Letters to the Editor
Joseph L.
Published Letters: 27
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"Oh, and Tranny Annie counts."
[Read the article: Yes, Sanjaya made the list]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In that case, she'd have to count for someone who decided to put her on a "Sexiest Men" list. Otherwise, we'd be just as bad as her.
And can we please stop screaming for Sanjaya's head now? As the nation's throat grows hoarse, it seems to me that the more we scream at such minor annoyances, the less vocal strength we have left for indignities that are actually worth our time ('sup Alberto).
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I got enough of this movie...
[Read the article: "License to Wed"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...from the billboard I see every morning when I walk to work.
On this billboard, the three main characters are in bed, with only the middle character not under the covers. The male protag is looking beleaguered in that "awwwwwwwwww I get no nookie AMIRITE GUYS" kind of way that Ray Romano killed two seasons into his semi-eponymous sitcom and then flogged for seven more.
Good ol' Rev. Frank is in the middle, with the smile of the über-meddler. I won't even get to how far Robin Williams has fallen; let's just say that I think the problem started when he started playing humans.
The female protag (who once, to her credit, apologized to her fans for her pop career. How long before she apologizes for this?) looks almost twice her twenty-three years with her face screwed up into something resembling the "disgusted shrew" that we see on way too many females in sitcoms these days.
This morning, I said to myself, "Joseph, don't worry. When it does $3 million in its first week, it'll be bounced out, and you won't have to see that again." Of course, that was quickly followed by a guffaw that I think is still resonating on my streets.
How long will it be before the layer of lipstick on the pig known as the summer movie starts to cast its own shadow?
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My name is Dick Cheney!
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bring me a golden-haired maiden, a handlebar mustache, and a railroad track!
Pretty sweet, Tom.
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(whoops... Ruben)
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not an idiot. Really.
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Phillies' record during the 1990s.
[Read the article: The city of brotherly losers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe someone with more time on their hands will add up the Phillies' actual record during the 1990s and post it
The mighty, mighty Wiki comes through.
1990: 77-85
1991: 78-84
1992: 70-92
1993: 97-65
1994: 54-61
1995: 69-75
1996: 67-95
1997: 68-94
1998: 75-87
1999: 77-85
Total for the decade: 732-823, making 91 more wins than losses.
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"SIGH"
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Best part of the comic; it just sums everything up (re: pundits, condescending attitudes, and stubbornness), and it's just something that might not occur to us to write (at least not to me).
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Contest entries.
[Read the article: War Room contest: Pick the Democrats' bumper sticker]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dem:
"1x = Theft, 2x = Fluke, 3x = Deserved"
"Democracy: Remember That?"
"Two Strikes and You're Out! Vote Dems!"
GOP Tiebreaker:
"America: Land of... Third?... Chances?"
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Maybe I'm being ignorant...
[Read the article: WayLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...but why mix a crushing negative (landfill) and faint praise (cat scat) with a seemingly glowing positive (14 million trees)?
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As for "barely passing" the test...
[Read the article: True confessions]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If my math is correct, Tim's chances of having a final score of 6/10 would be 1/3921225, which is only slightly more likely than a fair coin coming up heads 22 times in a row.
His chances of 10/10? Just over 65%.
In short, Tim's chances of ultimately being marked a 10/10 were 2,555,190 times as good as a 6/10.
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To Scotswoman:
[Read the article: Number of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Simply adding the numbers together doesn't account for overlap; for example, if we had a 100-person survey, and I name Giuliani, Romney, and Thompson, that goes down as one percent toward all three, but if I draw a blank, that's only one percent toward the group of "could not name a candidate."
I, too, would like to see proof of this.
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Actually, 200.8 meters = about 659 feet.
[Read the article: Train-zilla ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to appear as the answer in "Pictures of Mathematically Anal-Retentive People" for $800.
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"Well, we will -- if she wants -- we'll do anything she wants."
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please say "Pull out of Iraq"... please say "Pull out of Iraq"... please say "Pull out of Iraq"... please say "Pull out of Iraq"...
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What could that word BE?!
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I bet it's "happenstance!"
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There's only one word I'd remove from that...
[Read the article: The K Chronicles ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and it's "symbolically."
Not all shit is fecal in nature.
Having said that, let me get off this unusually tall horse to say that this was yet another great strip from Keef the Great.
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"Required subject."
[Read the article: Sexiest Man Living 2007]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1) Fix the broken tag on page 5, please.
2) Your link to Strong Bad's "dragon" e-mail goes to "sugar bob." "dragon" is #58.
3) What, no (insert forgotten soul's name here)?!?
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Oh... I get it!
[Read the article: Facebook drops "is" status updates, poetry dies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Joseph is of the mind that Flaubert was superior to Proust." versus "Joseph club bird drag knuckles get bloody." Totally even playing field, guys!
Seriously, content is what matters, and a half-assed linguistic gymnastic maneuver (which I've had to pull myself) is no substitution for wit, nor will the freedom from same lower the level of "dialogue."
I'm of the mind (there's that phrase again) that Facebook had little reason to keep the forced "is" in the status update template; perhaps they enjoyed the verbal pretzels we had to make when we played along, and/or the mangled wrecks of baked dough we created when we didn't.
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Chris Crocker, are you reading this?
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I love how the entire span of the comic strip is 15 minutes. It would be even better if that was unplanned, but still very cool nevertheless.
It's this type of thing that makes me glad to be a gamer more than a TV watcher.
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Congrats, Keef!
[Read the article: The K Chronicles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But dammit, don't do that to us again, OK?!