ChinaCon 2008: Disaster Staged to Avoid Olympic Boycott

Posted by Cynical Sarah on May 1, 2008

Cyclones in Burma, tornados raging across the United States and earthquakes in China, all within the span of a couple weeks, may have many people thinking Mother Nature has reared her head to fight back against humans. However, it turns out that one of those natural disasters wasn’t so natural after all.

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Tags: humor, news, Olympics, Satire

Cursed Tongue: Tall Hair Brings FLDS Closer to God

Posted by CursedTongue on April 24, 2008

The raid on the Yearning For Zion (YFZ) Ranch sheds light on one of the seemingly inherent horrors of religious repression:  the crimes of fashion on religious compounds.
Sure, you can’t have a nun without a habit, a Buddhist monk without an orange robe, or a rabbi without a black suit and hat.  But any religion [...]

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Tags: humor

Cursed Tongue: Adventures in Jurisimprudence: Jury Selection

Posted by CursedTongue on March 22, 2008

My second jury summons ever appeared in the mailbox in late March, and I knew immediately that my number was up.  Last time I filled in the on-line reply, called the jury hotline the night before the summons as instructed, and I was told I was not needed.  I was confused, but relieved.  Why bother [...]

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Tags: humor, jury duty

Cursed Tongue: The Gift of Get It Yourself

Posted by CursedTongue on November 28, 2007

I realize that this discussion maybe just a tad early for some Christmas shoppers. But next week is Black Friday. (So called because that’s the color a normal human soul turns while jostled between the pallet of gift-wrap and the end cap of obnoxious, musical dancing reindeers in the crush of shoppers at the Wal-Mart on the day after Thanksgiving.) The harried, beaten consumer may shamefully turn to the shiny gift card display in their time need.

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Tags: christmas, humor, shopping

The Reality

Posted by Cynical Sarah on November 24, 2007

I’m constantly amazed by the stars that are made by reality television shows. Not the ones that actually have some contest and some purpose the people on the shows are working toward.

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Tags: humor, television

Domesticated Weekends

Posted by Cynical Sarah on November 20, 2007

Lately my definition of a busy weekend is one where I leave the condo at least once, have lots of hockey and football to watch, and plenty of small projects at home that I should be doing.

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Tags: humor, marriage, sports

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