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Surprisingly, the problems our country has been experiencing since the 1980s aren't the result of Republican over-spending, military build-ups, religiousity, blatant hypocrisy or rampant marital infidelity. They also aren't the result of Democratic homo-friendly amorality, Pro-Education elitism or “We know best” over-regulation. No, the reason that this once-proud, Capitalistic country is melting down can be traced directly back to one insidious evil: advertising. And I should know, after all, I work in the business.

I didn't realize that I was afraid of fish.

Around here, fish are really big. It seems like they grow a lot bigger in the ocean than in freshwater lakes up north. There's 3-feet long fish with huge teeth swimming around in little inlets and canals. Fish with teeth. And people wonder why I don't scuba dive. What did I just tell you? Fish with teeth. It's kind of scary. And the fish aren't even what I worry about. Tampa Bay has the third largest concentration of sharks in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and someplace in Australia). Yes, you read that correctly. S-H-A-R-K-S. Now, sharks I'm told, have teeth as well. Only big teeth. Really big teeth.

Scrappy mega-corp triumphs over pathetic, citizen do-gooders.

Now that Bush & Co. are finally out of the White House, it seems unnecessary to keep harping on the unrepentant ethical lapses occurring hourly at FOXNews. But since there seems to be no ebb to the tidal wave of biased "reporting" flooding into American homes, I feel this particular outrage merited mention again due to its spectacular sliminess.

What your astrological sign says about you: Namely, that you know too much about Astrology.

When I was first introduced to the concept of Astrology as a kid, I was skeptical. After all, believing that the position of the planets and stars could impact your life in any meaningful way, let alone dictate your daily behavior, seemed...what's the word? Oh, yeah, stupid. But the more I learned about this ancient "science," the more I came to feel that people DID seem to reflect the personality traits predicted by their sign. But how? Finally, I read the book that empirically and scientifically explained how and why Astrology really works.

16-year old brainiac eases the guilt of his parent's entire generation

Still not bringing a reusable canvas bag with you when you shop at the grocery store? Well, now you don't have to feel like your laziness is helping to destroy Earth (as much). It seems that, while you were out double-bagging your Pop-Tarts and simultaneously threatening Man's prolonged existence on this planet, a high-school kid from Canada was as home sifting through landfill soaked in yeast and tap water to isolate the bacterial genus’ Pseudomonas and Sphingomonas.

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by thecroz | August 31, 2005 - 12:14am

Clicking on these hyperlinks with take you to websites of a decidedly questionable nature. I have no control over, nor do I accept responsibility for, anything that happens to you once you leave this site. Therefore, peruse these at your own risk. It's a scary world out there. And here's proof.

Gold Star Events Excellent service that lets you see plays and comedy shows for about half-price.
Reason Magazine Use your brain for a change.
Harpers Literature, politics, culture, and the arts published continuously from 1850.
The American Civil Liberties Union Defending the Bill Of Rights. (Remember that?)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending Freedom in the Digital World.
The Daily Show "Where more people get their news, than probably should."
The Ordinary Citizen - More rabble rousing.
T-Shirt Hell Really funny t-shirts.
Busted Tees More really funny t-shirts.
The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Maddox - Self-described "Best Page In The Universe" Warning: May offend everyone.
eBaum's World - Watch the GIJoe spoofs.
Furniture Porn - Strangely erotic.
Disgruntled Housewife - Just what it says.
The Definitive Frink - Glaaaven!
Joe Bob Briggs - A redneck who knows a lot of honeys.
The Misanthropic Bitch - See also, Disgruntled Housewife above.
Landover Baptist Church - The Onion of religion.
Happy Tree Friends - Um, odd little violent, funny movies.
Fertnel Snak Corporation - The granddaddy of oddball websites.
So you've decided to be evil - I'm a graduate student.
McSweeney's - Literary blather from pompous people.
Firesign Theatre - Classic comedy.
Spumco's Webcartoons! - Ren & Stimpy's dad.
The Jive Server - Translate writing into Jive
SB Email - Wow, hard to explain.
McRorie, the one-man band. Virtually unexplainable.
The Steveohville Tribune - Former coworker's blog.
Bill Crosby Music - My brother's website.
Palmer Jarvis DDB - Just watch the Flash intro. Weird.
Corpses For Sale - What it says.
Memepool - Daily dose of strangeness.
The Baffler - Don't remember.
Suck - The granddaddy of 'blogging.
LodgePhoto - Travel photographer and Brit, Mathew Lodge.
Steveohville Stupid site of writer friend of mine.
They Might Be Giants - A very funny band.
Comedy Central - I live for The Daily Show.
Urban Legends - Don't just forward that hoax email...!
Mr. Cranky Rates The Movies - Take a guess.
IceBox - Animated flicks and stuff.
Relationshit - Bitter and jaded dating advice.
Get your Wu-Tang Clan name - Mine's "Sheepish Lord of Chaos."
The Smoking Gun - Celebrity secrets.
Awful Plastic Surgery- Famous people who tried to skimp on surgery.
GlobeXplorer - I can see your house from here!
No Pants Day! - Join the revolution!
Reinvention Of The Wheel - Or this one.
Skateboarding Bulldog - That is not a typo.
Made-up words in The Simpsons - Just what it says
Evil Bible

BOOKS

I am America (And so can you!), Stephen Colbert—Sage advice for an ailing nation.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens—The case against belief.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene—A mind-bending romp through quantum physics.
Adam's Curse: A Future without Men, Bryan Sykes—It's not MY fault, it's my chromosome's.
1984, George Orwell—Who says no one can predict the future?
Nonzero : The Logic of Human Destiny, Robert Wright—It gives you hope for the future.
The Stranger, Albert Camus—Alienated existentialism at its best.
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson—Why aren't textbooks this funny?

POLITICS

Change Congress Help keep Big Money out of politics
Earmark Watch Bringing citizen oversight to congressional spending
Money And Politics Illuminating the connection
Open Congress The real story behind what's happening in Congress
Fortune 535 Find out how wealthy your local politicians are
OpenSecrets Center for responsive politics
Citability Making government accessible, reliable, and transparent
Data.gov Public access to high-value, machine-readable data sets
Public Markup Review and comment on proposed bills before they are even introduced
FedSpending Find out where your tax money is going
The Sunlight Foundation Shining light on money, lobbying, and government
Transparency Int'l. Stop corruption to save lives.
Congresspedia The citizen's encyclopedia of Congress

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