philmaggitti, Author at Postcards from The Pug Bus

A cheerful parade to remember 1969 set against a bright white background with pastel confetti falling. A silvery Apollo lunar-module float rolls by, flanked by fringe-vested marchers tossing lavender love beads. A Mets-cap marching band in faded denim carries a banner with a heart, peace sign, and baseball symbol. Nearby, a creamy fondue pot on a pedestal wears a golden tiara. Children on the curb wave tiny shag-carpet swatches in celebration of the groovy year.

"All you need is love ..."

The Nativity Story Is a Pious, Stinking, Goddamn Fraud

Many Christians, especially those who think it their constitutional right to set up a stlly crèche on the courthouse lawn once a year, believe that… Read More

Vintage SPAM can with reclining pinup woman

You Can't PhotoShop This

Pumpkin Spice Motor Oil: You Can’t Photoshop This

philmaggitti 10 years

What’s next? Beef jerky? Cabbage? Toothpaste? Kitty litter? Toilet paper? Condoms? Quiche? Marmite? Sushi? Goulash? Potato chips? Driveway sealer? Edamame? Marijuana? Edible underwear? Fish sticks?… Read More

Filmstrip with repeated elderly man's portraits

Sporting Life

Duke University Lacrosse Team Reinstated After Counseling

philmaggitti 10 years

Duke University’s men’s lacrosse team has been reinstated after team members found to be deficient in language arts successfully completed mandatory counseling, said university president,… Read More

Sporting Life

NBA To Offer Autistic-Only Bathrooms for 2017 All-Star Game

philmaggitti 10 years

The National Basketball Association (NBA), bowing to pressure from the radical autism-rights group Autism Speaks (AS), has promised to install “a prorated number” of autism-friendly… Read More

A surreal humorous illustration of a tabby cat’s brain chemistry at work — the cat in a tiny white lab coat and goggles perched on a woman’s head, holding a glowing pink oxytocin flask with sparkling mist and floating molecular bubbles swirling around them against a whimsical painterly background

“Behold… one more tweak to the human’s brain chemistry and she will order the deluxe Tesla scratching post.”

Music Sporting Life

Coldplay Criticized for Lily White Super Bowl Message

philmaggitti music, sporting life 11 years

NEW YORK—British musical act Coldplay may have graciously yielded the stage at the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show to Bruno Mars and Beyonce Knowles, but… Read More

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News

Road Rage Trails in Consumer Reports Survey

philmaggitti trump 11 years

When Consumer Reports conducted research for its 2015 road rage survey, published on December 31 last year, the magazine included for the first time questions about other… Read More

"I was born this way."

You Can't PhotoShop This

What Would Nixon Do? You Can’t Photoshop This

philmaggitti 11 years

We were watching the Villanova-Temple game last night, half paying attention to an interview with a former Temple player, half poking around on our tablets,… Read More

"You're not married, are you?"

Religion

Fabian, Patron Saint of Dove Fanciers

philmaggitti religion 11 years

WEST GOSHEN, Pa.—Fabian d’Fabiano, whose name literally means “Fabian, Son of the Son of Fabian,“ was a poor excuse for an olive farmer, who lived… Read More