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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Texting or calling?

Marlene Bishop, 67, retired church potluck seating consultant

Allegedly deciding at 104 Courtesy Court, Paducah, KY

Calling. If someone cares enough to hear my voice, I can spare five minutes. Besides, half the arguments I have witnessed began because somebody interpreted a period at the end of a text as emotional warfare.

Gordon Tully, 43, professional instruction manual translator

Allegedly replying from 8 Read Receipt Lane, Missoula, MT

Texting. Telephones assume I am prepared for conversation at any random moment. I object to that level of optimism.

Rita Hollis, 52, neighborhood rumor verification officer

Allegedly confirming details at 55 Busy Signal Drive, Wilmington, NC

Calling. You can learn more from six seconds of hesitation than six paragraphs of carefully edited texting. Human beings leak the truth through awkward silences.

Culture

Pornography Merchants Hail Internet Smut Ruling

philmaggitti 19 years

CORNISH FLATS, N.H. – Adult Internet content, which includes but is not limited to bumping uglies in pairs and in groups, bestiality, pedophilia, necrophilia, and… Read More

Book of Daze Ignore Your To-Do List Day illustration of a frazzled office worker wearing a 'CEO of Not Today' crown, eating cereal at a cluttered desk, ignoring a glowing to-do list as a calendar burns and a clock melts on the wall.

When life hands you a to-do list, set your calendar on fire.

Culture

Brad Delp Memorialized by Burger King

Biff Scuzzy 19 years

NEW YORK – Former Boston singer Brad Delp will be honored by the Burger King corporation, a company spokesman said yesterday. Bill Pitt, regional manager… Read More

"E is for Extinct."

Culture

Angelina Jolie Accepts Oscar for Klaus Harmony

Chip Hilton 19 years

LOS ANGELES – Angelina Jolie lent a much needed touch of spice to last night’s Oscar awards snooze fest. The thirty-one-year-old Tomb Raider star brought the audience… Read More

Culture

Other Numbers Critical of The Number 23

philmaggitti 20 years

NEW YORK – The approaching release of The Number 23, starring Jim Carey and Virginia Madsen, has created a furor in the ranks of the normally… Read More

Culture Music

Dixie Chicks Sweep Grammies, Ban Country Music Stations

philmaggitti cultural commentary, music 20 years

LOS ANGELES – After sweeping the top three categories at the 49th annual Grammy Awards last night, the Dixie Chicks announced they would “sue the… Read More

Cat knocking over trap spilling green liquid

Culture

Jessica Simpson Split with Nick Lachey Fueled by Klaus Harmony

Chip Hilton Britney Spears 20 years

NEW YORK – Jessica Simpson told Elle magazine that the music of German composer Klaus Harmony was “the tripping point” in her relationship with her ex-husband Nick… Read More

Culture

Keith Urban Tour Sponsored by O’Doul’s

philmaggitti Keith Urban 20 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Keith Urban, fresh out of a three-month residency for alcohol abuse treatment at the Betty Ford clinic, will ease back into drinking… Read More

"Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule.”

Culture

Bindi Irwin Is the Next Britney Spears

Biff Scuzzy Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton 20 years

LOS ANGELES – Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Australian “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, is being groomed for super-stardom, say entertainment industry insiders, who see… Read More