http://www.bewilderedsociety.com fabulously cynical. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:56:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I used to gripe about things I hated when I was a bartender.  Funny I should miss the simplicity of inebriation and the effects on the early 20 somethings ability to function.  Who are we kidding, I wish I was drunk half the time when I'm working just to dull ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/10/alcohol-readily-available-at-grocery-stores-across-the-world/ Many BSU freshmen unclear why they are in college Headlines that warm your alumnus heart Sidebar: Wondering about the legalities of a mandatory survey triggering letters home. Maybe we're off base on that? http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/09/watch-the-star-press-fear-monger-your-survey/ Bisexual men are liberated from their closeted-gay stereotype  courtesy a new Northwestern University study, The New York Times reports. Backtracking on a similar 2005 study, researches said that men can, in fact, like other dudes and women, too. While modern science is catching up to some groundbreaking last-century theory, it's pleasing ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/08/study-dudes-likes-dudes-girls/ Rep. Anthony Weiner's now-infamous self-portraits accounted for 17 percent of the newshole measured by the News Coverage Index last week. Not making this up - it's really called newshole. PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index examines the news agenda of 52 different outlets from five sectors of the media: print, online, network ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/06/pew-weiner-filled-17-of-newshole-last-week-santorum-falls-behind/ Minor oversight. Whoops! Just an oversight. I'm sure there's nothing else questionable! Just to be sure, let's check the story's lead: The closet door became unhinged lately when a number of gay men in sports decided to turn the knob and hold a public liberation. Maybe it's time to retire literary uses of ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/05/image-word-choice-101/ Oh, Joe ... Stick to the script. A brilliant moment in double meaning captured by TDS. http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/05/video-biden-enjoys-troops-return-a-little-too-much/ WASHINGTON — A new report issued by a bi-partisan Congressional commission warns that unless serious changes are made in the next few years, the United States of America could face a massive hyperbole shortage. "This is quite possibly the worst news ever," Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wa.) said Tuesday. Hastings is the ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/04/america-facing-massive-hyperbole-shortage/ The Atlantic features a short, yet revealing interview with actor Paul Marcarelli, better known to society as Verizon Wireless' "Test Guy." Outed in the interview, he reviews a couple awkward and painful moments (hearing "Can you hear me now?" as his grandmother was lowered into her grave) in the course of ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/04/mr-hear-me-now-on-when-he-couldnt-be-heard/ On Tuesday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert challenges Family Leader's Bob Vander Plaats belief that same-sex marriage is as bad for you as second-hand smoke. http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/04/video-gay-marriage-equal-to-second-hand-smoke-colbert-on-the-case/ Keeping with Republicans promise to eliminate waste in the government, late Wednesday afternoon the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the 2012 national budget that would completely defund Congress if approved. The 243-188 vote was largely among party lines, as Democrats rushed to defend funding of the United States' entire ... http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2011/03/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-congress/