Irreverent musings and malarkey from a disillusioned dilettante
Today's "song of the day" is named after a favorite drinking game from my beer-guzzling youth. The song is Crank That by Soulja Boy. I remember (or don't) nights spent gargoyling atop rows of kegs whilst my school chums would pound natties and play "watch me crank it watch me roll...then Superman that oooh" -... Continue Reading →
Usually when I write these posts, the choice title is pretty obvious - someone's name or a self-explanatory descriptor of the event. But today - whoo boy, 'CIA Filipino Vampires' sounds like a Cards Against Humanity-themed Mad Lib, but really only skims the surface. Let's unravel a new spool of wonderful tales of American imperialism!... Continue Reading →
Just kidding! This isn't a college football preview as much as a discussion of college football mascots, although I fear I may have alienated the vast majority of the potential readers with a title and topic as plebeian and regional as college football. Bear with me - there is something for everyone here: corruption, animals,... Continue Reading →
You know how you aren't supposed to wear white after Labor Day, or wear black shoes or a black belt with khakis, or avoid clashing patterns? Imagine there were legitimate social repercussions of these rules beyond petty gossip (except the black shoes and brown belt - c'mon, you look like you're about to lecture me... Continue Reading →
...and then today he goes and posts this, his calendar from July 1982: Did...did Brett Kavanaugh name his dong? And at the senate hearing, will Dr. Strawberry stand up or do we need to pump the young coed court reporter full of malt liquor to get his attention?
I couldn't be more thrilled with this guy. Three years ago, I strongly disliked him. Fast forward to 2018 and this guy is both a personal hero and officially the real life Tony Stark. Here is an amazing series-of-photos meme from the internets: And another great photo: And to think, last weekend I stumbled across... Continue Reading →
First off, HAPPY (belated) CAPITAL DAY!!! Yes, it's that time of year where we celebrate the hard-fought battles of capitalists past. I've often struggled with officially moving the Capital Day holiday to the first Monday of March but I fear that without a September Capital Day to keep you grounded in the realities of elementary... 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 →
Today's episode has it all, assuming "all" is tons of gay sex and Franklin Roosevelt and the Navy. Do I have your attention? I know Disillusioned Dilettante is listening closely because of one of those specifics (spoiler - he's a big FDR fan!). In 1919, a senior member of the US Navy was hanging out... Continue Reading →
I was perusing Wikipedia of a historical figure in the pursuit of learning something new and possibly finding something to share with the fine readers of this site, when I stumbled across what is perhaps my new favorite Wikipedia page: "List of federal political sex scandals in the United States" (note to self - compile... Continue Reading →
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