Category Archives: celebrities

Winds of Change (Not Hope and Change)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I ask you to picture this: It’s 7:40 pm on a Friday night. I’m alone in my house. My pants are wet on the crotch and Barry Manilow is singing about a romantic weekend in New England – I’m on my third beer … Continue reading →

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A Whole Nother Great Music Idea: TuneFly !!

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I’ve decided to give away one of my best secrets. I held it in because I thought one day I would eventually have time to work on it. But I’m a realist. I don’t even have time to hang up blinds … Continue reading →

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A “Mystery” Quote

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

As I was paging through my work notebook, I found two handwritten quotes (non-work related of course) that I had recently jotted down. One clearly had a source: Bodhi, the surfing-guru-evil-bank-robber-dude from the 1991 Keanu Reeves movie Point Break. The … Continue reading →

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Selena Gomez, Narcissism and the Cache of Life Stories

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

On Ash Wednesday, Jesus started following me on Twitter, which I took as a fortuitous coincidence. In that same post, I challenged Satan to follow me as well. What resulted from that? Well, now Selena Gomez is following me. I’m wondering … Continue reading →

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Is that a Beef Jerky or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Today I’d like to write about a little prick. No, Daniel Dalpiaz this one isn’t about you although I can understand why your ears immediately perked up. No, today the little prick that I’m talking about is Napoleon’s penis, which amazingly, … Continue reading →

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Goethe on Twitter: 13 Tweets from “The Faustenator”

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

For anyone that doesn’t yet have a favorite philosopher, I am here to help. I’m not going to push Freud or even Nietzsche, Plato or Kant on you. I’m not going to go all moral old-school on you with Spinoza nor … Continue reading →

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Twitter, Wagon Monkeys and the Social Genius Solution

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I have 63 people following my Twitter account @LessonsOfLunacy. I don’t know any of them and they don’t know me. I’m also fairly certain that they have no real interest in anything I have to say. I doubt they even read my … Continue reading →

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