Blore's Razor

Facebook: Offering the illusion of a vibrant social life and stripped of the real demands of friendship since 2004.

An acquaintance with poor taste just berated my writing and my hair turned quite gold from grief.

A more interesting way to ask a friend for advice: “Can you please play the alchemist for my bad ideas and poor decision-making?”

CEOs at 299 US companies earned a total of $3.4 billion in 2010, a 23% increase over 2009, equivalent to the wages of over 100,000 median-income workers. What the fuck?

Couples on their cell phones during dates: the adulthood version of what psychologists call “parallel play”. Rather than jointly participating in an activity, less mature kids play separate games side-by-side.

Without unending obstacles and thorny conflicts, this sick circus would be pitifully unremarkable.

California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman states that giving her Democratic opponent any control over California fund allocation is like “giving Count Dracula keys to the bloodbank”. But vampires are so hot right now, rich lady.

To the poets: you’re only doing yourself a disservice if people need to consult the dictionary more than twice while enjoying your work. Much obliged.

Isn’t it strange that people peddling the anti-abortion “sanctity of life” argument tend to support capital punishment?

Is anyone else disappointed that they didn’t properly learn about JFK’s womanizing when they were in elementary school? Or that Reagan’s team had stolen Carter’s debriefing book during the 1980 debates?