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Standing in the last minute Valentine’s Day checkout line at the supermarket with twenty other men carrying roses, cards and chocolates, I paid for my one economy sized bottle of grape seed massage oil. They eyed my purchase curiously. Suckers. *** Behold the world’s funniest (and most bitingly insightful) new blog: If you are a blue … Read more

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In the last post discussing the Japanese embrace of all things A.I., one of the commenters mentioned that Japan’s ratio of engineers to lawyers is 10 to 1, while the U.S.’s ratio is the reverse: 1 to 10. Because I have a special contempt for most lawyer chicks which impels me to fuck them hard, deep and violently until … Read more

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Robotopia

I went to a Japanese cultural exhibit at the Kennedy Center. The crowd pleasing favorites were the robots. This guy rolls around answering questions in a chipper voice and shaking hands: He’d make a great politician if his answers were a little more vague. This robot, made by Toyota, plays the trumpet using a complicated … Read more

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I think it’s retarded. But when the whole world is being retarded it pays to join them. It’ll make life easier and you’ll feel better. I’m a Killer App Konformist.

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Also known as the brozenge.* Here it cums!** Well, almost. If it does happen, here are my predictions: Market Penetration – deep and wide. Condoms are everywhere. So will be the male pill. Except for the CVS in my hood where they will be locked behind bullet proof glass and only accessible via an embarrassing … Read more

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I have a theory. Here it is: The welfare state has created more pump and dumpers. I only have casual observation, not hard data, to back up my theory. I base it on the exponential increase in the past ten years of businesses teaching pickup skills to men. These are real businesses with satisfied clientele who pay in … Read more

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Tragedy… Not!

Heath Ledger either offed himself or OD’ed and the merchants of maudlin are in full emote braying about what a “tragedy” and a “shock” it is. Tragedy. This is one of those words that has been so bastardized by misuse and overuse that it has ceased to mean anything. What happened to Ledger was not a … Read more

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Moving Day Vignette

I was woken up this morning by the sounds of movers hauling out my neighbor’s belongings. Lots of banging, scraping, and foot shuffling. I could tell the movers were black guys by their voices. Thanks to the miracle of walls that actually amplify outside sounds I was able to hear some of their conversation. “White … Read more

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Faces Not Facebook

Facebook, and related internet social networking sites, don’t make you more friends: Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace do not help you make more genuine close friends, according to a survey by researchers who studied how the websites are changing the nature of friendship networks. Although social networking on the internet helps people to collect hundreds … Read more

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9:12PM – is it me or does no one speak grammatical english anymore? sometimes i have to remind myself how overflowing with the bounty of stupidity most of humanity is.  9:14PM – girl in pink dress looks 10 years older than her age. plunging neckline ineffective on such a small bosom. next! 9:16PM – interesting how the … Read more

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