why? because i wanted that goddam playstation

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so this year, i entered the firm's "describe your most memorable holiday" essay contest.  out of ten entrants i came in fourth, behind two secretaries and a word processor.

it's true--blogging success is transferable to real life.

christopher hitchens, 1949 - 2011

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I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire, who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies.

and what does your generation have to offer that's any better, you smarmy, post-ironic twentysomething loser?

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not that i'm really that worked up about this, but i figure it's never too early to start rehearsing my indignation for the day when the above snot-nosed punk and thirty million of his closest friends try to take away my medicare ten years from now.