FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol.2 No.8

FOR THE HELL OF IT           VOL. 2      NO. 8 A Look Back at the News from May, Shall We? ABBOTTABAD…US Seals killed Osama Bin Laden in what will be remembered in this town as the day US Seals killed Osama Bin Laden.  Residents recalled the evening’s events in detail for 2nd rate reporters who are typically assigned by their editors to ferret out uninteresting back stories to interesting events already covered in detail by better reporters. “It was like any other night,” recalled Ahmed Al Abbadabbadoo, the neighbor nearest the Bin Laden compound some 8 blocks away…assuming that Abbottabad had blocks.   “We had tea. We picked sand out of our …

FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol 2 No.7

FOR THE HELL OF IT            Vol. 2 Number 7 By Johnny Heller MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD…..(actually this time it’s all here.) AIRPORT HAPPENINGS ….In New Orleans, a TSA gate security agent frisked a 6-year-old girl – actually patted her down – and the video of the event has gone viral on youtube.com and other sites that are whatever the hell “viral” is. The pat down leads to a number of troubling issues.  Is there a terrorist plot to use little girls as bomb carriers or as actual bombs?  Are “Hello Kitty” backpacks something to be suspicious of?  And, of course, who screens the TSA screeners?  Who gets to …

FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol.2 No. 5

FOR THE HELL OF IT     VOL 2,  NUMBER 5       03/02/11 Blood, Sweat and Sweat It’s important to remember that we are only in the third month of the new year.  That means that all the New Year’s resolutions you made and likely already blew off can still be revisited and reaffirmed with action and gusto.  And verve.  We mustn’t forget verve. The most oft repeated, oft subscribed resolution of all New Year’s resolutions –  according to a scientific poll that I assume exists somewhere –  is the resolution to hit the gym and get in shape. Let’s face it.  Most of us are at the age where the two nicest …

FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol.2 No.4

FOR THE HELL OF IT. Vol. 2, Number 4. 02/14/11 By Johnny Heller Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is upon us! Quick, go martyr a Christian! Or you could just go get a nice box of suddenly super expensive chocolates. Let us consider today the interesting cultural phenomenon known as Valentine’s Day. Each year we are asked to surrender ourselves to bizarre rituals of romance that have nothing whatever to do with St. Valentine and everything to do with Hallmark Cards and other clever business enterprises that have covertly banded together in an ingenious plot to put two people together while parting one person from his true love – money. …