Archive for the 'criticism' Category
Some FOOBish Fulminations
I’m too lazy to search through my comments at Binky Betsy’s FOOBiverse, but beside the dreadful and nausea-inducing banality of the long-drawn-out-yet-inevitable Liz-Granthony pair-up, the only thing more horrible was the oddly infantile images that represent the couple’s newly-rekindled romantic love.
In these two panels from the July 6 strip, Anthony expresses his love for Lizzie [...]
Read More..>>Why I Oppose Privatization in Most Cases
Sprint ditches customers who complain too much
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp, which recently launched an advertising campaign to attract new customers, is disconnecting more than 1,000 subscribers for calling its customer service lines too often and making what the company called unreasonable requests.
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“These customers were calling to a degree that we felt was [...]
Opportunities and Lessons
Last week, I didn’t get as much of a chance to write about Sam-related issues as I would have liked: between practicing for a wedding and three days worth of bluegrass gigs, I only finished about half of what I wanted to write about, my interactions with Sam’s maternal grandparents and how those interactions probably [...]
Read More..>>Richard Cohen: Apologist for Felons, and Total Moron. Also, a Meditation on Responsibility
This is not an entirely trivial matter since government officials should not lie to grand juries, but neither should they be called to account for practicing the dark art of politics. As with sex or real estate, it is often best to keep the lights off.
That’s the inestimable Richard Cohen, who is so infernally stupid [...]
FOOB: No Fat Chicks!
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Today’s FOOB is more than a little offensive. This morning’s message from Lynn can only be stated as “No Fat Chicks!”
If it wasn’t made clear enough yesterday that Julia is inferior to Lizzie, with the wonky teeth and the gaping maw, now we see that Julia is also -horror of horrors- FAT!
Worse, she [...]
Read More..>>FOOB: Old Ladies, Young Girls, Douchebags, and Goblins
It’s been awhile since I checked in with the foobs. Well, that’s actually not true: I read the miserable strip every day, but the death spiral has advanced so far, there’s very little to say. However, some notes on recent developments are still in order.
I’m not going to go through my archives and [...]
NYT Goes for the Gutter
For Mr. Gore, who calls himself a “recovering politician,†returning to Capitol Hill is akin to a recovering alcoholic returning to a neighborhood bar.
He will, in all likelihood, deliver his favorite refrain about how “political will is a renewable resource†and how combating global warming is the “greatest challenge in the history of mankind.†He [...]
Dirty Sanchez
In all the coverage of Matt Sanchez, I have yet to see someone use the obvious pun Dirty Sanchez.
Oh wait. It seems I missed the guy who broke the story (and so NSFW). Good onya man!
What’s all the more hilarious about the story is its complete absence from the news. [...]
Brief Family Circus Analyses
As some of you know, I have an obsession with certain comics, For Better or For Worse foremost among them. One strip I’ve been following my entire life has been the Family Circus.
When I was a kid, I actually really liked the strip. No lie, I bought the collections up the same way I [...]
Bruce Tinsley Really Isn’t Very Bright
Bruce Tinsley’s unfunny conservative duck, Mallard Fillmore, has been skewering Dennis Hopper for the past two days.
Poor Tinsley. He just isn’t very bright. Hopper, of course, is a long-time Republican, noted for his support of George W. Bushand has
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