Murphy’s Law Archive
When you are young, birthdays are a time of euphoria - an orgy of presents and sugary foods. But as you get older, birthdays can do strange things to a person. Sometimes, they fill you with ennui, which is where Joel Murphy finds himself today on his
Last night's Grammy Awards ceremony featured plenty of moments worth talking about. Jay Z, Paul McCartney and Lorde all racked up trophies. Pink showed off some impressive acrobatics. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featured a mass gay wedding during their performance of "One Love." But all people wanted
Joel Murphy saw a lot of films last year, sharing his thoughts on them in the reviews he posted right here on HoboTrashcan. But while many of them were forgettable and some were downright awful (*cough* A Good Day to Die Hard *cough*), some of them were
Recently Joel Murphy set out to purchase a birthday card for his father. It seemed like a simple enough task, but Murphy found himself stuck in the greeting card aisle for over 30 minutes trying to find a card worth buying and sending to his dad. All
In 2011, Joel Murphy wrote about Krampus and Zwarte Piet, two of Santa Claus' international sidekicks who help keep wicked children in line. He followed that up last year with three more of Santa's sidekicks - Le Père Fouettard, Belsnickel and Knecht Ruprecht - who do
