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Positive Cynicism: -The holiday protest stupidity of 1990

These days, we often hear a lot about the so-called "war on Christmas." Every year, Fox News pundits and conservative Christians claim that their holiday is being taken away from them, despite the fact that Christmas eclipses Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and all other holidays in its path. This

From the Vault – Murphy’s Law – Santa’s sidekicks

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

Guest Post – The lesson in Paul Walker’s death

By now we've all heard about the tragic death of 40-year-old Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker, who was the passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT that crashed and burst into flames. It's was a tragic, senseless accident that took someone who by all accounts was

Hobo Radio 281 – The third rule of Fight Club: No sequels

People react to Fight Club's surreal and bizarre ending in a variety of ways. But whatever your reaction was as the credits roll, chances are you weren't thinking, "This sets things up perfectly for a sequel." Regardless, Chuck Palahniuk recently told Hustler that he plans on developing

Bacon and Legs – A very Hobo Hanukkah

It's safe to say that in our predominantly-Christian country, Hanukkah is often overshadowed by Christmas, if not lost in the shuffle completely. This year, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving overlapped, giving it one more holiday to compete with. So, in an effort to give Hanukkah a little more mainstream