Day: March 6, 2013

Ask Dr. Snee: Snowed in with your letters

Why, hello there, patient readers. Like everyone else in the DC area, I’ve been pretending to be snowed in by rain and two very wet inches of snow.

You know how they started naming winter storms this year? We called ours the Snowquester. Get it? Because people who live within 100 miles of the nation’s capitol only exist from one political event to another.

It's not like I'm going anywhere in this pretend snow car.
It’s not like I’m going anywhere in this pretend snow car.

So, while I try to remember that, essentially, man is good (even when they name everything with puns based on terms from Civics class), I figured I’d answer a few letters. As always, thanks for emailing instead of licking envelopes during the cold and flu season.  Continue reading Ask Dr. Snee: Snowed in with your letters

Maybe keep your dreams in check

I’ve used the saying “Go big or go home” as a way to go about my day to day activities. Looking back in hindsight, perhaps that’s not the best way to do things.

  • Maybe I shouldn’t try to ride a bucking bronco. I could get seriously injured.
  • I probably shouldn’t attempt to make a 7 layer cake. It may look pretty, but it’s gone in an instant.
  • Stealing an 82 foot luxury yacht is probably a bad idea. I don’t care how far I get out to see, it’s not exactly easy to hide one of those things.

Call me maybe when you’re more comfortable with yourself

Good-bye, closet; hello-o-o, Carly Rae!
Good-bye, closet; hello-o-o, Carly Rae!

Carly Rae Jepsen has backed out of a performance at the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree.

The singer of summer 2012 annoyance “Call Me Maybe,” and probably some other songs, said she couldn’t perform for the Boy Scouts because of their policy against openly homosexual scouts and leaders.

That the Boy Scouts booked her in the first place, however, proves that they may not have an active policy against closeted members in their ranks.

Bug spray won’t cut it in Florida this year

If you live in Florida, you may want to consider moving before the summer comes. We’re sure it’s a very nice place and all that, but it’s about to get flat-out terrifying.

It’s no secret that Florida is one big swamp, and that mosquitoes love swamps, so naturally, the bugs are all over the state. But now, according to this headline, scientists are expecting a “Large, aggressive mosquito.” It’s likely going to be from the Psorophora ciliata species, which sounds like something you shouldn’t google at work.

The article is short on details, and we don’t want to speculate, but it probably means that the state will be terrorized by a single mutant mosquito, roughly the size of a house, and the demeanor of grizzly bear.

Of course, if you want to hunt this mega-mosquito, we’ll write songs about you when you bring us its head.