Monthly Archives: April 2008

Beyond Satire, Part IV

Posted on April 30, 2008 by kamper

Now this: The latest contribution to good government from Vice President Dick Cheney: preventing the implementation of rules to protect the endangered right whale. Whales? Really? The guy’s got it in for whales? This comes from a letter House sleuth … Continue reading →

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America’s Preschools Address Smiley Face Inflation

Posted on April 30, 2008 by kamper

Grade inflation at America’s colleges and universities has been a hot-button issue for at least the last two decades, but in more recent years the problem has spread to America’s preschools as well. According to a recent study, the amount … Continue reading →

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This Mustard Doesn’t Taste Stone-Ground to Me

Posted on April 29, 2008 by kamper

I am not a man prone to over-reaction, nor the type to ejaculate baseless and inflammatory accusations, but this mustard does not taste stone ground to me. Where, I ask you, is the coarse texture, the bits of mustard seed, … Continue reading →

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This is Not a Glass of Water

Posted on April 28, 2008 by kamper

The Kamper can remain silent no longer. The scene: downtown Amherst, MA. I was walking down Main Street to the post office. It was a sunny afternoon and the college students were out in force. A college kid was approaching … Continue reading →

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Brush Levels in Crawford Becoming Critical

Posted on April 26, 2008 by kamper

With President Bush currently preoccupied with Iraq, the housing crisis, a recessionary economy, food shortages, record high crude oil prices, the falling value of the dollar against foreign currencies, and an ever-expanding federal budget deficit, another looming crisis has gone … Continue reading →

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Gilligan’s Heist

Posted on April 25, 2008 by kamper

From the fellers & smellers over at Superdelux.com comes this tale of a fateful trip. Props to Sweetmojo for the link.

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Dumb Thick Dim-Witted Doltish Boneheaded

Posted on April 19, 2008 by kamper

Perhaps you’ve made some stupid moves in your life — invested your retirement savings in Webvan, pissed off Vladimir Putin, paid cash money to see a movie by Roland Emmerich — but no matter the Mariana-Trench-depths of your own stupidity … Continue reading →

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In the Valley of Happy — One Year Later

Posted on April 18, 2008 by kamper

One year and many yucks ago, our Kamper brought forth on this Internet, a new web log, conceived on the back of a napkin, and dedicated to the proposition that some things are just too damn funny not to make … Continue reading →

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The Sketchies

Posted on April 14, 2008 by kamper

No, not my memory lately — the Sketchies is YouTube’s sketch comedy contest. Here are the top ten finalists for round two. They all had to incorporate the theme of “living the dream” and the word ‘indubitably.’ Below is my … Continue reading →

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Cross Salamanders

Posted on April 4, 2008 by kamper

I kid. It’s what I do. But allow me to be serious here for a moment, because the Kamper had an encounter the other night with some of America’s young people — the future leaders of tomorrow — that has … Continue reading →

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