Tag Archives: Comedy

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. Continue reading →

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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

Biff and Jesus (known by his friends as Josh) lead the lives of normal Jewish little boys, save for the fact that Josh can raise the dead (mostly lizards, to freak out his friends.) At the age of twelve, however, when most boys are beginning to learn trades under their fathers and train for their adulthoods, Josh is told by an angel that he is the son of God, and that his destiny is to become the savior of all mankind. Continue reading →

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Choke

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

The first lines of Choke explain that you won’t love Victor Mancini, and they’re right. Victor is a medical school dropout who may be a sex addict. Anyway, he attends the meetings (and generally winds up in the bathroom, having sex with one of the other twelve-steppers.) His mother is wasting away in an expensive care facility which Victor has to pay for. He does so by supplementing his day job income (he works in a re-enactment museum which forces him to be in character for the 1800′s) by going to fancy restaurants and pretending to choke. Continue reading →

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A Confederacy of Dunces

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Continue reading →

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