Politics Politicians should have to wear stickers or buttons denoting their largest campaign contributors. I would prefer to have lobbying completely abolished, but I am not naive enough to think that would ever happen. Having a politician covered in logos as if he were a NASCAR driver would at least help people cut through the bullshit far [...]
I have always been into sports and moving to Sydney has given me a unique opportunity to expand my horizons into some more exotic pastimes that don’t get covered in the US. I have seen cricket a few times at the bar and tried on several occasions to watch for longer than a few minutes. It is pretty much [...]
First things first, Ultraparadoxical.com has turned a year old! I will spare you the “best of” post and instead treat you to the randomness that is my brain (lucky you). Dock Ellis Dock Ellis is an unknown American hero. I didn’t even know that he existed until I was forwarded the video below a few [...]
The other day I was talking with someone and they were complaining about a random annoyance in their life. It was one of the trivial things that everyone complains about that really are not that big a deal. I don’t even remember what it was but at the end of her rant I told her [...]
“Success” in America has less to do with actual talent than any time in recent history. We have forsaken competence, responsibility and intelligence in our country and replaced those attributes with shallow illusions of each. It has been all around me lately in my workplace, in popular entertainment, and watching the government in action. [...]
MTV really upped the douchebag ante with their newest reality show, Jersey Shore. Apparently a producer over at MTV decided that The Real World was just not trashy enough so they looked deep into the armpit of America and found a bunch of self proclaimed “Guidos” and “Guidettes” to live together for a few weeks [...]
I was watching the Bears game on Sunday Night Football witnessing Jay Cutler throw shitty passes and then pout about it on the sidelines when something happened… I was only half paying attention to the game and half surfing the web because I knew that the Bears were destined to shit another winnable game away. [...]
For this edition of Top Nine Friday I wanted to examine a television show that has been close to my heart ever since I was just a youngster playing with GI Joe and avoiding getting my ass beat by my older brothers. That show is M.A.S.H… just kidding, I hate that fucking show. Just hearing [...]