Brain Rage

"Lately I have been having issues with the term “Founders” or “Founding Fathers” because it’s pretty nebulous and undefined. There’s Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who signed the D...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/something-someone-else-said.html

The advertisement of the day: (via )

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/social-media-outruns-real-life.html

Imagine if this was your home these men came to : > That is how quickly lives are lost in the war on drugs. When police > invade private homes in search of drugs, anything�...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/your-tax-dollars-at-work-drug-warriors.html

A stirring endorsement of the capacity for good within the human race, our collective drive to seek out the great unknown and the media-challenged governmental agency that will someday take us th...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/nasa-frontier-is-everywhere.html

Amen. I always did identify more with Linus. And as a Christmas bonus, here's why Santa Claus is so kick-ass: I totally knew that Jesus wasn't the only Christmas icon with magical powers and ki...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html

I've been reading about and watching this guy all week after he became the first living soldier to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor since the Vietnam Conflict and he's always been the ...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/tcr-salvatore-giunta.html

"I never cease to be amazed at what a festering bundle of resentments Palin is. Just a few years ago she was the mayor of a tiny town in Alaska, and today she's one of the most famous people in ...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/something-someone-else-said.html

This is a bit much in my opinion: > Federal drug regulators on Wednesday unveiled 36 proposed warning > labels for cigarette packages, including one showing a toe tag on a...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/fda-proposes-new-cigarette-warning.html

Continuing my biennial tradition of making a mockery of the democratic process by treating it as a sporting event to be wagered upon I've made my predictions for tomorrows midterm elections. Th...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-10-election-predictions.html

Read my blog if you want to live... OK, OK, I obviously can't help myself at this point and I'll be honest: I was genuinely touched by the outpouring of support and positive words I received in ...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-back.html

Case in point:

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/tds-negative-campaigning.html

My sincerest apologies to anyone and everyone who comes here to read this blog on a regular or even semi-regular basis and a special thank you to those who have emailed me to make sure that I've...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/brain-fatigue-and-rage-deficiency.html

"Then, knees touching, neck muscles relaxing, brow drying in the cold dry air, we should drink. Certain things were put upon this earth for our enjoyment, and it’s wasteful and wicked to conde...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/something-inspired-someone-else-said.html

Shankar Vedantam talks about studies of both campaigns from the 2008 presidential election: > The researchers found that when they subliminally flashed the name > Obama before  v...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/political-connotations.html

"In the Western world today, there is a group of people who live in a haze of unreality, and are prone at any moment to break into paranoia, hallucinations, and screaming. If you try to get betw...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/something-someone-else-said.html

Last night Bill Maher laid out why people need to stop their whining and remember everything President Obama has accomplished thus far when they go into the voting booth in November: Things have...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/mahers-new-rules-barry-whitehouse.html

An obviously fictional musical instrument favoring process over product: (via )

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/amazing-musical-instrument.html

I can't say he was one of my favorite comedians but I really liked this guy (no homo): > Comedian Greg Giraldo — well-known for his work on such programs > as Tough Crowd with�...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/rip-greg-giraldo.html

When I was in Vegas a few weeks back I was surprised to learn that none of my buddies were familiar with this particular homophobic term made popular by rap culture. Of course after I told them a...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/thats-gay-no-homo.html

I'm not trying to brag or anything but I totally killed my fantasy football league this week (OK, I'm bragging just a bit), and the Dallas Cowboys finally put one in the win column. This is me s...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/touchdown-jeebus-wins-fantasy-week-3.html

I'm rarely surprised when I learn that Americans know little about anything but I think that this is somewhat telling : > A new survey of Americans' knowledge of religion found that >...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/study-many-americans-know-little-about.html

Now that's funny. (via )

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/something-more-hilarious-someone-else.html

Perhaps he should also chow down on a shot gun and complete the analogy? I'm just kidding, I know absolutely nothing about this kid other than that he looks like a lesbian and little girls want ...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/something-hilarious-someone-else-said.html

So, you don't like the way things are going in America today and despite the fact that many of our current woes originated during the last Republican administration you're still thinking of votin...

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/tds-postcards-from-pledge.html

If you really want to know what's about to start happening in American health care reform do yourself a favor and watch this nine minute long video. Relax, it's a cartoon: (via )

http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/health-reform-hits-main-street.html