Uncle Boojy passed away this afternoon. His given name was Charles Prejean, he and my Aunt Pat were the relatives that lived in Gramercy, LA not too far from where I was in New Orleans. He was diagnosed with cancer in late August I believe, but by the time they found it it had already spread everywhere. I made it a point to get up there as often as ( Read more... )

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So some years ago I ended up quitting the Tulane Hullabaloo more or less due to a profound indignity I had to suffer that was an unfortunate wakeup call to the fact that the real world is not a meritocracy. I had been passed over for a promotion everyone knew I deserved to Chief Copy Editor in favor of the girl the editor in chief was shtupping ( Read more... )

About a month ago Tristan posted this article about a girl with intractable sneezes (12,000 a day roughly) that was baffling doctors. I noticed right away the tic like nature of it and suggested it was a tic disorder related to Tourette Syndrome. They clearly werent proper productive sneezes, were repetitive, waxed and waned in severity throughout ( Read more... )

Wilfred Owen

Dulce Et Decorum EstBent double, like old beggars under sacks ( Read more... )

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I would like to draw your attention to a recent discovery, and what I am now endorsing as the most awesome site ever.

http://probablybadnews.com/

Its like Jay Leno's "Headlines" only 10 times better.

Graffiti spotted on a French Quarter wall:

"If you are looking for sympathy you'll find it right between shit and syphillis in the dictionary.Does anybody besides me remember when graffiti used to be lively, irreverent, crude, crass, and carefree? "For a good time call Melanie (504) 444-4444" or "Made a poo-poo drew a choo-choo." or "Here I sit ( Read more... )

I borrowed this screencap from spartonian and wish to engage in a little experiment. Who can tell me what is wrong with this picture:


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I like it. I will probably switch back to my old default pic in a week or so and just use this as my moderator usericon on my communities, but for now I am finding it entertaining.