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Cuckoo for Coco: a fan’s take on late night fight

By Dan Simons January 20, 2010

People of Earth,I'm with Coco! Just say no to "Big Jaw" Leno.Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard about the ongoing crisis in late night programming over at the National Broadcasting...

Going rabid for the Grizzlies

By Dan Simons January 19, 2010

The parking lots near the O'Rena are filling up. The noise of the crowd and the sound system spills into the campus air. OUPD is making sure nothing goes wrong and a giant bus from out of state waits in...

It’s the end of the world as we know it…

By Dan Simons January 12, 2010

...and it's time to panicBy Annie StodolaYou/Local Editor, paranoid personSo the Mouthing Off editor catches me freaking out about the end of days and makes me write about it. I hope you enjoy me pushing...

Hey you, make Grizzlies giggle

By Dan Simons January 5, 2010

It's the first Monday meeting of the new semester. My boss is going across the room finding out what people in the newsroom are working on for the paper. Please skip me. Please forget that I work here....

An ’09 send off, Mouthing Off style

By Dan Simons December 29, 2009

Dear 2009,Like every year, you started off cold and will end cold, but you filled that gap in between with nonsense, crap, and suck.Right from the start, Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger  lands a damned plane...

FarmVille: What the EIC of The Post really does in her office

By Colleen Miller December 2, 2009

I have a buffalo topiary. That's a bush that's shaped like a buffalo Edward Scissorhands-style.I have three chickens, a duck and a baby turkey I can't eat. I have a sheep that goes "baa" quite randomly...

Ranting about the lingo no-no’s

By Dan Simons November 17, 2009

If I told you a decade ago to go Google yourself, you might have punched me in the face.These days, the Internet has become a breeding ground for new slang and lingo, with tweets and friending and other...

WARNING: Creepers

By Postie Editors November 10, 2009

Yellow fever fiendsBy KAY NGUYENCampus editor / Asian sensationI'm Asian so it's totally OK that I write this.urbandictionary.com defines yellow fever as: "a term usually applied to white males who have...

Wigging out about new hair

By Dan Simons November 4, 2009

By DAN SIMONSMouthing Off EditorI've been feeling a little light-headed lately.Not because studying and working late has robbed me of sleep, or because I played too much "trick or treat or Jagermeister"...

Having ha-ha’s about ta-tas

By Dan Simons October 20, 2009

By DAN SIMONSMouthing Off EditorI hate cancer. Cancer sucks.It's taken too many good people from us and it slows down those battling against it. You're out having a good time and BAM! Overzealous cells...

Obama? Nobel, what the hell?

By Dan Simons October 13, 2009

I've got to find a place for my Pulitzer Prize. The way I figure, if President Obama is handed the high honor of The Nobel Peace Prize only nine months into his presidency, then I'm bound to win a Pulitzer....

Putting a new spin on media convergence: Dating

By Dan Simons October 6, 2009

By KAY NGUYENCampus Editor/overly-mothered girlFirst dates are always awkward.First dates are even harder for me. After being out of the dating game for so long, I not only had to put the lid back on my...

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