Okay. So it’s pretty clear that some members of the U.S. Military are pretty bad at taking care of nuclear weapons. And it’s pretty clear that that shit makes for some pretty entertaining (if totally frightening) reporting. But c’mon duders at the Guardian, can you really not come up with something better than “Mr. Bean [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 22, 2008
Blog of War
The editorial staff here at Um realizes that we’ve been slacking. We realize that, thanks to our slowly eroding news-reading habits, we may have missed a few things these past few weeks.
But, like, what the fuck is this? Dateline? Headline? Byline? Like, since when does the New York Times allow it’s blogging contributors to publish [...]
July 16, 2008
South Africa to Legalize Hooking for Soccer Players? Save Um Blog?
When, this morning, the editorial staff here at Um went a-searchin’ for column fodder, we figured the process would be something of an ordeal: It’s been over a week, we’re a bit rusty–and, frankly, we’ve come to the conclusion that academic writing is rotting our brains (thus making it impossible for us to witticize with [...]
July 2, 2008
Boo Shitty Band Map, Hooray Return of Um!
Hi there. We here at Um are totally sorry for our recent erratic posting. And we promise that, as soon as we can, we’ll return to regularly entertaining you with our wit and charm and whathaveyou. But for now, irregular doses of our brilliance will have to suffice.
And that brings us to this:
Good idea, right? [...]
