Prose

“The Case for Self-Pity,” by Jon Alan Carroll

Oct 12th, 2011 | By

Once, you dedicated your life to Love and Art. Lately, you’ve downsized it to Sex and Craft.

Think about the time those callous sophisticates at Wheat rejected the finest poems from your Stoned Surrealism period, including the immortal “Cabbage of Desire” and “10 Fingers of Hand.” When you’re done with that, dwell on the fact that being morose is not a salable skill.



“The Names (Altered, for Anonymity) and Most Recent Statuses of the Seven People I’m About to Unfriend on Facebook,” by Simon Jacobs

Oct 5th, 2011 | By

[Brandon Francis Morill]: Need a good gamer tag for mah Xbox.



“Entrepreneurs,” by Sara Backer

Sep 28th, 2011 | By

It’s genetic. If you get the entrepreneur gene, you always dream of owning your own business. If you don’t have the gene, you might think about starting your own business once or twice in your life but can be talked out of it. An entrepreneur can’t be. No amount of financial loss, horrendous work load, or family disruption can make the entrepreneur give up his dream.



“A Dozen First Date Turnoffs Or Turn-Ons for Emotionally Fragile Academic Douche-Bags, Dipshits, and Other Neurotic Types Who Would Like to Not Eat Dinner Alone for Once,” by Tom Johns

Sep 21st, 2011 | By

1. Don’t apologize for nervously vomiting on your date. This is to be expected, so a simple “pardon me” will do.

2. Don’t start a savage attack of any PBS or NPR show, one is bound to be a favorite of your date. Saying something like, “Dr. Who is stupid” will usually result in tears and possibly an at-table suicide attempt.



“Your Rhetorical Questions Answered,” by Matt Kolbet

Sep 14th, 2011 | By

Do bears shit in the woods?

Sometimes. Scientists have searched for many years for an ursine latrine but have found it as elusive as an elephant’s graveyard. Their best guess—based on the idea that living things ingest food as well as expel waste, and old episodes of Gentle Ben—is that bears have a highly developed bladder that permits them, like Wal-Mart employees, to wait extremely long periods before going to the bathroom.