Archive for October, 2010

  • TTP | Halloween! (The Sweetest Day) -- Oct 29th
    Even before we grew up and realized the real reason for the holiday, Halloween still had our blood rushing thanks to the sundry sampling of sugar-soaked sweets we sucked down. Today, kids are still...

  • TTP | Hey Nineteen! (Emancipating Mary Jane) -- Oct 28th
    It is a debate that has raged on for decades: are longtime Sesame Street roommates Bert and Ernie gay? That, friends, is a prickly pear, but you can bet your Johnson that Big Bird certainly knows his way...

  • TTP | Life Ain’t Fare (Taxicab Blues) -- Oct 27th
    The sociological aspects of driving a cab have got to be fascinating... for a day. After that, making small talk with impatient people while sitting in traffic has got to be about as pleasant as lifeguarding...

  • Join Us & Change the Face of Men’s Health -- Oct 27th
    Fellow thinking men and women, Raising money for charity is a noble and commendable endeavor. The problem is, we're not in good enough shape to run a 5k, and even walk-a-thons have us breathing...

  • TTP | A Straight Jacket for Two? (Keeping Up with the Quaids) -- Oct 26th
    One of the greatest joys of being sh*t house crazy and delusional is not knowing that you're sh*t house crazy and delusional. How do we know? We don't. Earth to reality television producers:...

  • TTP | Sis Boom Boo Hoo (Cheerleaders) -- Oct 22nd
    An 11 year-old in Nebraska was recently canned from her junior high cheerleading squad for not shaking her caboose during a particular cheer. While we applaud the young lady for thinking for herself and...

  • TTP | You Gonna Eat That? (Freegans) -- Oct 21st
    When we were kids sitting at the dinner table skeptically poking our Tuna Helper with our Spider-Man spork, our parents used to tell us there was a starving kid in Africa who would kill for what was on...

  • TTP | Oh Yes He Did! (Rent is Too Damn High) -- Oct 20th
    Other than the occasional stupefying gaffe by Christine O'Donnell, there are few things in politics that register above the "wake me for meals" level on the boredom meter. Enter our main...

  • TTP | Leaving Las Vegas (Liberace’s Final Farewell) -- Oct 19th
    Sin City's neon-lit culture suffered a dimming blow this past weekend when the Liberace Museum closed. A shrine to Las Vegas' favorite flaming son for over 30 years, officials decided to close...

  • TTP | Get Inside the News (Sponsor Tag) -- Oct 18th
    While the e-mail forwards your mom sends are always a joy, sometimes you desire something more substantial than a picture of a parakeet shooting pool with a kitten. Surfing the web for interesting...

  • TTP | Skinny Children Are Our Future (Lunch Room Psychology) -- Oct 15th
    Our babies never stopped booming. 68% of adults are overweight, and America is well on its way to being buried alive under mounds of greasy fast food wrappers and empty soda cans. Luckily, there's...

  • TTP | Close, But No Cigar (The Cuban Missile Crisis) -- Oct 14th
    48 years ago today, an aerial photograph was taken over Cuba that revealed the Soviets were building multiple missile launch sites just 90 miles from U.S. soil. Eight days later on October 22nd, American...

  • TTP | Jive Turkey? (Iverson’s Defection) -- Oct 13th
    Former NBA MVP Allen Iverson is close to cutting a one year deal with a pro hoops team in Turkey — a match that makes about as much sense as hiring Mel Gibson to perform at a kid's bar mitzvah. Iverson's...

  • TTP | Wheeeee! Look at Me! (Tall Bikers) -- Oct 12th
    For most city drivers, sharing the road with cyclists is like splitting a case of beer with Paula Poundstone; you end up being astounded by the sheer temerity shown when it comes to encroaching on ...

  • TTP | Shine On, You Crazy Diamond (DLR Turns 56!) -- Oct 8th
    Sure there have been stronger voices, deeper lyrics penned by wiser souls, and less ornate attire sported onstage, but when it comes to being the greatest rock n' roll front man of all time no one...

  • TTP | Freedom of Hate? (Westboro Baptist Church) -- Oct 7th
    Christianity is like chili. Some people dig it, some people don't. Some like the mass produced canned kind, while others have their own recipe which better suits their individual tastes. The folks...

  • TTP | Bipartisan Pleasure? (Obamarator) -- Oct 6th
    The buzz has been building and today the new Obama stimulus package will be released. Called the "Obamarator," this plastic piece of whiz-bang brilliance is fiscally responsible and energy efficient....

  • TTP | Screwed! (A Few STDs Too Many) -- Oct 5th
    Ask not what your country can do for you, but which country your country can give the clap to. Just in case it wasn't lousy enough being an institutionalized mental patient in Guatemala 60 plus...

  • TTP | Lucky Balls (Lottery Jackpot) -- Oct 1st
    Ernest Pullen has a horseshoe so far up his ass, you'd think he just got done plowing the hay with Seabiscuit. Pullen, 57, hit a one million dollar lottery jackpot in June, then another two million...