Happy Sunday. I advise you to go to church and pray for the sins you're planning during the sermon.
"What is your religion my son?" inquired the Archbishop of Rheims.
"Pardon, monseigneur," replied Rochebriant; "I am ashamed of it."
"Then why do you not become an atheist?"
"Impossible! I should be ashamed of atheism."
"In that case, monsieur, you should join the Protestants."
--Ambrose Bierce
Ron Howard Lists Connecticut Estate for $27.5 Million
There's apparently a lot of money to be made by standing next to Barney Fife.
They're going to fire Jeremy Clarkson if he says one more offensive thing
I thought that was his job description. Good luck with that show without him. He made a hit out of the equivalent of describing naked women to blind teenage boys. I'm sorry, was that offensive?
Football fan killed by ‘flying toilet bowl’ in Brazil
After all these years, after all those predictions, the shit has finally hit the fan. I'm sorry, was that offensive?
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved, by Hunter S. Thompson
Yeah, but it outlasted you, you decadent and depraved crank.
Why I’m Bullish on the News--A Silicon Valley manifesto by Marc Andreessen
How appropriate, it's in Politico. Politico now matters more than the New York Times does.
Should We Destroy Our Last Living Samples of the Virus That Causes Smallpox?
If you even hesitated to answer this question, there's something wrong with you. You shouldn't need to see the picture of a child with smallpox to answer it, either.
11 with links to al Qaeda being questioned in MH370 probe
We used to shoot enemy combatants found out of uniform. Now we just round up the other army from time to time to ask them questions like The Usual Suspects. Turn to the right...
From Sir, With Love, by Theodore Dalrymple at Taki's Mag
I think I can put my hand on my heart and say that I have no tyrannical leanings, though no doubt like everyone else there are a few things that I should like to see prohibited, such as (in my case) chewing gum, drinks sold in cans, baseball caps, rock and other forms of pop music in public places, and preferably in private as well, fast food, men wearing suits without ties, television, mobile telephones in trains and restaurants, burqas (except for drunken British girls on Friday and Saturday nights, for whom they should be compulsory), tattoos, piercings, celebrity magazines, pasteurised cheese, the use of the word chair for chairman, conversations in public about football, the Olympic Games, jeans, skateboards, eating in the streets, coffee served in plastic containers, basketball, etc.
He's the only author on the Internets I find essential. It was nice of him to write that list for me, to save me the trouble.
News from America's Hat: Police bust massive house party in Brampton after 1,500 teens show up
No one understands social media less than "tech savvy" teens.
Well, there you go. Have a pleasant Sunday. Oh, and you really should have figured out the punchline to our headline on your own by now, I think.
You can hide, but you can't run, you bastard!
I'm sorry, was that offensive?