Author Archives: The Happy Pessimist

Entomophagy

What, Dear Reader? You do not recognize the word in the title to this post? Do not feel bad. Everything will be revealed to you in due time. First, a hint on the etymology of the term. It is derived from the Greek. Why, you ask, is the Happy Pessimist inflicting this load of arcana […]

Eat Your Heart Out, Gouverneur Morris!

The Constitution of the United States is completely out of date! Or at least thus sayeth the likes of Mayor Bloomberg, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the New York Times, to name but a few. All the Constitutional protections that have allowed us to eat and drink what we want, vote for any moron we choose, and […]

Shut Uppa You Face

So, here we are in the Land of the Free in 2013! Our safety is guaranteed by the video cameras with microphones on every street corner, boldly watching all they survey to spot malefactors of greater or lesser talent plotting our demise, while simultaneously peering gently over our shoulders to be sure that we are […]

Let Me Tell You ‘Bout the Birds and the Bees

Ah, Dear Reader, you have a dirty mind. I am NOT talking about human sex, a subject with which many of you may already have a passing acquaintance. I’m talking about plant sex. The plants are about to get horny. Who cares about plant sex? I hear you cry. Plants don’t even move much! What […]

FOUP Club

The 1999 movie “Fight Club,” is a non-stop sociopathic riot based on the idea that moral and intellectual liberation comes from beating one of your fellow club members to a bloody pulp while the rest of the club members watch. Any male who subscribed to this unusual philosophy was welcome to join. While joining this club is […]