capital of the central province of Hubei. Workers are digging trenches along 25 miles of the river in which […]