The Fred Effect

Prez Offers Gov. Brewer Some Comfort Food

January 27, 2012

I ought to be kicked right square in the onions for going so political these days. It’s too easy. I promise someday I will get back to real humor. Today’s video was intended to be just a snapshot with speech ballons, but it took only a couple of hours to voice and animate this. And [...]

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The Rest of the Story Problem

January 22, 2012

Between the story problems in Sean’s algebra homework this week and the South Carolina primary yesterday, I ended up having the following dream last night: Mitt Romney’s weight is a three-digit number, the sum of whose digits equals nine. The second digit is three times the third digit, and the third digit is twice the [...]

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Online Piracy is Sexy

January 18, 2012

I stole that line from Jenny, my adopted blogging godmother even though I’m older than she. I’m actually rebelling against her because she says that online piracy is not sexy. I’m just proving her wrong like any male child would do. I still love her unconditionally even though she didn’t ask me to be her [...]

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We Don’t Say “Retarded” Anymore

January 15, 2012

Now, we say “limited cognitive functioning.” I’m not going to say “intellectual disability.” You don’t get Aristotle and Aquinas jammed down your throat as much as we did and let someone get away with “intellectual disability.” Not without a fight. Still. Might as well face it. I’m fucking retarded. I’m watching Captain America. Got no [...]

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The Truth About Fiction

January 11, 2012

This is not a fiction blog. I don’t even consider myself a fiction writer, even though I’ve written four novels. Maybe five. Depends on what you call a novel. If a novel is a book that makes people cry, then I know I’ve written one. It’s titled Who Made You?. Stole the title from an [...]

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Sarah Palin’s Picks for the GOP Nomination in 2012

January 9, 2012

If your friends need you, and you haven’t posted your scheduled article for the day, please screw the article. You’re the boss. That’s what we did yesterday. A friend was under the weather, so we went over there and Tessa offered comfort while I did housework. Absolutely, totally worth it. I was animating a cartoon [...]

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Never Kill your Dog in Anger

January 4, 2012

Charlie has been chewing up iPod ear buds at the rate of about three pair per week. Tessa has ordered a new six-pack of ear buds that is being delivered by a lame panda from south China, so they haven’t arrived yet. That is why Charlie had to attack my awesome JVC headphones that I [...]

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Mitt Romney’s Religion

January 1, 2012

This is not a political site. It is a site that uses the accomplishments of others to promote itself. During this election season, I intend to exploit the names and accomplishments of whomever seems to be a good search engine topic. This means that presidential candidates will be showing up pretty often for a while. [...]

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