Posted in Comedy, Law and Justice, society, tagged united states, america, the fixer, parenting, alcohol, beer, state of affairs, alex james, redneck, holiday, christmas, trailer, hayden wright, drunk, toddler, tennessee, bud light, neighbourhood watch, family guy, the grinch, child protection services, license, single mother on December 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever been in a situation where you didn’t know whether to laugh or cry? When you’re faced with a story so patently absurd you aren’t sure which response would be appropriate?
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Posted in Civil Rights, Comedy, Media, Religion, tagged alex james, auckland, bible, billboard, Christian, christmas, church, controversy, faith, jesus christ, joseph, mary, nativity, new zealand, night before christmas, offensive, Religion, santa claus, star of bethlehem, state of affairs, three wise men on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Christmas is a funny time of year, and if you’re a regular reader of my blog, chances are you already know where I stand on most of the hoopla that seems to surround the holiday. But no matter how many times I tell people to chill out, relax, and try not to take things too [...]
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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, Film, Media, Music, personal, tagged adam sandler, alex james, almost famous, bauhaus, ben stiller, bill bailey, bill nighy, billy bragg, britain, bush x, cameron crowe, Comedy, critic, crudely interrupted, dj, echo and the bunnymen, eddie izzard, emma thompson, facebook, fawlty towers, Film, harry potter, hollywood, hugh grant, keep your coins i want change, kenneth branagh, monty python, movie, Music, musician, nick frost, philip seymour hoffman, pirate radio, review, rhys ifans, richard roeper, roger ebert, romantic comedy, spice girls, state of affairs, stuff ad people like, the animals, the beatles, the boat that rocked, the clash, the count, the cure, the hours, the office, the rolling stones, the yardbirds, this is spinal tap, tom sturridge, working title on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You know, I’m not typically into doing movie reviews, though I do periodically enjoy prophesying about upcoming films. Every once in a while, however, a movie comes along that just didn’t get the recognition it deserved, and I feel it’s my job as something of a pop-culture guru to comment on it here, because [...]
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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, Guest Blogs, Media, personal, tagged advertising, alex james, blog, facebook, guest blog, industry, state of affairs, stuff ad people like, website, writing on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings, dear readers. I have some interesting news.
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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Civil Rights, Comedy, Education, Government, Guest Blogs, Media, Religion, internet, personal, society, tagged alex james, anger, atheism, car alarms, condo, country club, entertainment tonight, freecycling, guest blog, jeff o., jogging, keep your coins i want change, list, mtv, range rovers, Religion, self help, society, state of affairs, ted nugent, the hills, war on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New State of Affairs is coming down the tubes for later today, my good friends and readers, but in the meantime Jeff Oh over at Keep Your Coins, I Want Change decided he’s had enough of my sporadic update schedule and has taken it upon himself to remedy the situation. So without further ado, I [...]
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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, Film, Media, internet, personal, society, tagged alex james, angel, anne rice, art, batman, being john malkovich, bella swan, blade, blog, bram stoker, buffy the vampire slayer, christopher nolan, david boreanaz, dracula, edward cullen, emo, eternal sunshine, gym, harry potter, humphrey bogart, interview with a vampire, jk rowling, john carpenter, joss whedon, korn, lestat, limp bizkit, linkin park, Media, midnight to midnight, phantom of the opera, pop culture, psychedelic furs, requiem for a dream, robert pattison, state of affairs, stephanie meyer, stephen dorff, teenager, twilight, vampire on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All right. Typically I try not to call attention to media frenzies for a couple of reasons. First, they’re usually not worth my time to report, because all I’ll do is tear it to pieces and that kind of vitriol, I’m told, gets old – fast. Second, I don’t want to give [...]
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Posted in Comedy, Media, Music, Religion, Stupid, personal, tagged alex james, barbra streisand, beegees, canada, celine dion, christmas, christmas tree, coca cola, consumerism, david hasslehoff, halloween, holiday, jean paul gautier, jesus christ, jewel, louis armstrong, mall, mister hankey, Music, products, Religion, robert pattison, santa claus, south park, state of affairs, the santa clause, tim allen, toronto, twilight, winter on November 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Welcome back to State of Affairs. For those of you who are regular followers of the blog, you will be pleased to hear I’ve got some big, big SoA news to announce very soon, but it’s taking a lot of work on my part, so my update schedule is going to stay a bit [...]
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Posted in Comedy, Media, Science and Technology, internet, tagged Andre Agassi, Article, College, Comedy, Crystal Meth, facebook, Farmville, Lamebook, Meth, Poker, pokerface, Scrabble, Shaq, social media, Tweet, Tweeting, twitter on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So I got a call from the Fixer today telling me that Alex has disappeared. Probably in some ditch with a case of James Ready and a vicious hangover. So here’s Julian, filling in.
Ahh Facebook. Facebook has to be the crack, nay, the crystal meth of the internet, and we’re playing the part of Andre Agassi. Facebook [...]
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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, Media, personal, tagged alice in wonderland, batman, christopher nolan, disney, disney land, donald duck, eddie izzard, epic monkey, it's a small world after all, kingdom hearts, marvel, mickey mouse, mike myers, new york times, nintendo, reboot, robert iger, shrek, something positive, spider mouse, spider-man, the lion king, tim burton, video game, wii on November 5, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I’m beginning to think people are starting to pay attention to me, if only in an attempt to piss me off.
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Posted in Comedy, Economy, Guest Blogs, personal, tagged alcohol, bar, Comedy, comedy landfill, customer service, Economy, fast food, food, guest blog, hairdresser, hotel, humor, money, restaurant, satire, service, state of affairs, taxi, tip, tipping, waiter on October 13, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Here it is folks, another fantastic guest post from our buddy Julian at Comedy Landfill. Listen to this wise man, my loyal readers, for he has something very important to tell you.
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How You Should Tip From Now On
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