Tag: parody
member name: Mike Ball
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July 21, 2006 03:19 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
July 21, 2006
With his new movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest breaking all box office records, cinema . . .
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January 13, 2007 03:50 PM EST --
I got an iPod for Christmas. This proves that you can accomplish just about anything if you put your mind to it. And if you're willing to whine a lot.
Now, I realize that not too long ago I wrote . . .
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November 23, 2006 09:56 AM EST --
The car pulls into Great Aunt Ellen’s driveway at exactly five minutes after eleven on a fine Thanksgiving morning. Since the moment the family left the house, an hour before dawn this morning, Todd . . .
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December 29, 2006 02:37 PM EST --
From the Law Offices of Pimberton and Marlowe, PC
December 26, 2006
Mr. Kris Kringle
Chairman and CEO
St. Nicholas Enterprises, LLC
The North Pole
Dear Mr. Kringle,
As a senior partner here at Pimberton . . .
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January 24, 2007 01:01 PM EST --
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my new iPod, and in the process I invited readers to help me come up with a name for the cute little rascal. Well, I got a number of suggestions, including the idea . . .
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April 06, 2007 04:26 PM EDT --
Yesterday my friend Clyde asked me, "Did you see American Idol the other night? Man, I thought for sure Traci was going to make it, but they got rid of her and kept that moron Todd. And then that . . .
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December 24, 2006 02:42 AM EST --
Well, we’re in it now. There’s snow on the ground, and every public building you walk into has either Bing Crosby or Weezer crooning about it. Holiday cards have started coming in from all . . .
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April 17, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
Driving by the high school parking lot last week, I was struck by the fact that every vehicle sitting out there that could be clearly and easily distinguished from a pile of scrap metal. Most of them were . . .
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November 03, 2006 05:48 PM EST --
This afternoon I was talking to my friends Josh and Cliff, and the conversation naturally turned to Paul McCartney's breakup with Heather Mills. Ok, this may only be natural for three guys who all . . .
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November 08, 2006 10:05 PM EST --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Now that the elections are over, an eerie silence hangs like a pall over the American countryside. Phones have stopped ringing. People no longer arrive home to find . . .
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November 29, 2006 08:30 PM EST --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Washington DC, November 29, 2006
George W. Bush today once again emphatically asserted that Iraq had not slipped into civil war.
Natalie Clap, the Third Assistant . . .
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December 22, 2006 12:18 AM EST --
The holidays are here again, and throughout the land families are getting ready for the fun. The average mom is working day and night, addressing the cards, planning the merry-making and doing everything . . .
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May 09, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
Springtime around here involves a number of rituals. There is the Baring Of Pasty White Skin I documented a few weeks ago. There is the Chipping Of Horrible Stuff From The Barbecue. There is the First . . .
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May 16, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
I have a gig coming up. How cool is that?
For those of you who are not rock legends - or who have never watched a television show or a movie about rock legends – or who have been living on one of . . .
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May 23, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
The Gig is finished. My throat has recovered to the extent that I can croak out whole sentences. I've polished most of the flop sweat off the guitars. I've collected my check. And through the whole . . .
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August 24, 2006 05:49 PM EDT --
What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (More Or Less) Dose of Satire
August 23, 2006
In an unprecedented development that has Internet experts and users world-wide scratching their heads, . . .
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December 23, 2006 11:26 AM EST --
You know, I don’t care where you live (other than maybe downtown Baghdad), I’m willing to bet that there’s some guy in your neighborhood whose roof is literally sagging under the weight . . .
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December 25, 2006 11:25 AM EST --
6:15 AM – The bedroom door swings open and Todd Junior launches himself onto the bed screaming, “Mom! Dad! Wake Up! IT’S CHRISTMAS!”
Dad, who was assembling and wrapping toys until . . .
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August 08, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Not too long ago I saw a television commercial for what has to be one of the most important industrial breakthroughs in human history. Even though major advances of this sort are not really the focus of . . .
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April 25, 2007 11:55 PM EDT --
Ok, the ice is gone from the lake. The mounds of grimy black snow that have been stacked on either side of the driveway since December have melted away. Crocuses and tulips are poking their heads out of . . .
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