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A written cultureoscopy of America by a thirtyish Californian named Derek. Check in often to see what corner of esoterica his curious mind has skittered into.

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• It’s Perfectly Simple

  Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 15:21 in (in)justice, blogosphere, language, odds & ends, web, widgets, words, words & language

  That's it - I am through with dumbing it down for you people. ;-)… [...read on...]...

• George Carlin, 1937-2008

  Posted on Monday June 23rd, 2008 at 15:34 in audio clips, comedy, death, edits, george carlin, obscenity, odds & ends, recommendations, religion, words, words & language

  George Carlin is gone. Damn it. I never got to meet him. Carlin showed me what comedy could be. He demonstrated that its full scope extends well beyond what is merely funny. His wit was restless,...

• A Graph of Pure Truth

  Posted on Friday June 13th, 2008 at 17:20 in grammar, graph, language, links, words, words & language

  more graph humor and song chart memes at graphjam.com [...read on...]...

• Smoking With Sedaris

  Posted on Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 11:43 in david sedaris, edits, odds & ends, recommendations, words, writers

  I had wondered when David Sedaris, who grew up mainly in the Raleigh, NC area, would get around to writing about his erstwhile hometown’s primary industry. Well, I need wonder no more. Here...

• Crippling Blow to Right-Wing Bumper Sticker Industry

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 15:42 in america?, comedy, edits, satire, the onion, words, words & language

  Failure Now An Option .onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, 160, 65);border-width: 4px 0 1px 0;margin: 10px 30px !important;padding: 5px;overflow: hidden !...

• Now With Nifty Gravatars!

  Posted on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 at 02:37 in edits, gravatars, hollywood, mpaa, plugins, ratings, words, words & language

  As a new incentive for my readers to post comments, I have incorporated a gravatars plugin into my commenting interface. The comments from this old post of mine gives an idea of what it looks like. A...