The Poor Get Poorer, the Rich Get Kardashian

Kim's making history, just not the kind she intended... Q: How many narcissists does it take to sew Kim Kardashian into Marilyn's “Happy Birthday, Mister President” dress? A: That's weird... I could have sworn I heard the sound... of someone else's.... voice...? Ukraine? What war in Ukraine? That's sooooo last week! Our attention spans, like …

Support My Work in Style

If you enjoy this blog, and it's my sincere hope that you get a provoked thought or a hearty laugh from these virtual pages now and again, here's your chance to support my work in style. Here's the first in what will be a new collection of tees featuring some of my best illustrations. Today's …

Will Smith Slaps Justice in the Face

the slap heard 'round the world is the sound of money, fame, and man-love What I appreciate most about the internet is being able to pontificate about famous people I've never heard of, and situations I don't care about. And no one can stop me. It's like, I'm a trucker convoy of one, without the …

What The Hell Happened To — ?

a deeper dive into dave When I started this blog, eight years ago, I was thinking something like: "This is my fifteen minutes of fame! Clear the decks! Clear the tracks! You got nothin' to do but relax! And yes, Sondheim gave me permission! "I will regale everyone with my hilarious stories of my shambolic …

I Think I Have The Gift of Prophecy

but I'll have to confirm that tomorrow Every morning, after I have my first cup of instant coffee, perform my daily genuflection at the altar of Reason then prostrate myself before the fount of Truth, I undergo a startling transfiguration. With hair sprouting from my palms and earlobes, and beset by paroxysms of phlegmy smokers' …

My First Hook-Up in Ottawa Got a Little Out of Hand

just another, good ol' Canadian « exposition de merde » ! Hey followers, hangers-on and random stumblers-upon, sorry I’ve been MIA but it’s hard work fending off all the convoy dudes with one hand tied behind my back and a can of Molson in the other. Yeah, that was all my fault, that snafu in …

Pandemic for Dummies

David spells it out for the "truckers" Sorry for the two- and three-syllable words, guys. We're quite the elitist intellectuals up here, you know... ֍ Government is not the enemy © 2022 by David Roddis is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

America and Its Manspread Destiny

I never would have imagined I’d become so heartily sick of hearing the word “freedom.” A lady of, I’d estimate, forty years or so, with a pudgy face that could belong to your childcare worker, the cashier at Loblaw’s, maybe, if you push your luck, an elementary school class, separates from her group of friends …

The Pandemic: An Unprecedented Opportunity To Profit From Disaster

Humans have spent at least fifty percent of their lifetimes—starting from that day when Throg first saw Scrog wearing a new kind of fur jacket, clubbed him over the head, then took it—wondering a couple of things: Why am I here and if I pretended to be in contact with Wilbur, the Great Caribou in …

A Contest!

Win Awesome Prizes (a free copy of The Book). Hello Dear Readers I appreciate so much that you take the time to read my—I never know what to call them. Diatribes? Pieces? Articles? Glimmerings of brilliance? Liberal claptrap? Well, thank you kindly, you friendly, altogether-too-honest-for-your-own-good SOB! Continue to click like me! really like me! and …