Category Archives: Things That Must Be Said

Part V: The COG Household

COGs have a lifestyle which has become remarkable as society around it has evolved (see: tanked). Many demographics have somehow created a mess of their own lives while COGs keep keepin’ on. COGs take pride in their household’s lack of drama. Continue reading

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Spot The COG III

In honor of COG week I propose a game called Spot the COG. Which of these two images represents a COG? Continue reading

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Part IV: COGs and Politics

COGs correctly view politics as a flamboyant method to avoid getting a real job. However they seem to wind up financing damn near everything through their taxes. You’d think this would encourage them to get more active but instead it encourages them to view the rest of the population as useless layabouts. (Which, statistically speaking, is true.) Continue reading

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Part III: COGs and Cars

When I was growing up I was taught that the advent of the personal automobile was a vast improvement in the freedom, mobility, and general welfare of all Americans. This was true. Children are now taught that people should enjoy being herded onto mass transit to sit between homeless derelicts that throw up on your shoes and gang bangers looking for a fight. Continue reading

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Spot The COG II

In honor of COG week I propose a game called Spot the COG. Which of these two images represents a COG? Continue reading

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Part II: COGs and Jobs

This is one of a multi part series of essays about the long ignored and often undervalued portion of our society that you’ll never see on an episode of “Cops”. Let us begin with one of the most important traits of a COG: Jobs. Continue reading

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Spot The COG I

In honor of COG week I propose a game called Spot the COG. Which of these two images represents a COG? Continue reading

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COGs: Citizens Who Were Originally Generic

Citizens who were Originally Generic (COG) – Noun; A member of the formerly populous but now increasingly rare demographic remarkable in their ability to keep civilization going merely by behaving themselves. Continue reading

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The 30 Truest Words Ever Written About Sports

It is not now, nor has it ever been, the legitimate business of the United States Government to build sports arenas for the benefit of private owners. Continue reading

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Hang Up And Drive

In a world of herd animals, drivers are rare.  Mostly you meet clueless, condition white, yoyos who can scarcely keep their lumbering minivans between the lines.  Sometimes, particularly after seeing comically bad driving, I start wondering if I’ll be the … Continue reading

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