If you’re an older guy who wants an autograph from Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper so that you can sell it for a profit, consider yourself warned: Bryce Harper knows why you want his signature and he doesn’t like it. Hagerstown’s newest resident told the Herald-Mail that he doesn’t like signing autographs for older guys....
Read MoreTurns out not all doctors suck
I started seeing a new primary care physician today. I decided it was time to find a new doctor after an unpleasant incident the last time I went for the three-month diabetic check-up. When I showed up for my appointment, I was told that I needed to fill out all my forms again. When I...
Read MoreDoctors suck and I don’t trust them
There’s an old joke about a guy going to his doctor to complain about pain in one of his arms. He demonstrates his doctor’s problem by lifting his arm above his head and twisting it a certain way. He says, “Doc, it hurts when I do this.” The man’s doctor looks at his patient and...
Read MoreJoseph Stalin’s Order Number 270
I’ve been listening to a really fantastic history podcast, Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History. The most recent episode is Ghosts of the Ostfront II. It is the second part of a show that deals with what the Russians refer to as The Great Patriotic War, the theatre of war between the German Third Reich and the...
Read MoreThis is the worst obituary ever written
I can’t imagine what would motive someone to write such a hateful, mean spirited obituary. The following was written by the dead woman’s daughter and appeared in the Vallejo, California Times-Herald: Dolores Aguilar 1929 – Aug. 7, 2008 Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. She will be...
Read MoreBrian Bolland and his Chicago Real Estate lawyer
This morning I found yet another email from comic book artist Brian Bolland concerning the whole issue surrounding my blog post over two months ago about a sketch he did at the 2007 New York City Comic-Con. The email basically contradicts everything he has said about this matter up until now. He is now saying...
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