Judge John Hurley, the Mikado
The Mikado in the eponymous Gilbert and Sullivan play sings that, as the most humane Mikado in all of Japanese history, he believes that every punishment should fit its crime. And certainly a no more […]
Author: Rick Snee
Rick Snee writes daily for SeriouslyGuys.com, podcasts with the Blast Shields Down Film Review Society, and makes up for his lack of punctuality with a willingness to go ATM.
Simpson Did It: DC Greenlights ‘Watchmen Babies’
In the 2007 episode of The Simpsons, “Husbands and Knives,” guest star Alan Moore (and writer of Watchmen and V for Vendetta) ripped into Milhouse for asking him to sign his DVD of Watchmen Babies […]
The Snuggie and Forever Lazy: As Seen in the Paleolithic
Foolish as it may seem, I don’t believe everything I see in commercials. For instance, when InventHelp says that the guy who invented the Splash Wash, a car wash for kids, by watching children play, […]
That’s A Wrap
The Internet is up in arms over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PIPA. PIPA is actually an acronym and abbreviation within an abbreviation: the PROTECT IP Act — or the Preventing Real Online […]
Women are Mysterious
In recent news, the smartest man on wheels, Stephen Hawking revealed that he, too, spends most of his time thinking about women. And I, for one, feel much better for knowing that, because I also […]
Cleaning Out the Language Gutters for 2012
Every year, Michigan’s Lake Superior University and I like to take stock of the English language. The school lets students nominate words that they feel have become misused, overused and cliché, and the winners are […]
Pros and Cons of Surviving 2011
Whenever I approach a new year, I like to take stock of what I survived. I like to think of myself less as a time traveler stuck in forward linear motion at an uninterruptible rate […]
An Executioner’s Christmas Wishlist
One of the perks to the holiday season is spending time with your family watching 24 hours of A Christmas Story, with an occasional switch-over to It’s a Wonderful Life. This is a time-honored tradition […]
Ask Dr. Snee: Healthy holidays, everyone!
According to these letters I’ve been receiving, it’s the holiday season. Of course, that’s because I legally changed my name to Santa Claus back in the ’04 on a bet, so there’s Christmas letters mixed […]