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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Stevieslaw: Oh, To Be In Salem When Republicans Are There.
Our local newspaper, the CDT, quotes wire sources for the report that Republican lawmakers are asking the IRS to investigate the AARP, to determine whether or not they should retain their tax exempt status. The lawmakers claim that AARP stands … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged aarp, black humor, family value, npr, Obamacare, planned parenthood, republicans, salem, smokey diamond, uniions, witch, witchhunt
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Stevieslaw: Onion Snow
Onion Snow On campus, we have retained a few stately trees, buds just forming forty feet above the stone gray concrete path I use to make my way to class. I leave my prints upon the leavings of the last … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, sleepless in state college
Tagged campus, onion snow, penn state university
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StevieslawGuesstherest: Ron Tomalis Talks School Budget Cuts.
The Issue: A proposed 1 billion dollar school budget cut by, man of the people, Governor Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania. Education Secretary-nominee, Ron Tomalis defended the cuts by declaring, “I don’t think that dollars is the way that we drive … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged black humor, family value, health care, pennsylvania, pensions, Ron Tomalis, school budgets, teachers, tom corbett
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StevieslawExclusive: Scooping the Fox News Poop.
Michelle Obama practices Chavezism Our intrepid Smokey Diamond reports that Fox News will air an exclusive today that strongly links Michelle Obama to the Venezuelan Socialist Dictator Hugo Chavez. “I felt there was an inordinate amount of travel to Caracas by … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged alcoholism, Chavezism, flat earth, Fox news, global warming, Hispanic, Hugo Chavez, Michelle Obama, obesity, smokey diamond
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Stevieslaw: I Mean Mean
I’ve been carrying this word, mean, around with me for weeks now. I’ll share. Yes, I know you didn’t ask. I will keep it short. We seem to have lost one meaning of mean now that we need it most. … Continue reading
Posted in sleepless in state college
Tagged black humor, family value, mean, Michelle Bachmann, sarah palin, Scott Walker, ungenerous
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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: Closing the Invasion Routes.
20. Jim DeMint declares Interstate Highway System Unconstitutional. McClatchy Newspaper reporter, James Rosen, in an article in Thursday’s CDT, used the example of the invention by Dr. David Cull of a valve system for dialysis to highlight the politic wrangling … Continue reading
StevieslawCulturalUpdate: Times Twitter
StevieslawCulturalUpdate: Times Twitter In last Sunday’s NY Times, Week in Review section, Randy Kennedy wrote of Tweet Lit. He spoke of “Twitterature,” a book of 80 works of Western literature boiled down into Twitter messages, Science Fiction and Mystery work … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, poetry
Tagged billy collins, elizabeth alexander, New York Times, robert pinsky, tweet, Twitter, week in review
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StevieslawExclusive: The Little Known Index of Intervention.
Smokey Diamond was in the Mediterranean this week, just north of Tripoli, aboard the U.S.S. Cutty Shark—a super secret missile launching frigate. The frigate had spent some fifteen minutes launching 100 cruise missiles at a cost of roughly 1.5 million … Continue reading
The Old Stone Steps
The Old Stone Steps The grass covered path to the stream runs along the edge of an old growth of hemlock trees, deep, dark green and fragrant. The trees hug the rising ridge and provide screen for the spur of … Continue reading