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I Got Burned
There’s something like ten fires going on right now in San Diego. It’s crazy. So the TVs in the break room where I work were all stuck on news coverage, since a new fire was literally breaking out every hour and people wanted to stay updated. I was among those who wanted to stay updated […]
The NFL’s First Gay Experience
Now famous homosexual Michael Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the 7th round of the NFL Draft this Sunday. On camera he kissed his boyfriend, which has people all upset. Some people didn’t like seeing two men kiss on TV and there is no shortage of people calling them bigots. However, this […]
Donald Sterling May Be a Racist, But Is He A Phony?
I am just so sick of fake apologies. Daniel Tosh apologized for making some rape jokes during his stand up act a few years ago. But they were funny and the crowd laughed. Most importantly, he wasn’t sorry. So why should anyone want that? We all know why he apologized. He’s on Comedy Central and […]
What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
What happened to Flight 370? Logically, it’s at the bottom of the ocean whether we ever end up finding it or not. (I haven’t been following the story closely, which will be evident when I make factual inaccuracies or ask questions with obvious answers.) But there is any number of theories as to how this […]
Christopher Columbus Superfraud
The desire to explore is in us all. Whether it’s hiking further down a trail, trying a new restaurant, or strange pussy we all have a desire to explore new things (strange pussy excluded for heterosexual women). But how strong is this desire in reality? It has been romanticized for sure, and I do it […]
Shaping Up
Nationalism can be an at times trivial thing. Some Americans tout our freedom, which I get, but others tout our football, which I don’t. It gets flipped around very easily. Europeans will tout their football in spite of ours. In reality, football doesn’t matter and shouldn’t have an impact on your sense of nationalism. But […]
Don’t Stop Beliebing, Hold Onto That Feeling
Fandom. It’s not logical. Millions of Justin Bieber fans have come out in support of the pop star after his arrest for drunk driving, resisting arrest, and driving without a valid driver’s license. Why come out in blind support of him after he did something so horrible? I know most of his fans are young […]
Assassin Nation
Martin Luther King’s dream didn’t die with him, but America’s long history of social and political figures being assassinated did. It’s so easy to ignore for someone my age, 29, just how commonplace assassinations were. There was JFK, MLK, and Robert Kennedy in the 60s. There was at least one attempt on Ford’s life in […]
Bridge on the River Deny
I’m all fired up about this New Jersey thing. Unlike most people, assuming that Christie really knew nothing about it, I’m willing to largely give him a pass on this. It seems like the type of person who is trying to villianize him for this was just lying in wait to villianize him over something […]
Capital Fools 
The Race Wars Continue
It’s Day 3 in the “What Sterling Said” saga. And I hate to defend a racist but. These comments were made in a private conversation. Isn’t Sterling allowed to be a bigot behind closed doors? He didn’t know and had no reason to presume his comments were being recorded and his conversation on the record. […]