Posts by Ryan Livingston

It has become brutally apparent now (like it hadn’t before, right?) that network television, along with its bastard cousin – cable, is run by the most incompetent scatter, nay, lame brained people in all of the Universe and beyond. And I shall prove it in the coming weeks. For my first tirade, I begin with…

Yesterday was Thanksgiving; the day to give thanks, hence the name. We are to be thankful for what we have. However, there are those out there who A) believe that all they have is a given or, B) that there is nothing to be thankful for. Well, have I got a short tale for you:…

Or, Suing the Fat Recently, the famed burger stand chain known as McDonald’s has come under fire and is being sued by at least nine families claiming that the food caused serious health problems in their children. Leading the lawsuit is Gregory Rhymes, a fifteen year old who, “used to eat a burger, fries and…

Oddly enough there are those out there who follow these pages and wonder where is it all going. I include myself in this noble few. I have made it an outlet for comics and the odd review of past and present, but something is missing. I can’t let a killer title like New World Otter…

It is amazing the education one can receive just while riding the bus. Prior to yesterday, I had no idea that the capital of Hungry was the leading tourist center of Europe. Not that I really gave a fig. Apparently theater, music and the arts all thrive there. But you wouldn’t want to live there;…

A few days ago, that is to say a few months ago, I noticed something about “people” that made me wonder: “who is really insane?” I was using NYC mass transit (voted number one on the Top 100 places to have a revelation), this time on a fabled Staten Island bus. On said bus a…

The Major difference between a thing that might go wrong and thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. – Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams   Subconscious – that infuriating part of a…

Spam ‘fighter’ wins court battle A “fearless spam fighter” has won a David and Goliath legal battle against a junk email marketing company. A West Australian court yesterday threw out a civil case in which a direct marketing company wanted to sue a Perth man for complaining about its unsolicited bulk emails, or “spam”. The…

To find the true meaning of the universe, one must ponder their bowl of cereal. Of course, you may consult the toast, but you will not get the stock quotes on the 3’s. With this, one will discover two things: The first is that the chickens are not what they seem. No, they are in…