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I love rock-and-roll Christmas music. Not sure why, maybe it’s the juxtaposition of peace-and-love songs coming from millionaire smack addicts. Hard to say. Anyway, one of my all-time favorites is the charity song from Band-Aid, “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” I love this song for many reasons. I still remember all the musicians on the […]
You know which Christmas carol really bothers me? “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”. Think of it, it’s the rudest, pushiest carol ever. Examine the second verse. Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding Screw you, random carolers. Who are you to be making […]
To begin with, has anyone actually experienced this entire “12 Days Of Christmas” song in one setting? It’s the Bataan Death March of the yuletide season. It’s the “99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall” of Christmas songs, a nightmare of obscure gifts made even worse through recursion. No one can make it through the […]
The Twitter conversation linked to the right brought up some unpleasant memories for me Monday. I don’t fly very often, for several reasons. First, I’m a driver. I’ve lived in Texas all my life, and we drive everywhere. I’ve taken multiple car trips of over a thousand miles, and thought nothing about it. I prefer […]
I ate last week in a popular Mexican chain restaurant, and was surprised to see that I had a little emo waiter. I’m sure there’s a better term for it now, and emo has turned to Goth, which turned to screamo, which is now called something completely different. Define it however you’d like, it just […]
My one-day battle at Red Lobster against the forces of Endless Shrimp.
Reid vs. a multi-headed spammer. Hail Hydra.
Now you can get Reid’s random comedy delivered hot, fresh, and free to your email.
The best way to make Christmas even less fun is to start it in November.
Reid goes from author to indie author overnight. How big of a step backwards is it? Small misstep, or drink-yourself-into-a-coma big?
Some tips on writing from Reid, which will be of no help to you at all.
For those of you who are fans of sports, commercials, controversy, halftime shows, fistfights, and all of the other things that go into a Super Bowl, my annual award-winning* Super Bowl Timeline is up now at ProjectShanks.com, featuring lines like… 9:57pm – The Seahawks get a miracle catch to get the ball down inside the […]
Even though I don’t have cable, Time Warner Cable keeps trying to send strange men to my house. Are they a cable company or Craiglist?
The ongoing saga of Reid trying to get his satellite television turned off.
For those of you looking for some extra comedy in your daily diet, I’m doing a wine review column for Project Shanks.com. And as some of you know, I didn’t actually drink any alcohol until I was forty, so bear in mind that everything I taste goes down pretty awful.
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