Category Archives: I am evil

I weigh in on “Corn Sugar”

Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Avitable

There’s a new movement to rebrand High Fructose Corn Syrup as “Corn Sugar”.  The prevailing rationale is that whether it’s corn sugar or cane sugar, it’s still sugar.  And nutritionally, the products are almost identical.  With high-profile figures like Michelle … Continue reading →

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Never forget . . .

Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 by Avitable
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The Worst Charities in America

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Avitable

An article on MainStreet.com identified the 20 worst charities in America. The problem with this analysis is that it only focused on the overhead and how much of every dollar paid into the charity actually makes it into the hands … Continue reading →

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Acronyms you didn’t know

Posted on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 by Avitable

Most people are aware that scuba is actually SCUBA and stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus and that LASER stands for Light Amplication by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. But you’d probably be surprised to find out that the names … Continue reading →

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The most offensively stereotypical joke in the world: An Avitable original

Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 by Avitable

A rabbi, a Catholic priest, a black guy, the Duggars, a gay guy, a Chinese guy, a redneck, a Polish guy, a Muslim, an Indian, an Englishman, a Mexican, a mommyblogger, Tiger Woods, a fat guy, a redhead, a blonde … Continue reading →

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The death of ‘Cathy’

Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Avitable

According to CNN, the comic strip “Cathy”, created by Cathy Guisewite 34 years ago, is coming to an end in October. There’s no indication how the strip will officially end, but I wanted to offer my suggestions:

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You Might Be A Sexual Predator If . . .

Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Avitable

I know it’s a little delayed, but in the wake of the Swiss refusal to allow the US to extradite Roman Polanski, I thought I’d put up a little primer for all of those people out there who worry that … Continue reading →

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Shamurder

Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Avitable

I originally had a post half-written from the point of view of Tilikum, the killer whale who killed Dawn Brancheau, a senior trainer at Sea World, yesterday. It was a diary told from the orca’s perspective, showing a building resentment … Continue reading →

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Even More Twitter Through History

Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Avitable

First, there was Twitter throughout history. Then there was more Twitter throughout history. And now we have even more! Twitter, for those of you ancient ones who think sexting is putting things in groups of six, is a microblogging site … Continue reading →

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How to escalate a service request

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 by Avitable

CUSTOMER SERVICE HUMANOID FLUNKY: “Thank you for calling American Home Shield. How can I help you?” ME: “My air conditioning has stopped working and I need someone to come out immediately to fix it.” CSHF: “We can put a call … Continue reading →

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