Fun Facts About Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman won an Emmy award for hosting the Tony Awards which is like a merit badge for getting the most merit badges. After getting a journalism degree at Sydney’s University of Technology, he pursued a drama career and caught it just before it could climb a fence and get away. He adopted a son […]

Leftovers Part 2: The Seduction of Ingrid Leftover

She complained that I was being pedantic. I replied, “Well, not exactly”. The pig-footed bandicoot went extinct in the 1950s. I like to think that, if I’d been there to stop it, I probably would’ve gotten distracted and let it happen anyway. Astronomers have spent a lot of time and effort to determine the origins […]

Ben Shapiro: Intellectual Coward or Beloved Cartoon Character?

I recently saw a clip of an interview of Ben Shapiro by BBC interviewer Andrew Neil. It took a while for me to get around to it, because, whenever my dog hears Shapiro talk, she howls in pain… like when she hears an harmonica. It’s distressing but because Ben Shapiro is so slight, it might […]

People Who Would Make Awful Ghosts

Richard Simmons: He is the opposite of terrifying, although if you found him in your laundry room with a net and some duct tape, you might feel some unease. A ghost needs to be somber and scary. They seldom sweat… even to the oldies… Keith Richards: He’d be terrible because you need to be able […]

Are You Dressed Too Provocatively?

Your parents tell you that you can wear the outfit in public, but, only if they can talk to your pimp first. When you go for a walk, you notice men accidentally wandering into traffic. Your cleavage is listed as one of your area’s landmarks. No one tells you that you look like a million […]

How to Avoid Shark Attacks

If you are in the water, steer clear of fishermen. If you are not in the water, steer clear of fishermen, anyway. If fish or turtles behave erratically, get out of the water. What is erratic behavior for a turtle? I’d imagine it would be running really really fast or trying to buy liquor without […]

Why the Price of Insulin Must be Kept Artificially High

[The price of insulin in the United States is many times what it is in other countries. Some see this as just bald profiteering; but, there are actually GOOD reasons why the price of insulin must be inflated:] If it wasn’t expensive, everybody’d want to get diabetes. Because it involves a lot of money, it […]