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Toronto D20 Conference Plagued by Riots, Orcs

July 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Canadiana, Ghoulish Goodies, Politics

Some unexpected violence and conflict broke out at the Toronto D20 Conference between stalwart adventurers and a dungeon master (DM) whose actions have been described by attendees as “power-mad” and “utterly unrealistic”.
The D20 Conference is an annual event held between the world’s highest-leveled Dungeons & Dragons characters, and a magnet of media interest in the [...]

Ray Stevens: What Is He Doing?

June 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Celebrity Gossip, MISC, Politics

Collected from a series of e-mails sent by Ed, John, and Lee.

Edward Petrenko to me, Lee
Ray Stevens can’t have a desk because Ray Stevens has managed to accidentally burn down every house he’s owned since 1964 because he keeps trying to light a grill in a carpeted rumpus room.
John Semley to Edward, Lee
False. [...]

The Collected Blurbs of Senator Benedict McLincoln, Patriot

June 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Conspiracy Theories, History, Politics

Encyclopedia Tyrannica, 3rd Ed.:
Senator Benedict McLincoln feared communist influence so much that he remained incognito, in hiding, and virtually inaccessible for the duration of his single senatorial term, from 1950 to 1952. Believing the majority of American politicians to be under the sway of Soviet hypno-rays, he almost never attended senate hearings or sessions. Believing [...]

Wikipedia Scolds Me For Lacking A Sustained Interest In Social Justice Issues

April 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics, Wikipedia

To: john@terminallaughter.haha
From: wikipedia@wikipedia.org
Subject: Tsk-Tsk
Hey, John.
Wikipedia here. Listen: I’ve long considered you a valued reader and sometimes-contributor. I can always count on you to read me when you’re at work, at home, and to recycle articles you find entertaining on your Facebook profile. You’re a link-happy user, and I like that. I also admire the valuable [...]

To The Editors of The New Berliner

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Criticism, Germany, Politics

Dear Editors,
I am writing to you re: a recent editorial cartoon published in the Saturday evening edition of The New Berliner. On page 43 [dreiundveirzig], a cartoon attributed to staff illustrator Joe Himmel depicted our most esteemed ruler, emperor, and Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht [hence, Wilhelm II or, [...]

One World Government Declares Every Third Friday Hawaiian Shirt Day

December 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Conspiracy Theories, News, Office Humor, Politics

(Center City, Earth) A press release issued by the cabal of word leaders comprising the New World Order revealed today that, beginning with the third Friday of this month, every third Friday will be henceforth be commemorated as Hawaiian Shirt Day, or, Aloha! Day.
The announcement comes months after the United Nations, IMF, Elders of Zion, [...]

Slobodan Blubovich Arrested for Crimes Against Bluemanity

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Criminal Crooks, News, Politics

Oh the Bluemanity!

VILLAGE ‘WITCHES’ LATEST VICTIMS OF WITCH HUNT

October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Ghoulish Goodies, Politics, The Unexplained

Eight women were beaten, tortured and humiliated by villagers after being branded as witches in a small community outside of Kirkview, Ontario. The incident has caused an outrage among the general public, who argue that the alarming episode is evidence

From the Journals of Dr. James Walter Richter, Licensed Marriage Counsellor

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Germany, Love, Politics

August 7, 2008, 1:00PM PST: Held first private session with subject Shriver, M. [wife]. Subject claimed marriage has been strained for some time. Blames poor communication with subject Schwarzenegger, A. [husband]. While subject Shriver, M. conceded that lack of open dialogue in marriage may be a result of husband’s work as action hero, strongest [...]

Kings of the Stump, Vol. 11: “Evolution Shmevolution”

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, Science

SPEAKER: Elmer Whatshisname IV
AUTHOR: Elmer Whatshisname IV, Jr.
AFFILIATION: Regressive Conservative Party
DATE: October 12th, 1975
CANDIDATE: (greetings, baby kisses, waves waves waves) Welcome, welcome one and all, thank y’all for showin’ up on this blustery Bluesday!

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