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Nevermind, Cruel Godbags [Dan Collins]

Iowahawk’s already done it, and better than you would have, anyway.

Good thought, though.

Also, a disgusting public display of affection at Wuzzadem’s.  Don’t look.

12 Replies to “Nevermind, Cruel Godbags [Dan Collins]”

  1. Jim in Chicago says:

    My favorite:

    9/06/1998-5/11/1999: Teaching Assistant, Department of English, St. Edwards University. Graded papers for Dr. Gerhart for two undergraduate sections of E206, Post-fetal Gender Fascism: Toward a Post-Colonial Theory of the Easy Bake Oven. Successfully identified over two dozen cases of dangling participles, misplaced apostrophes, and false consciousness.

    Classic.

  2. Patrick Chester says:

    Dan, there’s a typo in the link.

  3. Mikey NTH says:

    Dang, that’s good.

    Shorter:  “Get over yourself, Goth-girl.”

    TW: boys59.  “Not that way.  Boys are icky, except the whipped ones.”

  4. BumperStickerist says:

    argh.

    Amanda was not the ‘founder of Pandagon’ – Jesse founded the site, brought a dude in (Ezra) to cowrite … Amanda was the guest-blogger that never left.

    It’d be the rightwing equivalent of saying two years from now that Dan Collins founded ‘Protein Wisdom’ because Jeff got a gig writing for ‘Utne Reader Online’

    Amanda was the Equal Opportunity hire at Pandagon.

  5. Phinn says:

    like some patriarchal fucking ur-patriarch godbag tool of the patriarchy.

    Mandy helped Iowahawk write this, I’m just sure of it.

  6. I wonder what Iowahawk would charge to re-write my resume?  Because, frankly, that sounds a lot better than mine, snark included.  I can never get the hang of those buzzwords:

    Crafted strategic…

    spearheaded…

    led cross-functional…

    coordinated…

    achieved follow-through…

    I only have real accomplishments, but because people expect this kind of phony-baloney, my real accomplishments seem a bit skimpy.

    Amanda was not the ‘founder of Pandagon’

    Er, you’re complaining about a mistake in a (fictional) resume full of exaggeration and hyperbole?  Dude, you need a nice nap.

  7. Dan Collins says:

    I’m sure he meant “flounder.”

  8. BumperStickerist says:

    Well, angie, now that I’m fully rested I’ll have another go … it’s become somewhat of a propogated misconception, ‘meme’ if you will, both right and left that Amanda did something other than show up at Pandagon and not leave.

  9. Major John says:

    Successfully identified over two dozen cases of dangling participles, misplaced apostrophes, and false consciousness.

    Jim, I agree.  Hall of Fame, baby, Hall of Fame.

  10. I don’t know.  I liked this better:

    Earned diploma despite being surrounded by repulsive hillbilly redneck Texas football godbags. YEEEE-HAWWW!!! Sweet lordy JEEEEZUSSSS we gunna win the big game aginst Permian cuz we been prayin to Robert Tilton to save all them poor lil’ fetuses!! So we can turn ‘em into Jeebus lovin’ ‘merkin killbots!! And lissin to some shit-kickin’ Toby Keith!! And then we gunna drive by the alienated poetry club goth girl in our pickup trucks and make fun of her and never ask her to prom or realize that she has feelings and is dealing with father issues and can’t wait to get out of this goddamn redneck shithole and move to Austin where some people actually appreciate non-conformity. YEEE HAWWW!!!

    That sounds not only like Marcotte, but You Know Who.  Has anyone ever seen them together?

  11. Mikey NTH says:

    Nobody does a regemintated non-conformity quite like the individualistic left.  It’s like they have uniforms, or something.

  12. Kevin Jaeger says:

    I dunno, there’s something almost ungentlemanly about Iowahawk’s takedown of the poor girl.  Even I sort of felt sorry for her by the end of it – after I stopped laughing and wiped the tears from eyes, that is.

    Imagine going to the office knowing everyone around has read stuff like that about you.  That’s really gotta hurt.

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