Osaka, Japan - While television and film have long held opportunities for robot advancement in the arts, live theater systematically shunned the programmed players. Today, what seemed a glass ceiling for some robots, and outright bigotry for others, has been shattered with a groundbreaking performance. Osaka University has become home to one of Japan’s first robot-human theatrical productions. The … [continue]
In a terrifying effort, Pates Baroni has begun a campaign to rid Receiving Me? of content worth reading. Bolstered by insomnia and low self-esteem, Pates’ scourge has pushed great articles by real writers from their place of prominence. Now when looking for those articles I never read by that guy who I don’t hang out with much, … [continue]
Philadelphia, PA. In an overcrowded bar, famous for it’s inordinate wait time to get a drink, Leslie Fox bravely took a punch meant for me. Mr. Fox had not intended to bravely take the punch, but take it he did, bravely.
The night had begun innocuously enough, a pre-game drink at my apartment, a story … [continue]
Though I love food, I am not one to frequent many restaurants. When I do, they tend to be large chains that specialize in salad entrees topped with fried bits of chicken and candied cranberries, or nacho dip cleverly renamed “South of the Border Three Cheese Soup.” That is not to say I’ve never enjoyed extraordinary food. … [continue]
I am doomed. Trapped in the “making a comeback” genre. I’ve boxed myself in with lack of material and inattentiveness to the needs of the website. Now, rather than going for international appeal with a riveting analysis of the economic meltdown or staying close to home with a local piece about the mother daughter prostitution ring in … [continue]
This morning I awoke to fluffy white clouds dotting an otherwise pristine blue sky. Thinking of all the day had to offer, I turned over and promptly fell back to sleep. An hour or so later I awoke and begrudgingly shed my cocoon.
My refrigerator, normally stocked to capacity with fresh fruits and veggies, was barren. I knew … [continue]
“Darkness is a godsend” I scratched into the wall of my 8 by 10 cell. One less sense I had to blot out to feel human. I could only hope it would help the next victim of that place on his or her decent into the hell that is Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. This morning the flourescent lights flickered on … [continue]
Uruzgan, Afghanistan (May 1) Al-Qaeda released a video today stating that terrorist recruitment has been hard hit by record low prices at U.S. malls. In the video Ayman al-Zawahiri says that less people want to destroy America now that the weak U.S. dollar has made brand name clothing available at bargain basement prices.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 29) - A civil suit against Democratic senator Barack Obama was filed today in a Philadelphia county court on behalf of the United States Aids Creation Guild (USACG). This comes in response to Mr. Obama’s “outrage and appall” at his former pastor’s words during a recent NAACP dinner in Detroit. As keynote speaker, Rev. Jeremiah Wright … [continue]
A while back I wrote a rather long piece focusing on the ills of our society and my mediocre-minded methods to change them. These were paired down into three separate articles, two of which were posted. The third remained locked in a dank cellar subsisting on the literary refuse of other writers. That is until today when, under duress, the … [continue]
