this hit me today: my dad is as much of a smartass as i am, and this evening he made a moderately clever joke, and comments flew about "oh mark, hes always been that way" and "aww, what a smartass you are.." etc. i dont get it. at 12 i could make a smartass comment and it was cute. at 45 a smartass comment brings about the novelty of a middleaged ( Read more... )

so, i was reading the newspaper(i dont know why, thinking back) but there was an article about a man who went to a tampa bay football game and tied an american flag to the handrail in an obvious show of patriotism. when a pigger asked him to take it down, the crowd shouted "bin laden lover!" at the cop. as funny as this is, it wasnt meant to be.. ( Read more... )

so its about that time again, eh? that ime when i get bored with it all, turn over a new leaf and (re)start whining at what i see as "wrong" in the relative universe that exists in any post-modernist. as before, all who read are encouraged to post, and all who post are encouraged to check up on the progess of their conversation, if any intent of ( Read more... )