Misc.

Syphilitic Magic Number*

09/03/2010
By Brian
Syphilitic Magic Number*

So insane are matters in the Syphilis Capital of the Universe that, on a Whorioles fan forum, this was the title of a recent post … The best last-place team you’ll ever see Fuckin’ adorable. But to a certain extent, I concur. Because the number of games the Baltimore Whorioles must lose to surpass the 87.5-loss threshold is...
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Weekend (and Week) Reading Roundup

09/03/2010
By Brian
Weekend (and Week) Reading Roundup

MTV Shows • Epic U.S. Open Man! • Epic U.S. Open Interview! (FF to 1:05 in) • The anti-government fervor infusing the 2010 elections represents a political triumph for the Kochs. By giving money to “educate,” fund, and organize Tea Party protesters, they have helped turn their private agenda into a mass movement. • A couple...
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Watch This Video!

08/31/2010
By Brian

* As I understand the situation, if you don’t make somebody else watch this video within a week, that “guy” will jump through your computer and sing it personally to you. I wouldn’t want that to happen. And, I’m sure you don’t either. You’re welcome.
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The Next American President

08/30/2010
By Brian
The Next American President

I think Fox Providence may rethink it’s whole “Coffee with the Candidate” shtick. Be not afraid. I hope you learn something from it.
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Is this a gay guy Nazi saluting the Jonas Brothers in Camden?

08/27/2010
By Brian
Is this a gay guy Nazi saluting the Jonas Brothers in Camden?

And, here I was going to link to the 6ABC story about the boybro band playing some sort of softball game to raise awareness for the dangers of text driving (good issue, btw), but then I saw this headline … Lawsuit: Priest impregnated Pa. teenager … and kind of just lost the ability to care anymore....
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How a spammer got me this morning

08/25/2010
By Brian
How a spammer got me this morning

6 a.m. Wake up to baby crying. 6:00-6:05 Change, entertain him till bride enters room. 6:06-6:10 Go downstairs to brew coffee, continue Twitter battle with anti-death-penalty activist. (I’m all for it; she isn’t, but I hope she appreciates the site link here all the same.) Put DVRd Daily show on. 6:11-6:34 Compile the day’s Hit-and-Run America post. 6:35...
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Today’s Metro Story

08/23/2010
By Brian

… is about drugging and driving. Don’t do it.
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Mid-Week Sports/Etc. Roundup

08/19/2010
By Brian
Mid-Week Sports/Etc. Roundup

More from the whole “Tila Tequila doused with feces and baby dolls and sex toys and urine balloons at the Gathering of the Juggalos! Everyone at the Gathering was talking about Tila Tequila. To the juggalos she is everything they hate. She is pop culture, MTV, and the kids who picked on them...
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08.18.10: The Day Brian Hickey Declared War on Philadelphia (Updated)

08/18/2010
By Brian
08.18.10: The Day Brian Hickey Declared War on Philadelphia (Updated)

I want you take a look at this picture. It’s of a weed on the sliver of turf between my street and the sidewalk in front of my home … That was taken on the property line between my house and that of my neighbor, who happens to be both a ranking member of the...
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Weekend Reading Roundup (Shady’s Back, Tell a Friend Edition)

08/16/2010
By Brian
Weekend Reading Roundup (Shady’s Back, Tell a Friend Edition)

Sorry about not putting one of these clip-recommendation jawns together last week but nothing really rose to the level of me saying to myself, well, not even saying anything to myself, nothing was noticeably good last week in the funnies. So sorry, peers who wrote stories. Bidness. This week’s different, though. Here we go. Finally, it...
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