The Diatribe * net

According to an article in last week’s Star Ledger, the state of New Jersey has been working on a new slogan to try to improve the state’s image. Some of them are absolutely hilarious. I allow you to pick your favorite amonsgt the submissions. !++3++!

Last night, MP and I ventured on a trip back to our childhood.. Well, maybe her childhood, I did this just a few years ago. Anyway, we carved pumpkins. While I think she neglected to remember how much cleaning and de-gunking there was involved in the whole carving process, she managed to make one of [...]

So, while I haven’t had anything substantial to post (besides snakes and snakes biting off people’s dale sveum’s and other nonsense) .. I figured I’d continue with that trend. Posting nonsense is better than not posting — right? Rumor has it, we’re supposed to be getting a Northeastern. It’s been coming up the coast, and it [...]

One of the most amazing Internet Marketing campaigns ever launched has got to be the Subservient Chicken. For those of you unfamiliar with this famous chicken, it’s a Burger King “ad” for their chicken sandwhich (which was new at the time of launch, now — not so much). Either way, it’s amazingly clever. I just thought [...]

So, thanks to my loving mother — I’m definitely no longer using any toilet facilities. I realized a day or so ago that I had posted my UK snake item under Miss Possible’s name.. but of course, it’s yours truly that has the incredible fear of the specific reptile variety. In any event, I thought I’d [...]

They say New York is the city of cities, too small to be a country, too large to be a town. The city of possibilities. The city of everything. The city of right angles and tough, damaged people. The city of wakeful dreaming, fortunate accidents, random meetings and sudden engagements. New York is the city [...]

When I was Captain Larby’s original college roommate, my musical tastes tried his patience.  To his credit, he kept his critiques to himself.  He seemed to be okay with hearing The Doors several times a day, every day.  He put up with Green Day, The Cranberries, The Police, and even the Aladdin soundtrack.  It was only [...]