Discounted Band Merchandise You Definitely Don’t Want »

Worst merch table ever… Step right up and buy some crap… Discounted Merchandise You Don’t Want Sold By Bands & Musicians You Don’t Like!

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Bad Words »

Scott Shrake

Mrs. D.: A waking daymare of suburbia, wound up so tight it squeaked when she moved her head, her maskface producing the mirthless “backward laugh” common to all the moms around, a staccato series of high-pitched wheezing inhalations.

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Mid-Career Facebook Status Update Retrospective »

Scott Shrake

What are the necessary aims of a good topical Facebook status update? It should entertain, delight, challenge, blow a mind or two. This is all about realizing and fully accepting that Facebook is a stage, and we’re all players.

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Barbra Streisand: Obsession of a Redblooded American Boy »

I have finally recognized that my preteen obsession with Barbra Streisand is the key to understanding why I am such a regular guy. Like all boys, I wanted to be just like my mother. But the Oedipal overtones were too much, so I transferred this natural inclination onto someone famous with a ballpark resemblance to [...]

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