• Writing: A sure gateway to mental illness. [Writing might not be good for you]
• We are not classy enough to forego schadenfreude. [Thrilling!]
• Sod the environment, unless there’s a threat to our Filet-O-Fish supply. [Fish story, with a hook]
• The income gap in America is a problem – but you’ll hardly ever hear about it. [Because it bears repeating]
• Without overdraft fees and other penalties, banks would fail. [The size of the problem]
• There are other ways to manage IT people besides smashing them flat. [Herding the cats]

A round up of last week’s posts at Snappy Patter:

• A story of in-laws who can’t take a joke [Just wait 'til Poland calls its lawyers]
• A tale of a website that posted 36 great songs to kill yourself to [Everyone's got an opinion]
• A yarn about the same website, now posting songs to make you give up suicide [Don't give up]
• A legend about a legend reading his book [Nick Cave reads from Bunny Munro]
• A fable wherein a writer dislikes newspaper corrections, and learns a valuable lesson [Corrections are so boring]
• A parable that illustrates how it’s okay for print journalists to rip-off bloggers, but not the other way around [Bloggers: It's not like they're people]

I’ve got to remember to do these things in a timely fashion. Here’s the round-up of the last week at Snappy Patter.

• We started off a slow week with a link to an analysis of Pink Floyd’s The Wall. [All in all...]
• We noted the passing of Edward Kennedy. [RIP: Edward Kennedy]
• Let no mediocre attempt at comedy escape our watchful eye. [LARF!]
• Somebody has to take those haughty Star Trek fans down. [Set phasers to outrage]
• Self promotion. [Console Beauty Contest]
• We joined the chorus lamenting the cancellation of Reading Rainbow. [Butterfly in the skyyyyyy!]