Oh This’ll End Well…
Our prayers should be with the people of Israel today, as their Palestinian neighbors saw fit yesterday to elect a Hamas majority into the Palestinian parliament. Egads.
Tag Observations
Curse You, Hurricane Schwartz!
Dear Weather Channel, Is it normal to see lightning in Pennsylvania in late January? ‘Cause, you know, that’s exactly what I saw last night. Heard thunder too. My contention is that the answer is “no, it’s not normal”. Is there…
Driving Observations On A Clear New Jersey Morn
I’ve noticed a certain behavior on NJ roads that I’ll label “ad hoc wingman/symbiotic relationships”, which is a fancy way of saying “complex drifting”. The behavior is identifiable as such: You note a driver that has chosen a speed and…
Postmodern New Jersey Fake Nazis? I Hate Postmodern New Jersey Fake Nazis!
Have you heard about the postmodernist professor Jacques Pluss from Fairleigh Dickinson University that, in a Derridian fit, decided that the best way to understand neo-Nazis was to become one? Further more, did you hear that he “outed” himself to…
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Grabbed from my Dashboard this morning: Nice weather for a Spring day, right? Too bad it’s freakin’ January! I want my snow, darn it.
Adventures In Church-Going
Those of you who know me and my “bad mojo” will not be surprised to hear that our adventures in power were by no means restricted to home this past weekend. My wife, Will and I arrived at church Sunday…
NFL Notes
With the defeat of both the Patriots and the Bears this weekend, there is little chance of a Superbowl XX rematch, absent a Madden Bowl appearance by both teams. Fortunately, this also means we will escape endless re-airings of “The…
I’ll Take “Tongue-Lashings Of Elected Officials” For $800, Alex.
Have you ever wanted to lay into one of the overstuffed, self-important nitwits that seem to populate the halls of Congress? Well, Sgt. Mark Seavey was given that chance at a recent town hall meeting with Reps. Jim Moran and…
PA Legislature: How Dare You Tell Us How To Do Our Job?
I make fun of New Jersey politics on a fairly regular basis, but every once in a while, my legislators in Pennsylvania put on a show as bad, if not worse, than their equivalents in NJ. Case in point: last…
Top Ten Rejected New Jersey Slogans
In local news, New Jersey “Don’t Call Me Acting” Governor Dick Codey revealed NJ’s new state slogan yesterday: “New Jersey: Come See For Yourself”. However, there was little discussion of the entries that weren’t selected. We here at Literal Barrage…
