Archive for May, 2006

Embracing Mediocrity

May 30, 2006

A self help book for losers like you. Unless you didn’t learn to read, in which case you’re probably not reading this now. Through the Curtain You’re fat, you’re pushing forty, and faced with the realization that the boy who once dreamed of becoming an astronaut is no more. A man has taken his place, [...]

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Rock Hudson

May 25, 2006

Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985?) is an American actor, famous for his manly, lumberjack appearance and an unwavering masculinity that makes sissy-boy Johnny-come-latelies like Vin Diesel look like tea-tray boys or beauty parlour estheticians in comparison. Biography By special arrangement with Almighty God Himself, Rock Hudson was born “Roy Harold Scherer [...]

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The Truth About Ice Cream Trucks

May 24, 2006

Just like the Jeep, the Internet, and the Furby, the ice cream truck was originally a piece of military technology developed for US government use, but subsequently adopted by commercial enterprise to schlep inferior and overpriced products to the masses. Origin No-one who’s ever heard one should be surprised to learn that the ice cream [...]

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Celebrity Roast

May 22, 2006

“The idea is to hang out together, find fun with broads, eat some washed-up putz, and have a great time. We gotta do what we enjoy.” ~ Frank Sinatra on Celebrity Roasts A Celebrity Roast is a culturally sanctioned rite of passage still practised amongst the ranks of legendary elite, though to a much lesser [...]

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British Invasion

May 10, 2006

“We don’t like their sound and ukelele music is on the way out.” ~ Decca Records on rejecting The Beatles in 1962 The British Invasion, more properly known as the Uke (pronounced yoo-kay) or UK Invasion, was an influx of ukelele performers mostly from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Australia, [...]

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On a stick

May 9, 2006

On a stick is one of the most inspired marketing gimmicks of the modern world, with its influence felt, if not seen, worldwide (the stick is generally hidden inside whatever it is that was placed on the stick). Executive Summary Everything’s better on a stick. Food on a stick It is here that the on [...]

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