By Todd Hartley on January 15, 2010
Once, back when I was in high school, circa 1987 or so, I went over to a friend’s house and happened to see a pile of mail on the kitchen counter. On top of the pile was an invitation, addressed to his dad, to the Klingon Language Institute’s annual convention. That’s right: the Klingon Language Institute, as in Klingons from the TV show “Star Trek.” I’ll let that sink in for a bit before going on.
Now, I was never much of a Trekkie. In fact, I found the original “Star Trek” pretty boring and never bothered to watch any of the five other Star Trek series that followed it. Continue reading »
Posted in I'm With Stupid Tagged avatar, depression, narnia, pandora, star trek, suicide
By Todd Hartley on March 13, 2009
Normally, here at “I’m With Stupid,” we make a point of avoiding deeper issues such as politics and murder and war and so forth. Sure, politicians and murderers and wars are generally pretty stupid, but they’re usually not terribly funny, so they don’t make for the most entertaining column fodder. Every once in a while, though, a story comes along that demands some sort of comment, regardless of how contentious an issue it might involve.
Such was the case last week with a widely reported story about a British couple who passed away at a voluntary euthanasia clinic in Switzerland. Continue reading »
Posted in I'm With Stupid Tagged assisted, england, kevorkian, suicide, switzerland