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Are People Really Suffering? via Dancing the Polka With Miss El Cajon May 27th, 2008 at 15:41

In a fit of whimsy (a) this week I decided to record myself reading my latest column. I realise that this is a sort of poncey thing to do, so I have come up with a few lame attempts at justifying myself:1) I always wanted to be one of those "snarky commentary" guys you hear on NPR. But since I am not from New York or Jewish, the odds of my getting that gig are minimal.2) Due to Congressional incompetence blind people aren't getting a chance to listen to as many audiobooks. It breaks my heart that there would be a blind person out there who might miss out on my column, so I've taken the initiative to provide the service on my own. I have no idea how blind people are supposed to navigate themselves to my blog, though...3) There is no #3.Anyway, here it is: (a) Fit of Whimsy is a good name...

The Ghostly Ice Cream Van via Dancing the Polka With Miss El Cajon April 16th, 2008 at 09:15

I have fallen out of habit of directing to my columns, but I am still writing them. Here's my latest one, which I am sort of pleased with simply because of the imagery, e.g., "dairy-treat-bearing land shark."To that end, I'm pretty sure that Bomb Pops to the Malevolent is a good name for a...

Ladies and gentleman, the Dirty Waves! via Dancing The Polka With Miss El Cajon June 29th, 2007 at 08:33

Good name for a band: Dirty...

Stupid Hamster via Dancing The Polka With Miss El Cajon May 27th, 2007 at 18:35

Good name for a band: Stupid...

Laserdrucker via Dancing The Polka With Miss El Cajon April 25th, 2007 at 09:27

"Laserdrucker" is a good name for a band. I saw it written on a laser printer, so it probably just means "laser printer" in -- I'm guessing -- German. But if given American pronunciation -- emphasising the "z" sound in "laser" and pronouncing "drucker" as "trucker" -- it makes it sound...

1,000 Sylvias via Dancing The Polka With Miss El Cajon January 21st, 2007 at 10:51

Good name for a band, I...