Category Archives: Blog stuff

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad month. Sinead O’Connor was way ahead of her time, wasn’t she? “[O]ur medical system is an octopus riding a donkey riding a skateboard into a sadness quarry.” “Real prophets are always also pastors. And … Continue reading →

It’s madness, I tell you. Here’s the best argument I’ve ever seen for wearing tight, revealing clothes. Pinterest may need to emulate YouTube to ward off copyright issues. You would think that the Mets would have bigger things to worry … Continue reading →

I hope your Valentine’s Day was not as exciting as theirs was. A proper apology for an honest screwup is never a bad idea. I guess investing in North Korea could be a good idea. Seems awfully risky to me, … Continue reading →

Happy birthday, Justine Bateman! Don’t be too smug about your eco-friendly lifestyle. I’d like to be the fact checker for New Yorker cartoons. Remember “voodoo math”? Mitt Romney makes that look like basic algebra. Do you want fewer fries with … Continue reading →

Happy 203rd birthday, Abe Lincoln! You don’t look a day over 200. The Off the Kuff Facebook page needs three Likes to get to 200. Can you help? TV networks do all kinds of shady things to boost ratings. How … Continue reading →

Isn’t there some kind of football game on today? Speaking of football, when anti-immigrant hysteria forces your team to lose a prized recruit, maybe the human cost of said hysteria will begin to be made clear to those fanning its … Continue reading →

To everything there is a season, and that season starts with pitchers and catchers. “If you are a consumer of conservative media, you get constant reminders — every day, multiple times a day — that you absolutely must not believe … Continue reading →

Enjoy that penultimate weekend of football while you still can. I have long thought that what the world needs is more pee-powered electronics. I don’t recall there being anything about this in the Bible. That naughty e-book you just downloaded … Continue reading →

Happy MLK Day! If you live in Cinco ranch, you’re probably stuck in traffic right now. Oh, the irony of it all. If there ever were such a thing as “Sam’s Club Republicans”, one wonders if they’ve realized how badly … Continue reading →

Has Harold Camping had a conversation with the Mayans yet? The third party fetish could be especially damaging this year. Sometimes the old ways are the best ways. The etymology of “oops”, which I found via Susie Bright‘s remarks on … Continue reading →

Are things better yet? Who does a celebrity kid have influence over, anyway? Maybe this year scumbags like Jamie Dimon will come to understand why people loathe them. I’m not counting on it, though. “On behalf of all gays and … Continue reading →

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling… 2011 was a year of very expensive weather. If you want to complain about your tax rate, you should first know what your tax rate is. If Watson can help kill patent trolls, that … Continue reading →

I don’t think the girls can wait two whole weeks more till Christmas. The Superfriends Christmas Party, and Superman saves Nic Cage. They seem to go together. The decline and fall of Western civilization is right on schedule. Apparently, many … Continue reading →

Is Scrooginess hereditary or environmental? Because “icicle of death” is one of the coolest things you’ll ever read about. The real story behind “Black Friday”. Another way to tell when a politician is lying: When they make outlandish claims about … Continue reading →

OK, now I’m ready to acknowledge Christmas season. But just barely. On the plus side, I may not have to worry about it any more. So, do these results mean that warp drives are still in play? Doing nothing is … Continue reading →