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Comment on Sweating the Small Beer by Keohane

Keohane — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:07:37 +0000

When I worked in the South End, I used to get my hair cut at State Street Barbers. For the first few months I’d walk in to the handsome wood-paneled room, take a chair, and a glass of scotch would appear as my Chechen barber went to work, regaling me with suitably hair-raising tales of the old country. Sinatra was usually on the stereo. It felt like entering another world, one where minor transgressions were coolly overlooked instead of being immediately stamped out in a Puritan tantrum. Then one day I walked in and they handed me a ginger ale.

Comment on Post Haste by Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You « the snob

Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You « the snob — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:46:25 +0000

[...] truly, three months ago: That being said, fuck the Post Office, or as I call it, the garbage delivery service…. I [...]

Comment on On the Bicycle Menace by Charlie on the Hubway « the snob

Charlie on the Hubway « the snob — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:01:06 +0000

[...] I the only person utterly perplexed by Hubway? My long-standing feelings about bicycles aside, I just don’t get the point. The one bona fide use case would seem to be [...]

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by The Snob

The Snob — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:43:10 +0000

If nothing else we can be pretty sure that two gay men will pick good wallpaper.

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by Keohane

Keohane — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:31:11 +0000

“Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” — Friedrich W. Nietzsche

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by Fedrich W. Nietzsche

Fedrich W. Nietzsche — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:14:47 +0000

My primary concern of legalizing gay marriage would be the domino effect it would have on other traditions. I don’t see a single benefit of having homosexual parents adopting a bastard created from artificial insemination. Children these days already are riddled with psychological problems, do you really think having two “Daddies” or “Mommies” will create a suitable environment for these adopted children to prosper?

Comment on Speed Freaks by Keohane

Keohane — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:54:28 +0000

Of course “safety advocates” are alarmed. That’s their natural state. The issuance of any response short of alarm at this or any other looming threat would be to tacitly acknowledge that ours is a long, slow, pointless slog that leads but to the grave. This is the thing that safety advocates are loath to admit. And also the funding.

Comment on Zipcar and the Cretin Epidemic by Keohane

Keohane — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:51:03 +0000

“Mucilaginous.” Holy Jesus!

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by Keohane

Keohane — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:03:55 +0000

Ah, who doesn’t love a good burst of faddish libertarianism? Anyway, Perry flip-flopped on the statement shortly after, telling a radio host “gay marriage is not fine with me” (empty moralizing boasting an addiction rate greater than crack). But what do you expect from a guy who loves his country so much he feels compelled to routinely threaten to secede from it? Love it or leave it, Texas! As for you, Rick Perry, get your act together. You look like the star of a goddamn 1980s shampoo commercial. Jesus Christ.

Comment on A Complete and Utter Lack of Self-Awareness by Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:25:09 +0000

Not only her nickname and blog name “skepchick” but also some of the items on the blog. Her “Skepchick Quickies,” for example. It’s all sexually charged.

She is also marketing a “Hug Me I’m Vaccinated” campaign for the TAM conference where strangers will attempt to hug people who have been vaccinated. There is apparently no concern for those who might feel “uncomfortable” at being offered hugs – close physical contact – with strangers. http://skepchick.org/2011/06/hug-me-at-tam/