Monthly Archives: August 2011

Get To Know Promethean Times

Some things you should probably know before reading Promethean Times: * We take ourselves every bit as seriously as you do. If it’s not funny, that means you didn’t get it. Readers who miss the point are invited–encouraged even–to comment … Continue reading

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Respect Mother Earth Or The Space Aliens Will Destroy Us All

By Smaktakula Aliens may be forced to destroy humanity so that the universe might live.  Such a scenario is possible, says Shawn Domagal-Goldman of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, wherein these galactic stewards of the environment may be compelled to launch … Continue reading

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What You Don’t Know About Martha Stewart

By Smaktakula For one thing, she never went back. Martha’s got her mind on her money and her money on her mind.  That’s a good thing. ∞T.

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TripoliWatch 2011: For The Love Of Condi

By Smaktakula For the second time in months, the public has been treated to a TMI-moment courtesy of a sun-addled madman.  First there was the protein-drenched horror of Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani whack-shack, which forced a disgusted audience to envision the … Continue reading

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Could You Be An Asshole? Dealing With Ingrates

By Smaktakula If you’ve ever said to someone “You’re welcome” without first being thanked, you’re most likely an asshole.

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Gayness Audit Results In Downgrade For SF

By Smaktakula Who’s taken all the gay from the Bay?  The question has haunted the fog-shrouded streets of San Francisco since last January’s gay audit, in which the flamboyant city suffered a humiliating downgrade. In a nationwide survey, gay-themed magazine, … Continue reading

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Tanker Trunks

By Smaktakula A jarringly useless and embarrassing way to die is in a fiery conflagration set in motion when you become mesmerized by your own car’s image in the highly-reflective back of a particularly shiny tanker truck. Sparkly! ∞T.

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Seattle: Coffee Poseur

By Smaktakula No American city is more closely associated with coffee and coffee culture than is snobbish Seattle, Washington.  From the Emerald City’s brief turn as America’s self-obsessed ‘It City’ in the 1990s, certain aspects of the Seattle phenomenon persist … Continue reading

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Burt Reynolds Prepares For Recurring Role As Filthy Homeless Person

By Smaktakula Mustachioed 70s fixture Burt Reynolds claims to be surprised to find that his Florida mansion is in foreclosure,  despite not having made a mortgage payment since September of last year.  Times are lean for the toupee-abusing former icon of … Continue reading

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Depardieu’s ‘Euro-Nation’ Stunt Deemed Derivative And Unoriginal

By Smaktakula Bloated French nonentity Gèrard Depardieu attempted to make a splash Tuesday morning in what appears to be a copycat urination attack.  The sweaty Euro-pérvert, inexplicably famous for something somewhere, apparently mistook an airplane aisle for a Paris sidewalk, … Continue reading

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