I’m sorry, but I can’t remain silent on this issue any longer: Halloween is the devil’s tool, used to ensnare our children into baby-eating, electric car-driving, anti-homeschooling zombies[1]. Do you know the ACTUAL history of All Hallow’s Eve? As recently discovered documents reveal, Halloween was started by Karl Marx in 1858 as a way to [...]
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Ask Conlan: LinkedOut
Some girl, who apparently has a big head (her words), writes (edited for capitalization, punctuation, and linking purposes; no offense): I’ve had a LinkedIn account for like 7 months, and I don’t know how to use it or what it’s for… maybe you should write a blog about that like you did for Twitter, eh? [...]
The Bookshop
When I was in college, I worked at the college bookstore. One day a girl came in, took a pen off the shelf and brought it to the register. Then she took an old pen from her pocket. “I used up all the ink in this one,” she said, indicating her old pen. “Can I [...]
I’m going to [EDIT] this post
Update 10/23/08: Rather than deleting any part of this stupid post, I have edited it to more fully represent the events of the day. I have retained all the original text in bold, striking through what was no longer necessary. Today I met my second favorite Twitter followee favorite Twitteree west of the Mississippi today. [...]