October 2008
13 posts
The Economic Crisis Hits the Markson Family... →
[…] In order to teach the children frugality and make them understand the dangers of inflation, I had no choice but to halt all $200 pass-go payouts and increase the rental rates on the following properties: Boardwalk, Park Place, New York Avenue, Virginia Avenue, and the Short Line Railroad. Granted, this resulted in you (thimble), Warren (wheelbarrow), and Bethany (Scottie dog) paying me...
Economic Crisis Traced To Bounced Check For $16 →
Consider this the economic equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings. As usual. the Onion contributes its irreverent wit to everything that really matters.
daily dose of wisdom
Wet dreams are nature’s way of saying, “Take it easy kid, this one’s on me.”
A long overdue dose of the wisdom of H.L....
“A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.”
“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.”
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
“No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”
parenting
Rob: Speaking of kids, is yours boring right now? When do they start talking?
Me: 9 years old, when they escape from the cellar...
Manual for postmodern childrearing →
rabsteen:
So many funny bits:
“Ensure that the child’s linguistic development is arrested at the negation stage, since lack is where desire begins, and that is what one must dwell on. Ensure the child does not learn any negations, since stemming the tide of desire facilitates the construction of pyramidal power.”
and
“Demand that all actions have a self-referential dimension. Remember that...
