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Unhealthy Living

Religion Proves Religion True

Nov 30th, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Unhealthy Living

The Garden, EDEN - In a shocking development, religious leaders at St. Saint’s Seminary School have found that according to religion, religion is true. Organizer, Father Padre Père, long a believer in his own religion, expressed hope that the findings would finally put to rest the modern argument that religion is based on superstitious beliefs that would normally be really … [continue]



The Bad Idea Bin

Nov 20th, 2008 | By Pates Baroni | Category: Unhealthy Living

Of those that happen upon Receiving Me?, there are a select few who read the content. Those who read the content give way to an even slimmer masochistic minority who revisit our foe magazine. This piece is for the edification of that slim readership.

Revisiting our beloved site, in search of good material you did not … [continue]



Two Days is Enough: At The Hershey Antique Auto Show

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Leslie Fox | Category: Unhealthy Living

I have been neither proud nor pragmatic in the quest for money.  Truth be told, several of my professional engagements have swayed sickeningly along the tightrope that separates ethical and legal behavior from politics and other criminal enterprise.  By and large I feel no great shame about this sordid history.  Rather than enter into the numbing minutia … [continue]



Report: Road Rage Gives way to Road Sadness

Sep 16th, 2008 | By Leslie Fox | Category: Unhealthy Living

Washington, DC – I-495, the capital beltway, a 64 mile loop of asphalt and concrete that girdles our nation’s capital in a seething traffic feedback loop. It wasn’t so long ago that the beltway was home to some of the most heartfelt imprecations against god, man, and cell phones on the face of the earth. Hurried commuters would … [continue]



Mystery Smell Remains Mysterious

Sep 9th, 2008 | By Leslie Fox | Category: Unhealthy Living

Scranton, PA – The forecast called for thunderstorms, but Butch Pickelin wasn’t looking for an umbrella, “Hon! You seen the Lysol? No I don’t want Summer Breeze® I want Garden Mist® and don’t bring me any more Glade. We need to kill the enemy, not camouflage it.” Mr. Pickelin and his family have been haunted by an … [continue]



Michael Jackson @ 50

Aug 31st, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Unhealthy Living

Neverland Ranch, CA - Michael Jackson turned 50 on Friday. Although the star received an overwhelming variety of birthday presents from family, friends, and fans alike, one anonymous superfan offered the King of Pop something truly unusual: an opportunity to travel back in time and eliminate the many botched plastic surgeries that have since left his face “falling apart”… [continue]



How To Write The Receiving Me? Way

Aug 21st, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Unhealthy Living

So, you want to write like the folks at Receiving Me?, but you’re unsure how to get started. What are you crazy? Good! You’re halfway there! Now, here are some writing tips that will help you understand what it takes to transfer that “crazy” to the virtual page. Literary types: beware of verbal discharge.

1) Acquire words. This is … [continue]



I Offend, Therefore I Am

Aug 12th, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Unhealthy Living

AMHERST, Ma - “Receiving Me?” Simply utter the phrase and scathing thoughts come shivering down your spine; there is no denying its forcefulness; the sheer aggressiveness of words, arguments, and attacks regularly deployed within these hallowed virtual pages is terrifying to all. Men have died, women have been impregnated, children have lost control of their bowels– some of this behavior … [continue]



This One’s for Spam

Aug 3rd, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Unhealthy Living

Let’s talk about spam. Like any website, Receivng Me? is attacked by spam commenting spiders and bots on a daily basis. Fortunately, we are a small enough site for maintenance to be possible without too much hassle; spam catching programs are installed, and we usually delete no more than ten comments a day. Spammers are smart enough to … [continue]



Brangelina Baby Conspiracy

Aug 2nd, 2008 | By Bernard Bygott | Category: Unhealthy Living

LOS ANGELES, CA - Much hype has been made concerning which periodical will be the first to score the much coveted, so-called, “Brangelina baby pictures” (pictures of twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, the latest inheritors of the Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt empire of fortune). The drive-by-media would have you think that People Magazine has acquired exclusive rights to the first … [continue]