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I have a community mailbox. For the fourth time in the past 6 months, I was unable to unlock my mailbox today. Each of the previous times it was because the delivery person had shoved the mail so far into the box that it prevented the latch from turning… more »

The election is coming up and once again I have a horrible truth pushed to the front of my brain as I prepare to take the final slog through campaign ads. There are people that believe this shit. I’m not talking about believing little things. I mean, t… more »

Sikhs are not the same as Muslims. I could go a laundry list of reasons why that’s true, but people like Wade Page and his racist white power buddies don’t care. I could lay all of the differences out. X is Muslim and Y is Sikhism. One does this, and… more »

Seriously, I don’t know who still shops at GameStop. It’s a full store dedicated to games. 20 years ago, that was a niche that needed to be filled because you couldn’t find games everywhere. Now, Wal-Mart, Target and dozens of other major stores carry g… more »

I have the right to speak out about what I believe. I have the right to believe what I want. So do you. So does every citizen of America and many other countries around the world. But let us remember, that this right to say and believe is only the rig… more »

There are good jokes. There are bad jokes. Typically what seperates the two categories is the reaction of the audience. If they laugh, it's a good joke. If they don't, it's a bad joke. The subject of the joke doesn't matter. It's either funny or not.… more »

Unexplained murder? Check. Used guns? Check. Male? Check. Muslim? Nope. Must have been caused by video games. Obviously. Took less than 15 hours for that to be a theory. more »

Marriage. Marriage is what brings us together today. Marriage, that blessed arrangement…that dream within a dream. Unless you’re a gay couple in North Carolina. In which case, the voting citizens of that particular locale have recently declared that yo… more »

So, the DEA goes in and busts up a house party because of drug abuse. Ecstasy, pot, shrooms, the works. Ok. Fair enough. Go coppers! They detain a number of people and take them back to the DEA detention facility for processing. Again, good job! You fou… more »

Jessica Ahlquist spoke up for herself and her beliefs. More importantly, she correctly pointed out that the school district was inappropriately support one set of religious beliefs over all others. She took them to court. She faced public slurs and outr… more »

Over the years, HR departments have gotten used to taking advantage of social media to vet potential new hires. MySpace was good, but Facebook is better. They loved it. However, with the cavalcade of stories talking about security breeches and identity… more »

She said she would pray for me and walked away with her head down. I really don't understand that concept. Prayer. In the Christian faith, people pray all the time. For the life of me, I don't understand why. Staying within the tenets of that f… more »

Recently, a large amount of hoopla has been swirling about a proposed bill called SOPA/PIPA. You might not have heard because most of the major news networks have been virtually silent on the subject. The gist of it, that these bills suggest a way to ce… more »

R.I. State Rep Peter Palumbo is a horrible human being. Not just because he's a politician either. A while back, a young woman named Jessica took her school district to court because they had a prayer banner up in the school. You could tell it was a… more »

Hey Cee Lo! Fuck you and your bullshit. Last night, just before the ball dropped, CNN put Cee Lo Green up on stage to sing a rendition of John Lennon's 'Imagine'. I;'ve heard worse covers, but not many. But what really ticked me off is that he chang… more »

AKA: How to Fail at Marketing SOURCE So, Dave the customer buys an xbox 360 controller that was supposed to arrive in early December. Doesn't show up. So, like any good customer, he emails the company to ask when he can expect it. And he gets a r… more »

Christopher Hitchens died last night. Maybe that doesn't mean much to you. But it does to me. More so than any other author or speaker, Hitchens appealed to me. more »