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Buy: Intentionally Funny President

While most of the time George Bush’s jokes were on him, or about him, but mostly unintentional; now, we got Obama! He makes jokes, not about himself so much, but about situations. He’s got zingers! He rolls with the punches! He’s a cool dude!
After the latest “Oopsies” (the inaugration flubbing), people were crying foul play, [...]

Don’t Buy: Overticketing

Selling more tickets than you actually have available is common practice for the airline industry, because usually not everybody shows up. (Although I was thisclose to being stranded alone in Amsterdam one day last March because for once, everybody did.) It kind of sucks, but sometimes you can get a free upgrade to [...]

Buy: EPIC Fail Risktakers

Sometimes I think things just happen to amuse me. For example, Joaquin Phoenix.
We all remember how he quit acting. His reasoning was to pursue a music career. Amusement factor: a low 4/10. What was this music career going to be? Would it be like Johnny Depp and focus on an instrument? Or maybe be more [...]

Don’t Buy: Hating on the Inauguration Uninterested

So, Obama has been President-Elect for a while now. Bush has been on his way out for a while. And… so…?
On Tuesday, Obama will become President. Haven’t we already decided that? So what’s so OMG about it? He already has the job. I don’t get it. There. Now you know my position on it. I’m [...]