In the grand scheme of American life, nothing is so inconsequential yet invasively significant as Major League Baseball. My educated guess is that the game receives its elevated stature at the behest of admiring children, who frequently see big league baseball players as their first representation of physical and competitive excellence. As a result of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘idiot’
A Modest Proposal For Juicing Baseball Players
Posted in The Sporting Life, tagged baseball, idiot, Justice, MLB, pastime, Pay, Performance Enhancing Drugs, wrong on August 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Dr. Emasculo Or, how I learned to stop kowtowing and just be a human being for a change.
Posted in The Daily Life, tagged asinine, axe body spray, Bad people, Darth Tarts, dipshit, dumbass, Feminism, french whore, horseshit, Idiocy, idiot, kill your television, Logic, man, OKC, Pepsi Max, Real Beer, relationships, screw your motorcycle, struggle, stupid, truck nuts, Vin Diesel, woman, wrong on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I realize that this entry is going to speak mainly to men, but it carries implications for both sexes, and you women should read it, too. We’re simply not getting along quite the way we should, and by “getting along”, I’m referring to our ability as a population to act in a just and honorable [...]
How Not To Foster And Execute Civil Discourse
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, The Political Farce, tagged asinine, dipshit, dumbass, History, Idiocy, idiot, impatience, kill your television, laziness, Lost tools of Learning, stupid-assed talk show hosts on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Invite discussion with people who insist upon mass-murder as a political tool. Then, agree with them. Kill your television before it kills you.
Letter to The Whatcom Independent, Jan. 2008
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, tagged Academic Freedom, college, Context, dipshit, Dorothy Sayers, dumbass, Embezzlement, History, idiot, impatience, Knowledge, Lost tools of Learning, Must-Read, Philology, struggle, wrong on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In regard to Paul de Armond’s article about Judge Mura’s ruling in favor (?) of WWU’s actions in the case of Perry Mills: Firstly, embezzlement is very clearly defined (citing the Oxford dictionary): “embezzle |emˈbezəl| verb [ trans. ] steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or belonging to the organization for which one [...]
An Open Letter to WWU President Bruce Shepard
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, tagged Academic Freedom, dipshit, Dorothy Sayers, dumbass, History, idiot, impatience, Intellect, Knowledge, Lost tools of Learning, Mind, Must-Read, pastime, Perry Mills, Philology, Scholar, Scholarship, struggle, Student, wrong on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Dr. Shepard, I am writing an open letter to you today regarding Professor Perry Mills. I am deeply troubled and still somewhat ashamed by the University’s conduct toward Professor Mills, and the vast misunderstanding that fuels his detractors’ purpose. Their familiar refrain states that Professor Mills engages in slanderous, offensive behavior, cares little for [...]
The (Iron) Rat Race
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anger, Ants Marching, dipshit, Driving, dumbass, Idiocy, idiot, montana, moron, rant, redneck, struggle, threatening of a child on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Local Employees: It’s not my fault (nor is it my two-year-old daughter’s) that you drank too much, forgot to set your alarm, wet your bed, forgot how to drive, “needed” to get that espresso, have a boss that just won’t understand, write tedious run-on sentences, can’t read, are currently drinking, or think the stars [...]
Baseball Writers: STOP the Inappropriate Use of “Scuffle”.
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, The Sporting Life, tagged baseball, college, dictionary, dipshit, Goose Gossage, idiot, malaprop, New York, scuffle, Steve Phillips, struggle, tirade, wrong on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I sorely hoped it would go away. Perhaps it was started by Mr. Phillips after his dismissal from the Mets, but I have to admit I don’t care all that much where it came from. Here it is in black-and-white: scuffle |ˈskəfəl| noun 1 a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters : there [...]
