Metafilter sock puppets

If I had an unlimited number of $5 bills for purposes of creating sock puppet accounts on Metafilter, here are some that I would buy: Lurking Wedgie Shit Threader SuckPoppet Eponymous Police Ooo’er. I already have the last two. More to come, I’m sure…

While at lunch…

Passed by some teapartier peeps on my way to lunch today. Reading their signs reminded me of a little poem I have hanging on my cubical wall. This little ditty came from a Mad magazine published at some point in my childhood–a photocopy of which I’ve lugged around to every cubical job since, roughly, the…

Dear Omaha

If I was really down for tropical living, I would live in that area of the globe designated as the tropics. Just thought you’d be interested to know this in the event you were acting all hot and humid for my benefit. Love, Nick

Dear Omaha

When you close a lane of traffic for road repairs, you should probably conduct those repairs in a timely manner. The roadway is for traffic, not for construction equipment storage. Love, A Concerned Motorist

A Yelping Hand

One of the things we tried a fair bit of while in Los Angeles was Yelp* when looking for places to go, eat, waste time, etc. I have to say it batted about .500 in terms of giving good advice. The closer in we were to the city itself, the better it seemed to do.…

Dear Los Angeles

I know how good a good Grand-Slam can be but I was curious to know whether you really need quite so many Denny’s restaurants. Can you elaborate on this for me? Love, Nick

Dear Los Angeles

I have been visiting your lovely city for a while now and I think you might have a small issue. I just wanted to bring to your attention the number of cars on your numerous roads. Perhaps you might consider some trains and the like. Love, Nick

Dear Los Angeles

I know you have rush hour traffic—all cities do. I wanted to know, however, why you insist on doing it on weekends too. Did you know other cities keep their rush hours on a Monday through Friday basis? Because, for the most part, they do. Just letting you know. Love, Nick