Author Archives: Rand Manly

I’ll begin with a question: How is Blockbuster still in business? Or any video rental establishment for that matter?

It’s like they don’t even try. They are all once-glorious captains who’ve hit the proverbial digital iceberg and are now going down with the ship — they know it, we know it. Continue reading →

First of all, this has nothing to with politics. I really want you to like me and continue reading my stuff (regardless of personal beliefs!) — though this plog comes from a place of strict Laodicean motives — but I apologize to no one. Continue reading →

Based on Amazon.com sales, as of the time of my writing this little gem of satire, here are a few interesting stats:

The classic novel “Catch-22″ by Joseph Heller is currently ranked #751…

The potboiler (at best) “Twilight” by that one chick who writes like a 14-year-old girl for 14-year-old girls is ranked #80… Continue reading →

(For Z…)

It boils down to one simple, fiber-tastic reason: Doo-doo. Continue reading →

Schools:

I know we tried this in the past, but for some reason we chose some arbitrary characteristic like skin color. The more your ancestors were in the sun, it seemed, made a direct impact on the schools you could go to and every one was real real mad when people whose ancestors were not in the sun that much had to go to school with people whose ancestors were in the sun a lot. Continue reading →

First of all, just because the word “spin” is in the title does not mean this is about bike riding. Grow up.

I have discovered a new and radical way to lose those pesky el-bees: Chasing people. Continue reading →