In this case, PSAs of the Week. Here are three outstanding Public Service Announcements created for the Washington D.C. Humane Society. Powerful stuff. Don’t be a dog owner who is a dog abuser.
I HATE HATRED
It was bound to happen. You can’t write about things that are preeminently loathsome for long without turning your sights on hatred itself. Hatred is nothing new. It’s as old as mankind. What seems to distinguish our era is something worse than even generic hatred, such as hatred of blacks, whites, Americans, Jews, Mexicans, et cetera. Those are nothing new. …
Enter the Church of the Infinite Chasm
Every Sunday (well, almost every Sunday) the Church of the Infinite Chasm throws open its doors and welcomes all. Our mission is to shine a light into the infinite gulf between man and whatever creature is just below us on the food chain. Our hope is that we’ll spark some intelligent thinking by one and all. No one should blindly …
Today’s Examiner:
Want an extra reason to pore over the pages of this issue (this Issuu)? We can’t find the Mystery Word on any of the copies we’ve looked at, and we know exactly where it is. It’s a printing press thing. It happens sometimes. The online version, on the other hand, is always infinitely clean and crisp, and you can enlarge …
Keep riding. Keep living.
The new Medical Examiner front page: You will probably see this and immediately think of Dennis Skillman, peacefully riding his bike to work yesterday morning. Or perhaps you’ll think of Christopher Provost, charged with felony vehicular homicide for leaving the roadway to run over and kill Skillman, then flee the scene. You may very well think, “National Bike to Work …
Ready for a hiatus?
Get ready for spectacular. Dubai seems to be the world’s showcase city for stunning architecture. But all the news about Dubai suggests it’s overbuilt, and on top of that was built with inferior materials and workmanship (not to mention slave labor). If you believe many reports, in ten years Dubai will be the world’s most lavish and spectacular ghost town. …
If we’re going to have gay marriage…
…then this is the logical next step. I think. This is so very hilarious. (Thanks to Hannah Bradley for the link.)
Tuesday: PSA of the Week day
A picture says a thousand words. Two pictures say two thousand words.
I HATE MONDAY
I know, it’s Tuesday. Feel free to initiate litigation. Here’s the hate for today: the news. I hate the news. This is painful to write, since I am something of a newsaholic. However, the news has become more and more about partisan analysis and opinion and less and less about the news itself. Let’s take a teaspoon of known fact …