December 2008
5 posts
10 reasons to reject the conventional idea of...
1. You did not choose them You are basically forced into your association with these people because of your parents. It is essentially like your cellmate in prison or seat-mate on a plane, meaning that the relationship exists only because of circumstance, not because you actively want it to. The lack of your choice brings in the matter of obligation, as in, you are obligated to hang around with...
Revenge and comfort
Let’s say the government had a way to read minds, to tell somebody’s intentions, would you not want them to use it to make us safer? I mean if the guy across the street has an eye on your preteen daughter, wouldn’t you want to know about it before he actually did anything? Of course you would. If there was a way to find those criminals who got off on technicalities or because of...
10 mature and logical ways to handle being dumped
1. Stalk Call her late at night, follow her car wherever she goes, show up unexpectedly and demand to be let inside. If you want to go the extra mile you can break into her apartment and give her a facial while she sleeps. What you hope will happen: She will notice you there in her rear-view mirror, realize how much time and effort you are putting into this, and have an epiphany that you are...
10 ways to tell that you are not cut out for...
1. You hate repeating yourself Most of parenting involves saying the same thing at least 3 times in order to get it done. 3 times is when you threaten violence with the last request, it can be many more times if your kid does not fear bodily harm. If you are one of those people who do not believe in corporal punishment, or are too lazy to exercise it, you will have to keep saying the same thing...
10 Reasons alcohol is the best drug
1. Private Nobody has to know that I am drunk while at work. Soak my fruit-salad in vodka, nobody knows anything. Whiskey in my coffee, perfectly ok. You can’t do that with a blunt. I can smell weed 3 miles away if I am down-wind and nobody is grilling anything. While heroin-addicts can actually be quite productive, they have a shelf-life, sooner or later they just start staying home,...