Or, The Hate U Give (which I just learned was a book and a movie? Am I so out of touch?). Anyways, with the news that a Democrat has entered the Senate race in South Carolina to run against Lindsay Graham, I feel the need to say: Please do not give any money to a Democrat running a Senate race in South Carolina who does not have a reasonably chance of winning, or even a theory for how they would win (because they won’t). Democrats love giving money to candidates with nothing but a decent bio and...
Continue reading...We are so f**cking back
I would like to welcome you to the next chapter in Verities and Vagaries history. We were a web log founded in the twilight years of the web log golden era (circa 2010). We were founded to have fun with the medium, while also staying true to our probably too-earnest sensibilities as probably too-earnest political thinkers and actors. We also wrote a ton about booze. But as we aged, our jobs got more demanding, and the web blogosphere started fading (so did we). The bastards killed Google Reader. As such, the effort just wasn’t at-hand to keep...
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Can’t say what yet, but stay tuned. It’s been a long time since I used WordPress lol.
Continue reading...The Great Turkey Meatloaf Experiment of 2017
I wanted to make a turkey meatloaf, but goddamn is turkey meatloaf terrible. Dry, tough, tasting mostly of bland poultry and salt—turkey meatloaf is basically the worst kind of “healthy” replacement foods. I thought what if it could be not dry and taste like something? There began Operation Turkey Meatloaf Experiment 2017. So I threw together some ingredients, mostly orthodox but with some added moisture supports and flavor elements that tasted like something. It came out…good? I was surprised: It was supposed to be fine, but not good. Turkey meatloaf is not good. But this was. Damn....
Continue reading...Trump: A (Disgusting) Play in Three Acts
Act the First: \”Well, I\’ll tell you the funniest is that before a show, I\’ll go backstage and everyone\’s getting dressed, and everything else, and you know, no men are anywhere, and I\’m allowed to go in because I\’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I\’m inspecting it,\” Trump said. \”You know, I\’m inspecting because I want to make sure that everything is good.\” \”You know, the dresses. \’Is everyone okay?\’ You know, they\’re standing there with no clothes. \’Is everybody okay?\’ And you see these incredible looking women, and so, I sort of get away...
Continue reading...Great Moments in Campaign Advertising: Confessions of a Republican
Often overshadowed by LBJ’s infamous “Daisy” ad, “Confessions of a Republican” is great mostly because it’s so weird. It’s also really long—four minutes and change. I haven’t been able to figure out when exactly it aired, or how really, because four-minute ad breaks aren’t particularly common even now (and TV commercial breaks have stretched drastically in recent years). In the ad, an actor (although the ad doesn’t say as much) talks about how he’s always been a Republican, but the party’s candidate that year, Sen. Goldwater, is too extreme for his comfort. Sure, this is mostly an artifact of the era during which party...
Continue reading...Your Official V+V Sunday Super Tuesday Super Bowl Election Caucus Forum Trumphgasm Cocktails
Hooray. Today is Super fucking Tuesday or whatever. Truth is, calling a date during which state parties in 11 states vote “Super Tuesday” is like calling the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs the “Super Bowl(s?).” Whatever. I mean, at this point, this whole fucking 2016 cycle is pictured below: Or, more eloquently: If you’re anything like the V+V fam, you’re probably going to want to have some drinks as results come in from these primary elections and caucuses. Like, probably a whole lot of drinks. Ted Cruz is going to be saying words on national...
Continue reading...Best (Recent) Sitcom Christmas Epsiodes
I’m actually surprised that Netflix doesn’t have a Christmas episode playlist by this point. So, I had to do some research, by which I mean I had to watch a bunch of sitcom Christmas episodes on the various streaming services, so I could report to you the best of the bunch. The only rule is only one episode per show; a number of the shows listed below have multiple great Christmas/holiday-themed episodes, but it didn’t seem fair to just have a list of eight Simpsons episodes, so. I thought about ranking them, but too many of these...
Continue reading...Here are your official 2015 V+V Summer Jams
This year we opted to not just try and predict which jams would be summer jams as they were released at to just wait and see what came to be. Now that July has come, it\’s time to decide. It\’s been a pretty great summer for summer jams, all told. In fact, here are two. One is better, but the other would easily win were it not for the first. The official winner is \”Staring Contest\” by Mates of State. A Summer Jam has to be happy, catchy as hell, floating and lush, and about that kind of...
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