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Wish you were here: remembering war, traveling in peace in Vietnam

18 Apr

Wish you were here: remembering war, traveling in peace in Vietnam

A few weeks ago I was shooting a machine gun and swimming in the South China Sea (not at the same time, I’m not John Rambo). But today I am blogging and complaining about my dry cleaner. A lot has changed within a month’s time. How I got there It’s true; I was in Vietnam [...]

It Could Be Worse, a Brief Shamonica Guide to Dystopian Fiction

26 Mar

If you’re up to date on the policy proposals being suggested by the new crop of GOP hopefuls, I’m sure that, like me,  you’ve noticed that things have veered from the usual soapbox diatribes about Family Values into the downright surreal. So, if I’ve got this right, women shouldn’t take birth control because it leads [...]

V-Day and Vinegar, a Shamonica Holiday Exclusive

13 Feb

Love it or loathe it Valentines Day is totally a THING. With the socially enforced mandatory demonstration of romantic affection, not to mention the profits companies such as Hallmark and Sees Candy make off of said enforced mandatory demonstrations, it’s easy to understand why so many ladies and gentlemen are truly “meh” over v-day. It [...]

The Heiress; Daphne Guinness and the Art of Artifice

27 Dec

There’s a million reasons we should dislike Daphne Guinness. She’s heir to a vast beer fortune (guess which beer! guess!) in addition to being landed and titled gentry. She subsists on red bull and Ensure shakes and has allegedly exclaimed “I’ll eat when I’m dead.” But the Honorable Daphne Guinness, throughout all of her publicity stunts, [...]

R.I.P. Hitch

16 Dec

R.I.P. Hitch

News today of writer, ideologue and cultural commentator Christopher Hitchens dying of esophageal cancer at age 62 shouldn’t have been shocking nor all too troubling for his millions of critics around the world. The ’Hitch’ was quite open about his condition, and his refusal to give up the booze and cigarettes only added to his legendary contrarian way of life. The man [...]

If pepper spray is a food product, why is Keanu sad?

27 Nov

If pepper spray is a food product, why is Keanu sad?

Now we all know why Keanu is sad, its cause he’s eating a pepper spray sandwich. I know Megyn Kelly of Fox News thinks its a food product, but Keanu knows better.