The Poverty Jet Set » humor http://thepovertyjetset.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Interviews, 50 Cents http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/06/24/50-cent-interviews/ http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/06/24/50-cent-interviews/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:47 +0000 Mark http://thepovertyjetset.com/?p=1574 This is my friend Mishky, being interviewed in Telluride at the MountainFilm Festival by radio host Alex Chadwick for pinball quarters. Er, well, for Slate’s web video series Interviews, 50 Cents.

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]]> http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/01/07/more-on-gaming-the-genie-wish-system/feed/ 2 When Assholes Strike, Laugh it Off http://thepovertyjetset.com/2008/09/05/when-assholes-strike-laugh-it-off/ http://thepovertyjetset.com/2008/09/05/when-assholes-strike-laugh-it-off/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:18:54 +0000 Mark http://thepovertyjetset.com/?p=645 I really do hate the presidential political season, when nearly everyone seems to support blatant, outrageous lies like their heads are up their asses. Where do they come from? *sigh* Boy, what a world we live in. It’s best to just laugh it off…

“Executive Experience”

My hero:

And finally…

Poor kid…

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…but you have to do it anyway. That’s the title of my good friend Dorothy Robinson’s new book. If the title alone doesn’t make you want to buy one, you must have a heart of a stone! They’re pretty inexpensive over on Amazon, and being that Dorothy is one of the funniest people I know (just check out her blog for example), I highly recommend picking up a copy. Support your local author!

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