Resting On Razorblades (And Partial Information)

'It’s not that bad': Pete Davidson gives reluctant praise for SF 

   

 Inside the Upper West Side cult that told members to sleep with anyone who asked

"You see that! That's a dude that's been to heaven, bitch. And you want to test God? You fucking come get it, Shitstack! Been to heaven... leave me alone!"

Apple used billions of dollars and thousands of engineers on a ‘spectacular failure’

Camel urine as a treatment for cancer patients? 

   

 How Well People ‘Think’ They Slept Might Matter More Than How They Actually Slept

We Can At Least Agree She's Nothing But Trouble

"I would prefer it be called an act of nature or an act of the Goddess."

-- Christina R. Olague, San Francisco Planning Commissioner, on how a disaster should be described - instead of as an "act of God" - though the commissioner seemed to be making a joke about the cultish views of the citizenry, in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Way It 'Spozed To Be (I Guess)

Miss Information (Apparently) Missed Something

Dear Chrissy*,

I don't want to be a God.

Why?

Because if I was a God, the first thing I'd do is kill Chrissy.

Thanks for writing,

CMC

*This was in response to an e-mail TMR received.

Ho, Ho, Hos

"I have only one firm belief about the American political system, and that is this:

God is a Republican and Santa Claus is a Democrat.

God is a stern fellow, patriarchal rather than paternal and a great believer in rules and regulations. He holds men strictly accountable for their actions. He has little apparent concern for the material well being of the disadvantaged. ... God is unsentimental. It is very hard to get into God’s heavenly country club.”

“Santa Claus is another matter. ... He’s nonthreatening. He’s always cheerful. And he loves animals. He may know who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but he never does anything about it. He gives everyone everything they want without the thought of a quid pro quo.”

“Santa Claus is preferable to God in every way but one:

There is no such thing as Santa Claus.”

- From P. J. O’Rourke’s Parliament of Whores