Author Archives: Mark A.

I’ve resisted the urge for several weeks to post this video of a house where the owners have hung massive amounts of Christmas lights and then synchronized them with music from Trans-Siberian-Orchestra. You may have even seen this already because this video has been making the ”˜net rounds lately; I’ve received it in several email […]

Last month I wrote a post about starting my own religion. I wrote it after reading an article about Scientology, which reveled that Scientologists had constructed a cave in which they were storing all their “holy documents” in case Scientologists from the future traveled back in time and wanted to learn more about ancient Scientologists. […]

I’m usually not a big fan of re-mixing classic rock songs with current rap tunes, but I gotta say, the new 50 Cent / Queen mash-up, titled “Q-Unit” has been growing on me. By no means do I find the new re-mixes superior to the original Queen songs. I’m not sure we’ve seen a better […]

Games like this are the reason I can’t get a damn thing done.

Boy, do I feel stupid. I tend to think of myself as a fairly well-informed guy, and then tonight I find out that last week at UTSA, the university where I attend grad school, a group of atheist students set up a booth where they were trading porn for Bibles. They called their little initiative […]

Go use the “Hero Machine” to make your very own hero. There are plenty of options if you want to make a male hero, but not so many for the female. Still really neat”¦but kinda nerdy too. Here are the two I made:

I’ve been sitting here for several minutes trying to come up with something satirical and humorous to write about a federal grant opportunity I found on-line, but my revulsion over the implications of the grant are stifling any comedic re-writing. So, what is it you ask? Well, the USAID “is seeking applications for an Assistance […]

If any of my readers wants to buy me a Christmas present, I’d like to suggest the “Avenging Unicorn.” Nothing embodies the spirit of giving like a raging unicorn ready to eviscerate your enemies. ‘Tis the season!

Brad Vice held a PhD in English and an MFA in creative writing. He was recently awarded the prestigious Flannery O’Connor award for his book of short fiction Bear Bryant Funeral Train. Things were going well for Vice, until a reading adviser at the Tuscaloosa Public Library read the beginning passage of Vice’s award winning […]

Yahoo published an article today which reports that the Transportation Security Administration has announced they will let passengers carry sharp objects, like scissors on airplanes again. The report also says that “Department officials are said to be more concerned about preventing suicide bomb attacks at airports”¦Officials want screeners to focus more on finding things that […]