Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Yet another great reason to drink coffee

As if drinking lots of coffee wasn't awesome enough already: "People who drink too much coffee could start seeing ghosts or hearing strange voices, UK research has suggested", according to this story on the BBC News. Free entertainment! Is there anything coffee can't do?

A profound meditation on the nature of Donald Trump

I am fascinated by the continuing celebrity of Donald Trump. Frankly, it's hard for me to take seriously a man whose hair looks like a bowl of shredded wheat crawled onto his head, curled up and died.

This is an actual picture of Donald Trump, taken from above:

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Difference Between Satire and Parody

People often ask me, "Carl, what's the difference between satire and parody?" The answer, really, is more straightforward than many people think.

Parody is like a simile. Satire is metaphor.

A Brief History of Trumpistan

January 21: A coalition of eighteen states led by Texas announce their succession from the United States, forming a new country reviving the...