Monthly Archives: December 2016

Parks & Rec 2-2: Manifesto on police violence, or tone-deaf artifact?

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Alden

Episode: 2-2 The Stakeout Plot: Leslie and Tom discover marijuana growing in their new public garden. Ann goes out with Mark. Ron has a hernia. Tom gets arrested when he and Leslie try to run a stakeout. Deep Thoughts: One of the ways … Continue reading →

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Parks & Rec: 2-1 Pawnee Zoo

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Alden

Plot: Leslie accidentally marries two male penguins. Mark hits on Ann. Andy is living in the pit and stalking Ann.  Deep Thoughts: I love how dated this episode feels. It’s only from 2009, but I think it would play differently today, … Continue reading →

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I know it completely won’t matter but

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Alden

A letter to CVS Caremark*, on the occasion of my prescription’s increasing 1009% in one month, because I had exhausted my “one trial month” and now need to switch to either mail order or a CVS store:

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Hillary’s child sex ring and other YOU ARE A MORON

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Alden

Toward the end of the campaign I saw a couple of my Trump-enabled acquaintances refer to Hillary as a pedophile. I didn’t even ask, because by that point their rants were so nonsensical as to not be worth my time. … Continue reading →

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What do we actually DO now?

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Alden

Well, 2016 was fun, right? And we’ve all been wallowing in the not-fun for a couple of weeks now at the very least. I personally am tired of the wallowing. I’ve decided to put some of my money where my … Continue reading →

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