Irreverent musings and malarkey from a disillusioned dilettante
Everyone knows North Korea's leaders (Kim Il-song, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un) have an array of special titles, but they have more than you'd think. Like, WAY more. Many are simple modifiers on a title, whether normal or imagined. North Korean media is required to use one of these when addressing their leader in a... Continue Reading →
I attended grad school about an hour away from my undergraduate college at the same time my brother was finishing his undergrad degree there. One Alumni Weekend, a friend flew in and encouraged me to make the drive to see each as we no longer lived across the street from each other. I drove in... Continue Reading →
An ordered ranking of titles or honorifics I would liked preceding my name. To be clear, I will accept any of them, and the ranking is more or less arbitrary. Some warrant long discussion or clarification, some don't. Don't bitch about how I only included the masculine derivations - it's not my fault history features... Continue Reading →
A while back I wrote an article about a bleakly American Wikipedia page ("List of federal political sex scandals in the United States"), which started as delightfully anodyne - he may have been gay! He loved a black woman! - and ended up with a lot of sexual assaults and a suicide. Sorry about that.... Continue Reading →
I am sure you know someone in your life who is an idiot - not just a standard, run-of-the-mill idiot, but a truly world-class idiot who things just magically work out for regardless of their ineptitude. Oh, did you go to class and take notes and study and take practice exams, while this person showed... Continue Reading →
In June of 1940, Nazi Germany was kicking about Europe, just being a real group of assholes, as they were wont to do. As big a group of assholes they were, they had not yet evolved into their final asshole form - they were still the Charmeleon to the Charizard of terrible they would soon... Continue Reading →
As we sit delicately on the precipice of World War III with North Korea while our Cheeto-dusted Commander in Chief pouts and yells at the North Korean Rocket Boy, let's revisit an oft-forgotten incident that had the White House convinced World War III was about to break out in 1976 between American and South Korean... Continue Reading →
DID YOU KNOW THE ILLUMINATI CONTROLS THE MEDIA AND THE PRESIDENCY AND CONGRESS AND JAY-Z AND BEYONCE? It seems unbelievable, but that's only because its so real. But seriously - why is this a thing? Why do you see an eye in a pyramid and think 'Illuminati!'? How is this so well known that Taco... Continue Reading →
I keep a list of interesting tidbits I pick up from being EXTREMELY ONLINE all day for later editions of this format that no one but myself appreciates. I was trying to find a good one for today, when I noticed a good chunk of these are pretty straightforward, and there's not much of a... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I have the urge to write, but I can't find something that sounds compelling or interesting at the moment, or I have no desire to do actual research (yes, I do research). Usually, this is because I want to watch TV and don't want to look at the depressing sinkhole of Twitter. When this... Continue Reading →
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