Category Archives: humor

Dirty Laundry

By spider | Published: February 21, 2009

There is a big problem in my life that I have been ignoring for years. Or, just papering over and pretending to deal with. It’s one of those things that is private and if I chose to never mention it then noone would ever have any clue about it. It is easily hidden and even [...]

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Marika Takahashi

By spider | Published: January 26, 2009

I predict you will want to work out immediately after watching this. Apparently, it’s a word-for-word parody of Susan Powter‘s first workout video, featuring poodles and a crazy poodle-woman. Xtina even said that she might adopt this as her new workout regimen.

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If the bus were cool.

By spider | Published: January 12, 2009

If the bus were cool, more people would ride it. If the bus were cool, car drivers wouldn’t be frightened of the “dangers” of sharing their motorized transit with folks they don’t know – delinquents and vandals. If the bus were cool, less gas would be wasted If the bus were cool, admit it, YOU’d [...]

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Read into it what you will.

By spider | Published: November 9, 2008

You are The Devil Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession The Devil is often a great card for business success; hard work and ambition. Perhaps the most misunderstood of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really “Satan” at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure [...]

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Smokers are like Butts

By spider | Published: September 29, 2007

Walk down any busy street, and look down at the sidewalk. Your eyes will be greeted by butts. Many many butts. An endless stream of butts. Yellow butts, white butts, dirty, stinky butts. Where do all these butts come from, and why are they on the sidewalk and in the gutters of our nation? Origins [...]

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Stay away from champagne corks.

By spider | Published: April 30, 2007

Why? Here’s why: You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider. So they say. Also, I am hard at work on identifying an enemy. I have one in mind already.

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When vegetables attack

By spider | Published: December 3, 2006

Ever been injured by a raw veggie? I have. I attempted to open a package of zucchini, a plastic plate shrunk wrapped with celophane: I stabbed through a tense area of the plastic wrap with my index finger, and then, WHAM! CRASH! BURN!!! AARGH! The momentum of my hand hand penetrated the saran with great [...]

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The freaks come out at night

By xtina | Published: November 16, 2006

Today was pretty low key. Lucas has been taking his naps at an earlier hour than usual, which has discombobulated my day. Now I think it’s later earlier. Does that make sense? It means that our afternoons are longer. They stretch before us in a sometimes imposing manner. Lately Wade has been taking Lucas on [...]

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How do you fuck up chicken noodle soup?

By spider | Published: October 12, 2006

Ok so I am doing this ‘total body cleanse’ which consists of taking powders and packets of pills for seven consecutive days. It also requires eliminating certain things from my diet: refined sugars, processed foods, fats, caffeine, alchohol, red meats, etc etc. So that is great. I started it yesterday. It is great and I [...]

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