Day 223: Doc Marty’s Assessment That Everyone Is Insane (Volume 1)

originally published August 10, 2012 Doc Marty here. I’m going to help you understand your emotions, connect with your feelings, spread the spicy mustard of understanding onto the rye bread of your heart, plunking upon it the pastrami of self-acceptance and allowing its greasy self-assurance to coat the inside of your soul. Let’s have a […]

Day 193: The Crapshoot Of Bogus Science

originally published July 11, 2012 After having listened to numerous conversations recently on the merits of religion vs. science (and vice versa), I was tempted to drop today’s subject and write another article about Sergeant Stubby, the army Wonderdog. But it would be irresponsible of me not to look into the topic of scientific misconduct. […]

Day 173: So It Turns Out Nothing Is Real

originally published June 21, 2012 It’s time to strap on your thinking bong and start imaginating. What if our world isn’t real? What if nothing we see, taste, fondle, bend, mutilate, or masturbate to exists in the physical world? What if there is no physical world? Do I still have to pay my insurance premiums? […]

Day 146: My First PK Party

originally published May 25, 2012 I attended my first PK party last week. I was thrilled to get the invite – it had been a three-month dry spell in my social schedule, ever since that unfortunate misunderstanding at Tony Pezsnecker’s key party. Honestly, the invitations should have been more clear, and once again, I am […]

Day 139: Psychophysics, Qu’est-ce que c’est?

originally published May 18, 2012 The trajectory of this writing experiment is going to fly through some pretty personal space, I’ve accepted that. One of my goals in this exercise is to learn more about myself, why I am the way I am. To that end, I’ll be employing today’s topic – psychophysics – to […]

Day 132: Diagnosis – Jumping Frenchmen Of Maine…?

originally published May 11, 2012 As a public service message to my readers, I’d like to inform you that you are all somehow diseased. For most of you, this extends no further than the general diseases of our society: inherent greed, chronic materialism, finding the films of Katherine Heigl to be funny, and so on. […]

Day 129: The Apollo 10 Crew – Ass-Kickers Of Space History

originally published May 8, 2012 Launched in May, 1969, The Apollo 10 mission was critical to executing the successful July moon landing. But what about that trio of astronauts whose names are anything but household, who took the run before the big run? On the one hand, these three men strapped themselves into a capsule […]

Day 115: Encyclopedia Brown And The Case Of The Magic Berry Pills

originally published April 24, 2012 If only the secrets of eternal health and karmic balance could be obtained in a single pill. Well, look no further than your local random internet page’s pop-up ad or splashy banner. Not only does that magical pill exist, but you can try it for FREE! That’s right, a limited-time, […]

Day 101: The Universe Is A Dick – The Mary Nissenson Story

originally published April 10, 2012 After spending a day clawing through a hundred Wikipedian subjects, counting every word by hand and trying to remember what it felt like to breathe outside air, it’s nice to welcome Mary Nissenson into my consciousness for a pleasant, normal kilograph. Except Mary’s story is anything but normal. She is […]

Day 95: Who Do Jamu? Do You?

originally published April 4, 2012 It’s only a matter of time before we’re all hopped up on jamu. My Indonesian fanbase (and according to the figures before me, you all constitute a whopping 0.37% of my adoring millions) will no doubt agree with this. Jamu is old-school medicine, once (and still) sold by the Indonesian […]