“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights… Those rights, for people who slept through seventh grade Social Studies (or didn’t have Mrs. Lamberta, the most amazing Social Studies teacher ever), were/are the ones that our founding fathers perceived to be natural, meaning not …

Oh, Martha–  I’m guessing neither you nor one of your lovely Vandellas were prepared for the irony of ironies: as gas prices rise, people stay home instead of hitting the road this summer, and while home, they find themselves cranking up the air-conditioner to offset the heatwave (ie, summer) we’re in, and they ultimately find out that they’re probably spending …

I remember being younger and flipping through a National Lampoon’s book of hilarious signs seen on the road (oddly enough, they were mostly just grammatical mistakes that made signs outside of churches obscenely hilarious).  What made books like the National Lampoon one so successful was the fact that people were so ignorant as to put up signs like this: But …

Opinion by Jackie Brook, post arch.ived Oct 29 2017 My blog postings here at AMP3 are on a relative scale, ranging from “Mildly Informative” to “Pure Rant.” I’ve tried hard to steer clear from the latter because, well, most people who fly off the handle on the internet aren’t worth being read anyway. However, while looking for my weekly blog …

Anyone who knows me know that as I get dressed in the morning, I watch Saved By the Bell.  I have been doing this for too many years, and I will continue to do this for as long as the show is syndicated.  Period.  With that, I was watching Zack and the gang spend the summer at the Malibu Sands Beach …

Schadenfreude, coined by the Germans, is defined as “taking enjoyment in the misfortune of someone else.” Based on that definition, I will go out on a limb and say, yes, Schadenfreude is life’s purest joy.  However, before you jump to assume that I’m a horrible person, I’d like to make mention of what Wikipedia documents on Schadenfreude, namely the fact …

Find the truthful statement: a) Mikey from the Life cereal commercials died after mixing Pop Rocks and soda b) AIDS was created by the CIA c) If you take LSD seven times, you’re automatically deemed legally insane d) The yellow dye in Mountain Dew, in excess, can make a man sterile e) Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen (any maybe buried …

Before I get started, I’m putting it out there that I love my family, and even though at times I may think about trading one or two of them, I would never actually go through with it (even if I could). With that out of the way, I find myself inspired to let you know my thoughts on family, family …

I’m a moderately closeted geek. From afar you probably wouldn’t guess it, but I have a World of Warcraft paladin, own every Calvin and Hobbes anthology there is, and was broken hearted when I found out that Vegeta would not be part of the new live-action “Dragon Ball Z” movie. That all said, it’s par for the course for me …

Call them what you will–acts of God, forces of nature, the wrath of Mother Earth–weather-related tragedies (nee, all tragedies) are heart-breaking and often require aid and compassion from those not directly affected.Whether it’s the Tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean, the Hurricane that hit New Orleans, or the recent Cyclone and Earthquake that have plagued Asia as of late, the …