philmaggitti, Author at Postcards from The Pug Bus

An angel at a horoscope support desk with a phone and crystal ball.

“All damn day they want love, money, and meaning.”

Real Horoscopes You Can Trust

philmaggitti horoscopes, top ten lists 12 months

Step right up, star seekers and skeptics alike! You have tried the rest, now try the blessed–because Real Horoscopes You Can Trustâ„¢ are here to… Read More

Surreal illustration for unsent email day showing a man in pajamas sitting at a laptop , whose screen glow is the only illumination in the image.

Will he hit send or won't he?

Book of Daze

Book of Daze: Unsent Email Day

philmaggitti bookof-daze 12 months

At last, a holiday for the emotionally literate and professionally repressed: Unsent Email Day, a sacred observance for all who have typed their truth at… Read More

Taylor Swift sitting on a bed with a guitar writing a song. An illustration for this article about Taylor Swift songs and their inspirations.

Taylor Swift pretending to write about your feelings instead of hers — again.

Culture Music

Ten People Who Believe Taylor Swift Songs Are About Them

philmaggitti cultural commentary, music 12 months

It requires a colossal kind of self-delusion to believe that an artist with 100 million followers wrote a tune specifically about you. Yet every time… Read More

A disheveled celebrity stands on a chaotic red carpet clutching a mugshot placard as paparazzi swarm and flashbulbs erupt amid spilled champagne and toppled ropes--a quintessential celebrity shocker scene.

"Another fine night for Hollywood’s damage-control industry."

Celebrity Shockers

Celebrity Shockers: Outrageous Moments, Arrests, and Meltdowns

philmaggitti Britney Spears, celebrity shockers, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton 12 months

Browse our ever-growing collection of scandals, gaffes, tantrums, and career-threatening brainstorms. New entries appear when another boldface name decides to goose destiny, derail common sense,… Read More

Vintage-style editorial cartoon illustrating the concept of fair game, showing distressed people being metaphorically hunted by photographers, critics, and online mobs in a sepia-toned ink drawing.

When everyone is a hunter, everyone becomes the hunted.

Blog

Fair Game: The Sport of Being Hunted

philmaggitti blog 12 months

There was a time when “fair game” meant exactly that–something you could shoot legally without a game warden lecturing you about ethics. Deer, pheasants, and… Read More

“You gaze into the cosmos seeking meaning. The cosmos updates its privacy settings.”

Horoscopes

Existential Horoscopes

philmaggitti horoscopes 12 months

The stars, once proud to dictate destiny, have taken a philosophy course and fallen into despair. These existential horoscopes are for rational beings who realize… Read More

Commuter on a subway pretending to read classic literature, holding an upside-down copy of War and Peace while passengers nod admiringly

"Proving that good posture can pass for intellect in public transit

Book of Daze

Book of Daze: Pretend You Read Classic Literature

philmaggitti bookof-daze 12 months

Once a year, the nation celebrates the noble art of literary bluffing. On Pretend You Read Classic Literature Day, ordinary citizens dust off the unread… Read More