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Overrated – Cartoons

Ned Bitters This week’s inductees into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” are … cartoons. Last week the Sunday newspaper had a little piece devoted to offbeat (read: way too precious) ideas for first dates. These suggestions were beings sold as quirky and unique, largely because they written

Positive Cynicism – Everyone wants your money

Aaron R. Davis I don’t know who to blame exactly, but you raised my insurance rates. Yes, you. With your frivolous lawsuits and insanely high settlements. I call up my insurance agent to ask why my rates are so high, and she gives me this spiel about

Overrated – X Games fan coolness

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … X Games fan coolness. The Winter X Games ended last week. Despite being fully entrenched in this hell called middle age, my old ass watches a lot of the X Games each winter and

Overrated – Civil War reenactments

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … Civil War reenactments. I recently saw yet another news story about some local group trying to keep some company from putting up some store on some Civil War battle site. I’m being purposely vague,

Overrated – Your celebrity impressions

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … your celebrity impressions. Here’s how to tell if you’re one of those cringe-inducing amateur impressionists who people run from at work, family gatherings or any other social function. If, as soon as you saw