13 cool drug names you could totally give your newborn
1) Lunesta 2) Keppra 3) Cefepime 4) Celexa 5) Boniva 6) Latisse 7) Suprax 8) Maxzide 9) Zocor 10) Levitra 11) Primacor 12) Succinylcholine chloride 13) Mircette
Author: Russell Saunders
The Gray Lady needs a get-a-grip friend
Attention, aspiring writers! I have glorious news for you. If you have struggled for years to find a publication that will accept your offerings, your long wait is over. The venerable New York Times, august paper of record for the… Continue Reading
Letters from a Smallville school nurse
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kent — I hope you’re as excited by the new school year as I am. We’re so glad to have little Clark back at Smallville Elementary! I’m sure he’s going to love second grade. I’m writing… Continue Reading
Antonin Scalia is either a fool or a liar
Scalia: “I take no position on whether it’s harmful or not, but it’s certainly true there is no answer to that scientific question…” — Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 26, 2013 This is why the support of the American Academy… Continue Reading
Stupid Tuesday questions, red and yellow and green and brown and blue edition
As I know I have mentioned at least once around these parts, I can sing the entire score of “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” I can also sing the entire score of “Evita” from beginning to end. I know most of the… Continue Reading
A funny thing happened on the way to writing this post
Even when I set out to write a happy, upbeat post about something I feel good about, the universe conspires to get on my nerves. During that blessed, blissful time of my day I call “when both of my kids… Continue Reading
The problem with martyrs
There must be something wrong with me. This morning there was a very nice piece in “Morning Edition” all about how far the LGBT cause has come in a remarkably short span of American history. And indeed, we have come… Continue Reading
Stupid Tuesday questions, Holly Hunter edition (Part 2!)
So I may not have created an entirely honest impression with last week’s Stupid Question. I describe a scene in “Raising Arizona”: I mention the final scene and those two moments in particular because they will, without fail, make me… Continue Reading
Please do not volunteer for this study
Hey, everybody! Here’s a fun little medical quiz for today. Can anyone tell me what the sharp whitish pointy things in your mouth are called? Did you say “teeth”? Excellent. Pat yourself on the back. Does anyone know why we… Continue Reading
To my friends at the Traditional Values Coalition
The following is a real statement from the Traditional Values Coalition, reproduced in its entirety without modification: For Immediate Release Contact: Destiny Decker (202) 547-8570 March 15, 2013 A Painful Admission WASHINGTON, D.C. — Traditional Values Coalition president Andrea Lafferty issued… Continue Reading